Benchmarks of performance comparing Apple OS X 10.7 Lion vs. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion on the mid-2012 Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display and Intel Core i7 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge processor with switchable Intel HD 4000 / NVIDIA Kepler graphics. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article. Unfortunately Ubuntu Linux is currently borked on the Retina MacBook Pro.
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Retina MacBook Pro - OS X 10.7 vs. OS X 10.8 Performance,
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",62,62
"OS X 10.8.0",63,63,63
"test",8,8,8
"10.8.4",9,8,9,9,9,9
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",9,9,9
"12e52",9,9,9
"12e55",8,8,8
"bench1mav",9,9,9
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",9,8,7,7,6,6
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",70,70
"OS X 10.8.0",74,73,73
"test",9,9,9
"10.8.4",10,10,10
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",10,10,10
"12e52",10,10,10
"12e55",9,10,10,10,10,10
"bench1mav",10,10,10
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",10,10,10
"Tachyon 0.98.9 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14.8706,14.8848,14.7579
"OS X 10.8.0",14.8494,14.7795,14.7357
"test",78.4912,77.8438,78.7227
"10.8.4",116.1235,119.0151,118.7048
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",76.3929,75.4336,76.6218
"12e52",75.9688,75.9635,75.9734
"12e55",98.2633,90.6109,89.7519,90.5134,90.5998,90.7361
"bench1mav",76.7744,76.2671,76.9234
"X-Plane 9.45 - Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",106,105,103
"OS X 10.8.0",106,105,108
"test",14,14,14
"10.8.4",15,15,15
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",15,15,15
"12e52",15,15,15
"12e55",15,15,15
"bench1mav",14,14,14
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",16,16,16
"Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",37.109871149063,38.969503164291,38.926692962646
"OS X 10.8.0",33.175994157791,33.11180305481,33.255627155304
"test",223.23894095421,224.74581408501,217.95684599876
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",181.32050180435,181.94196295738,181.70932388306
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",29.884467840195,30.062469005585,30.266096115112
"OS X 10.8.0",31.581937074661,31.660722970963,31.616992950439
"test",156.14699792862,156.19680190086,156.95416498184
"10.8.4",169.38322806358,169.62044692039,169.56687617302
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",151.43753409386,151.50970387459,151.39512300491
"12e52",165.02284002304,165.34587621689,165.14675617218
"12e55",196.18798017502,198.02828216553,195.69373822212
"bench1mav",121.91944408417,135.47013688087,135.69861006737,135.83970689774,138.35361099243,136.32582879066
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",136.29690814018,133.09506917,123.73262000084,130.79765605927,131.29360103607,129.88793206215
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",218.2,219.7,220.5
"OS X 10.8.0",254.6,248.3,253.7
"test",40.4,40.6,40.5
"10.8.4",57.6,57.8,57.7
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",63,62.7,63.1
"12e52",60.2,60.4,60.2
"12e55",55.1,55.2,55.3
"bench1mav",58.7,58.9,58.9
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",61.8,61.3,61.3
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Triad",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",16249.1196,16238.6346,16238.6346,16271.4452,16254.3672,16173.4087,16205.956,16205.956,16276.7073,16243.8754
"OS X 10.8.0",16048.3533,15841.2615,16053.472,15903.8306,16053.472,16033.0168,15926.4767,16090.6803,16080.3987,16021.5337
"test",3118.2967,3000.933,2792.4794,3068.0675,2717.6916,2983.0581,2864.3096,2920.7821,2863.7799,2792.9442,2618.0992,2814.9298,2932.2253,3110.6361,2745.0382,2566.0102,2732.5569,2781.9452,3068.0675,3078.7178
"10.8.4",3404.007,3386.486,3389.7931,3381.4806,3394.3653,3400.6147,3343.0738,3378.87,3376.49,3358.0737
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",3403.0289,3405.4465,3432.0348,3394.1364,3382.4464,3392.0205,3383.1285,3383.6402,3383.1285,3367.4538
"12e52",3277.12,3321.7825,3310.0949,3333.7737,3289.274,3302.3849,3325.4586,3311.8918,3338.4173,3323.647
"12e55",3266.8569,3218.8564,3254.4469,3247.2031,3166.6078,3184.9426,3227.3186,3211.5651,3183.2304
"bench1mav",3715.4039,3667.2178,3696.847,3662.9477,3664.6812,3663.0143,3656.0298,3663.2809,3664.6812,3659.4189
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Add",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",15963.098,15946.6608,15883.7548,15921.4387,15968.1624,15903.8306,15963.098,15915.1456,15921.4387,15936.5623
"OS X 10.8.0",15640.6613,15589.7934,15675.9785,15599.457,15753.2545,15717.5886,15564.4833,15779.1827,15707.7781,15758.1866
"test",2912.0791,3137.4432,3048.7861,2850.1981,2883.2611,2784.0611,2885.989,2929.7078,2731.4817,2639.5179,2951.0941,2477.1645,3036.2796,2914.018,2866.1854,2891.045,2809.9794,2857.8448,2903.4697,2811.4705
"10.8.4",3270.8907,3353.3194,3342.1304,3389.3936,3323.3727,3375.5276,3336.315,3373.8871,3346.7973,3339.5802
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",3353.1519,3359.4746,3357.3457,3342.1859,3356.3942,3373.3783,3344.0178,3345.1846,3330.5749,3343.2959
"12e52",3259.294,3299.192,3255.7626,3250.0862,3271.7412,3284.0694,3273.9758,3282.7307,3283.3732,3278.0271
"12e55",3196.8273,3218.2389,3111.79,3197.4365,3234.7337,3240.6173,3161.635,3241.5043,3211.1553
"bench1mav",3687.1652,3608.5208,3645.4378,3629.7952,3614.4161,3630.8426,3610.9155,3629.9916,3632.2182,3625.0894
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Copy",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14665.3986,14961.2895,14644.5966,14739.4825,14835.6061,14705.569,14713.6295,14679.8346,14705.569,14631.8247
"OS X 10.8.0",14579.3752,14234.5666,14368.668,13658.0572,14330.3148,13822.629,14134.1331,13468.914,14330.3148,14533.5926
"test",2758.163,2697.1932,2718.9946,2772.979,2908.0411,2360.9099,2895.6814,2796.7271,2771.5474,2882.6212,2525.8333,2813.435,2603.7427,2705.4571,2803.3278,2402.9241,2866.6139,2572.1078,2363.3626,2557.3562
"10.8.4",3088.518,3102.5827,3098.357,3128.0351,3074.5803,3058.1177,3100.5042,3082.5596,3088.8023,3095.9985
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",3103.8024,3077.259,3107.1076,3096.8557,3084.0471,3088.8023,3099.5734,3089.0867,3105.5979,3097.7849
"12e52",3069.5878,3054.0817,3031.1825,3046.1107,3007.815,3057.7694,3041.2102,3066.0117,3054.6377,3029.1302
"12e55",2959.4013,3004.7175,2971.4567,2982.5499,2939.8254,2914.6086,3006.4001,2961.5562,2923.1782
"bench1mav",5131.6279,5138.1107,5150.3349,5143.8213,5157.856,5153.8948,5145.5961,5150.3349,5164.604,5141.2598
"Stream 2009-04-11 - Type: Scale",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",14362.5177,14401.0438,14380.9845,14356.3727,14382.5255,14376.3633,14324.1972,14370.2064,14362.5177,14284.5602
"OS X 10.8.0",14035.107,14292.1657,14065.9954,14122.2357,13985.3838,14165.4594,14114.81,14091.1001,13992.6739,14183.4226
"test",2686.8264,2766.9765,2630.9463,2904.5798,2930.966,2592.1768,2585.2366,2743.9532,2707.7495,2750.5324,2680.7623,2512.5466,2852.0554,2711.6336,2900.6879,2361.9901,2710.7026,2610.7319,2874.0413,2712.0719
"10.8.4",3000.7541,3045.9033,3067.4832,3069.7985,3043.0029,3025.443,3018.0277,3058.1177,3033.4432,3050.1949
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",3060.2095,3056.6552,3068.9561,3067.2028,3050.8189,3043.6239,3060.4188,3069.2369,3052.2759,3058.1177
"12e52",3006.0635,3010.3786,3016.3321,2971.2594,2966.8589,2978.9091,3016.5354,3018.0277,2977.3232,3009.5011
"12e55",2909.8694,2913.0272,2926.684,2882.0642,2887.3342,2888.6391,2943.6294,2958.2924,2941.6939
"bench1mav",3253.9998,3253.6842,3260.0065,3272.3261,3259.6106,3262.3044,3254.9467,3258.9775,3261.5909,3260.0065
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",49.998,50.364,49.967
"OS X 10.8.0",49.979,49.938,49.926
"test",233.518,233.469,252.919,268.378,267.699,253.406
"10.8.4",230.23,227.527,226.256
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",227.032,227.815,225.93
"12e52",230.635,230.098,230.81
"12e55",254.298,253.458,259.621
"bench1mav",165.692,164.208,163.95
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",2426.46,2396.91,2437.3,2444.5
"OS X 10.8.0",2392.87,2411.65,2393.29,2416.97
"test",475.78,482.98,484.26,497.15
"10.8.4",476.52,475.56,470.76,474.31
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",526.05,531.22,532.7,528.36
"12e52",521.98,525.98,517.55,517.92
"12e55",524.21,503.06,491.87,513.87
"bench1mav",525.55,530.77,526.32,529.79
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1842.6,1835.83,1856.15,1857.69
"OS X 10.8.0",1816.87,1814.23,1819.3,1831.13
"test",426.17,418.25,420.59,417.81
"10.8.4",392.27,391.9,389.72,392.27
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",485.35,488.95,482.58,483.7
"12e52",485.66,484.2,477.57,482.21
"12e55",443.82,455.5,450.93,456.99
"bench1mav",610.2,606.4,608.43,609.24
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",296.14,292.85,297.56,294.77
"OS X 10.8.0",279.26,290.45,288.65,281.4
"test",66.67,66.91,66.38,64.23
"10.8.4",65.1,65.9,64.47,65.39
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",69.16,70.87,71.8,72.3
"12e52",68.78,69.72,66.12,69.28
"12e55",69.97,67.14,68.13,65.11
"bench1mav",71.54,73.83,72.4
"PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 - TPC-B Transactions Per Second",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",4213.198518,4355.887003,4235.516158
"OS X 10.8.0",3945.607304,4371.511602,3954.64588,4389.32573,3957.551696,4456.546609
"test",1427.101752,1429.664986,1431.943177
"10.8.4",990.733194,995.564924,988.652706
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",1474.942642,1534.914273,1514.678025
"12e52",1498.198566,1504.837337,1504.121443
"12e55",1259.895746,1300.056875,1294.33837
"bench1mav",1415.033333,1465.365787,1479.802107
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1280.52,1273.12,1288.28,1289.7
"OS X 10.8.0",1270.21,1275.67,1269.69,1277.02
"test",370.41,370.24,370.87,372.3
"10.8.4",364.84,364.76,363.07,364.65
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",393.54,394.24,394.39,396.04
"12e52",392.15,393.38,390.59,390.82
"12e55",385.06,382.69,379.86,384.71
"bench1mav",425.43,402.15,425.49,402.83
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",141.6,137.3,143.8
"OS X 10.8.0",255.7,255.2,252.1
"test",88.8,88.5,86
"10.8.4",110.1,110,110.5
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",129.6,130.3,130.2
"12e52",128.3,128.5,128.5
"12e55",109.3,108.3,109.1
"bench1mav",122,121.8,121.7
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",126.2,126.4,126.3
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",130.5,133,132.3
"OS X 10.8.0",249.7,252.8,246.9
"test",87.2,88.8,89.1
"10.8.4",109.2,109.1,109
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",130.5,130.2,130.2
"12e52",128.7,128.6,128.7
"12e55",108.5,108.4,105.2
"bench1mav",120.8,121,120.7
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",126.2,126.5,126.2
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",435.02,435.28,437.51,437.52
"OS X 10.8.0",434.32,434.49,436.21,436.27
"test",233.17,233.37,232.79,233.31
"10.8.4",235.35,235.19,235.47,235.78
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",232.86,231.84,231.83,235.98
"12e52",232.39,233.42,233.25,232.6
"12e55",233.56,233.99,233.96
"bench1mav",238.87,120.63,238.67,120.62
"Urban Terror 4.1 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",50,50.8,50.8
"OS X 10.8.0",97.6,98.7,97.2
"test",44.3,43.9,44
"10.8.4",50.8,51,50.6
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",58.1,58.4,58
"12e52",57.7,57.8,57.6
"12e55",49.7,50,50.2
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",27.7,27.8,27.7,27.6
"OS X 10.8.0",27.8,27.3,27.3,27.2
"test",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"10.8.4",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"12e52",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"12e55",12.6,12.6,12.6,12.6
"bench1mav",12.7,12.7,12.7,12.7
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1402.4,1404.73,1412.9,1414.04
"OS X 10.8.0",1408.41,1409.63,1407.13,1408.55
"test",650.26,649.69,650.34
"10.8.4",654.94,655.27,654.94,655.51
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",654.27,648.33,653.02,659.88
"12e52",651.95,653.6,658.44,652.12
"12e55",653.75,653.75,654.41,653.58
"bench1mav",680.98,679.13,681.05,682.12
"Fhourstones 3.1 - Complex Connect-4 Solving",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",10036.8,10053.7,10060.6
"OS X 10.8.0",9973.2,9758.2,9782.4
"test",4854.1,5012.1,5006.1
"10.8.4",5163.3,5087.4,5084.3
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",5200.5,5205.1,5214.5
"12e52",5191,5195.4,5194.5
"12e55",5116,5119.2,5105.3
"bench1mav",5348.9,5346.3,5347.4
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",26.3112682,26.8296117,27.2049081
"OS X 10.8.0",26.6229034,27.309439,27.0612702
"test",16.0372679,16.2247728,16.3151971
"10.8.4",15.323337,15.645239,15.6914305
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",21.9237422,21.843506,21.7743342
"12e52",21.5276686,21.5021722,21.3995376
"12e55",19.0272171,19.1019694,19.1027494
"bench1mav",19.7315166,20.077042,20.0007119
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",16.179887,15.4638853,15.3651185
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",26.6061491,26.686797,25.8405757
"OS X 10.8.0",26.8139987,26.5106681,27.215595
"test",16.1004444,16.3019095,16.2716893
"10.8.4",15.5218302,15.5774932,15.9709694
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",21.6654035,21.8260181,21.8469931
"12e52",21.5524391,21.108514,21.5083628
"12e55",18.8083837,19.1004736,19.147371
"bench1mav",20.0670576,20.0572811,20.0329362
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",15.1724668,15.3892188,16.2711939,19.843872,19.920089,19.9192842
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",263.257817,263.022259,263.039733
"OS X 10.8.0",285.125833,284.982051,288.11733
"test",175.513631,173.988471,174.487168
"10.8.4",181.714039,181.808477,180.81639
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",184.13951,182.727335,184.340623
"12e52",183.284831,183.078576,183.274391
"12e55",173.119377,171.856254,172.898592
"bench1mav",265.815909,265.153058,264.862768
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",60.0881886,60.3357315,60.0382116
"OS X 10.8.0",52.7889977,52.6200449,52.7170447
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",54.8208652,55.0489294,55.0107338
"OS X 10.8.0",52.2981747,52.7315753,52.3952579
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",141.0851728,141.711258,139.9284761
"OS X 10.8.0",135.6230076,135.8329594,135.738478
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",144.4855918,142.7023779,144.8729123
"OS X 10.8.0",137.6893294,139.5817991,139.5678527
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",71.8756356,72.178194,72.4705256
"OS X 10.8.0",70.9536258,71.7126503,71.5966309
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",48.5,48.5,46.5
"OS X 10.8.0",47.9,48,49
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",45.4,48.9,47.7,49.8,48.3
"OS X 10.8.0",48.4,47.7,49.1
"Warsow 1.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1600",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",47.8,48.2,47.5
"OS X 10.8.0",45.8,48.1,48.7
"Xonotic 0.6 - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",135.677946,134.6082498,135.3220096
"OS X 10.8.0",135.8811344,135.525775,135.5137021
"PostMark 1.51 - Disk Transaction Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",1666,1562,1666,1666,1666
"OS X 10.8.0",1666,1666,1666,1666,1785
"test",235,141,151,134,170,182,186,201,215,204
"10.8.4",227,141,185,190,172,204,185,200,129,111
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",183,195,137,137,263,171,177,186,147,173
"12e52",137,166,208,206,143,101,134,161,195,179
"12e55",155,189,240,91,127,204,176,132,165,128
"bench1mav",111,106,97,107,101,98,98,101,112,104
"Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 - Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 64MB - Thread Count: 8",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.7.4",176.528,173.084,172.897,173.927
"OS X 10.8.0",174.945,172.644,168.108,168.269
"test",44.305,36.433,38.127,37.285,39.394,35.618,37.589,37.9
"10.8.4",36.78,37.182,38.401,36.322
"KINGSTON SVP100S296G",35.963,39.479,39.121,26.731,36.41,30.932,37.251,35.779
"12e52",34.2,36.073,39.625,35.323,41.359,36.379,40.319,37.545
"12e55",34.539,38.516,36.907,41.656,40.593,38.426,37.689,38.365
"OS X 10.7.4 11G63",1.349,1.276,1.215,1.265,1.268,1.054,1.298,1.179