OS X 10.8.3 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 Linux

Apple OS X versus Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 benchmarking from an older Apple MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5 processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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OS X 10.8.3 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Apple OS X versus Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04 benchmarking from an older Apple MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5 processor. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. ,,"OS X 10.8.3","Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS","Ubuntu 12.10","Ubuntu 13.04" Processor,,Intel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores),Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores),Intel Core i5 520M @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores) Motherboard,,Apple MacBook Pro,Apple Mac-F22586C8,Apple Mac-F22586C8,Apple Mac-F22586C8 Chipset,,Intel 5,Intel Core DRAM,Intel Core DRAM,Intel Core DRAM Memory,,2 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz,4096MB,4096MB,4096MB Disk,,120GB OCZ-AGILITY2,120GB OCZ AGILITY2,120GB OCZ AGILITY2,120GB OCZ AGILITY2 Graphics,,Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MB,Intel Core IGP 256MB (405/324MHz),Intel Core IGP 256MB,Intel Core IGP 256MB Monitor,,Color LCD,Color LCD,Color LCD,Color LCD Audio,,,Cirrus Logic CS4206,Cirrus Logic CS4206,Cirrus Logic CS4206 Network,,,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n OS,,OS X 10.8.3 (12D78),Ubuntu 12.04,Ubuntu 12.10,Ubuntu 13.04 Kernel,,12.3.0 (x86_64),3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64),3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64),3.8.0-16-generic (x86_64) Compiler,,Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.27) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.1,GCC 4.6,GCC 4.7,GCC 4.7 File-System,,Journaled HFS+,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,1440x900,1440x900,1440x900,1440x900 Desktop,,,Unity 5.18.0,Unity 6.12.0,Unity 7.0.0 Display Server,,,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.0,X Server 1.13.3 Display Driver,,,nouveau 1.0.2,intel 2.20.9,intel 2.21.5 OpenGL,,,3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.0.2 Gallium 0.4,3.0 Mesa 9.0.3 Gallium 0.4 ,,"OS X 10.8.3","Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS","Ubuntu 12.10","Ubuntu 13.04" "SciMark - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform (Mflops)",HIB,141.19,137.79,138.57,134.01 "SciMark - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply (Mflops)",HIB,905.85,867.81,867.82,870.58 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1440 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,20.99,25.15,27.51,27.51 "SciMark - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization (Mflops)",HIB,1160.64,1014.06,1020.74,1007.31 "Urban Terror - Resolution: 800 x 600 (FPS)",HIB,74.53,79.17,82.00,97.50 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,21.78,30.58,33.25,33.27 "Nexuiz - Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off (FPS)",HIB,21.91,36.25,39.24,39.18 "SciMark - Computational Test: Monte Carlo (Mflops)",HIB,379.44,358.75,268.46,263.18 "SciMark - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation (Mflops)",HIB,1119.18,807.87,807.34,806.81 "OpenArena - Resolution: 800 x 600 (FPS)",HIB,156.97,138.60,,155.62 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1024 x 768 (FPS)",HIB,147.07,122.03,,153.53 "OpenArena - Resolution: 1440 x 900 (FPS)",HIB,134.10,83.23,,118.23 "Urban Terror - Resolution: 1024 x 768 (FPS)",HIB,73.60,81.73,96.60,98.40 "Himeno Benchmark - Poisson Pressure Solver (MFLOPS)",HIB,249.58,1052.03,1102.60,1048.11 "Urban Terror - Resolution: 1440 x 900 (FPS)",HIB,70.60,82.00,95.67,94.40 "PostMark - Disk Transaction Performance (TPS)",HIB,348,1728,1381,1724 "Primesieve - 1e12 Prime Number Generation (sec)",LIB,278.17,288.67,284.71,282.69 "7-Zip Compression - Compress Speed Test (MIPS)",HIB,5455,6134,6091,6139 "Tachyon - Total Time (sec)",LIB,54.78,46.85,47.36,47.70 "C-Ray - Total Time (sec)",LIB,128.50,143.83,101.90,101.60 "OpenSSL - RSA 4096-bit Performance (Signs/sec)",HIB,20.57,64.03,64.33,64.30 "BYTE Unix Benchmark - Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 (LPS)",HIB,23214015.53,19362787.43,18847387.83,18826292.40 "Unpacking The Linux Kernel - linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 (sec)",LIB,22.39,17.90,17.30,17.36 "Fhourstones - Complex Connect-4 Solving (Kpos / sec)",HIB,7036.57,7626.73,7569.73,7576.90