Apple OS X 10.8.3 vs. Ubuntu 13.04 - Intel HD 3000 Intel HD 3000 Sandy Bridge graphics performance on Apple OS X 10.8.3. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for future article on Phoronix. OS X 10.8.3: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 288MB, Monitor: Acer P243W OS: OS X 10.8.3 (12D78), Kernel: 12.3.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 4.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 13.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.1, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10: Processor: Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Acer P243W, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-ccb041f), Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 38.44 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 25.01 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 28.95 |========================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 39.43 |================================= Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 19.54 |================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 22.25 |=================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 20.63 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 19.46 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 22.17 |================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 20.16 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 18.99 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 21.56 |================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 18.80 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 17.39 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 19.66 |================================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 89.87 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 147.60 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 152.00 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 84.70 |================ Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 173.53 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 162.80 |============================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 74.13 |===================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 109.63 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 111.02 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 70.93 |==================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 108.67 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 110.88 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 66.63 |================= Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 122.62 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 127.02 |================================ Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 26.00 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 29.17 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 32.90 |================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 26.63 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 29.63 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 33.90 |================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 26.80 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 29.57 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 34.07 |================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 26.43 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 29.50 |============================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 34.17 |================================= Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 26.80 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 29.60 |============================= Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 33.93 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 108.11 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 131.06 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 133.99 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 108.98 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 114.84 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 116.59 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 108.86 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 114.30 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 116.22 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 105.72 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 112.21 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 112.61 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 101.23 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 106.22 |================================ Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 107.09 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 40.13 |=================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 60.88 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 67.99 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 40.68 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 46.46 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 50.94 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1600 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 40.39 |========================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 46.49 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 50.96 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 46.41 |=============================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 44.76 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 48.89 |================================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1200 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.3 .......................... 31.70 |======================== Ubuntu 13.04 ......................... 41.08 |============================== Ubuntu 13.04 + Mesa 9.2 + Linux 3.10 . 44.50 |=================================