Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple MacBook Air and Intel HD 5000 1024MB on OS X 10.8.4 (12E3067) compared to various other Apple MacBook Pro and Retina MacBook Pro and Sandy Bridge Mac Mini. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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Apple OS X 10.9 MavericksProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolution2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook AirOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac MiniIntel Core i5 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook ProIntel 52 x 2048 DDR3-1067MHz120GB OCZ-AGILITY2Intel HD + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 288MBColor LCDOS X 10.8.412.4.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.3Journaled HFS+1440x900Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1024 DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBAcer P243W1920x1200Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook AirApple SSD2 x 2048 DDR3-1600MHz121GB APPLE SSD SD0128FIntel HD 5000 1024MBColor LCDOS X 10.8.4 (12E3067)12.4.1 (x86_64)GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 2.11366x768Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBAcer P243WOS X 10.913.0.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28) (based on LLVM 3.2svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.6.31920x1200OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- 2010 MacBook Pro: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - 2011 Mac Mini: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - 2013 MacBook Air: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2335.15~25/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib - OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini: --build=i686-apple-darwin11 --disable-checking --enable-languages=c,objc,c++,obj-c++ --enable-llvm=/private/var/tmp/llvmgcc42/llvmgcc42-2336.11~182/dst-llvmCore/Developer/usr/local --enable-werror --host=x86_64-apple-darwin11 --mandir=/share/man --program-prefix=i686-apple-darwin11- --program-prefix=llvm- --program-transform-name=/^[cg][^.-]*$/s/$/-4.2/ --target=i686-apple-darwin11 --with-slibdir=/usr/lib

2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook AirOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac MiniResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%134%169%203%238%Urban TerrorNexuizXonotic

Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericksnexuiz: 800 x 600 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1024 x 768 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Offxonotic: 800 x 600 - Lowxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 800 x 600 - Highxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Highxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Highxonotic: 800 x 600 - Ultraxonotic: 1024 x 768 - Ultraxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultraurbanterror: 800 x 600urbanterror: 1366 x 768fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solvingscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceclomp: Static OMP Speeduppostmark: Disk Transaction Performancebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation2010 MacBook Pro2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook AirOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini21.8321.7522.2880.0480.2279.0338.0136.9235.3030.8229.8528.2856.6056.737038.40740.35375.69141.24904.591159.521120.72249.70545520.630.7338298.9675.60129.36278.5032.9229.9539.46134.11130.33114.8685.5478.1358.4474.6366.7147.4253.53308570.60940.07383.55182.491374.721630.161129.45243.00618124.570.6512583.0864.22127.74263.1917.9517.1516.48110.16105.1998.5549.6545.6343.9540.0638.7036.6653.9052.678656.331024.03343.24193.191662.381802.271119.05407.43619722.730.53144281.2764.51118.97270.3028.7926.5029.22127.19125.26109.1381.5575.6759.0370.2565.5446.9028.1820.20OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro816243240SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 328.7917.9532.9221.83MIN: 16 / MAX: 72MIN: 9 / MAX: 73MIN: 19 / MAX: 75MIN: 10 / MAX: 102

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro714212835SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 326.5017.1529.9521.75MIN: 14 / MAX: 59MIN: 9 / MAX: 70MIN: 16 / MAX: 62MIN: 10 / MAX: 97

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro918273645SE +/- 0.90, N = 6SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 329.2216.4839.4622.28MIN: 13 / MAX: 128MIN: 8 / MAX: 64MIN: 21 / MAX: 136MIN: 10 / MAX: 109

Xonotic

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: LowOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 1.82, N = 6SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3127.19110.16134.1180.04MIN: 61 / MAX: 244MIN: 40 / MAX: 300MIN: 71 / MAX: 240MIN: 28 / MAX: 201

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3125.26105.19130.3380.22MIN: 80 / MAX: 227MIN: 39 / MAX: 266MIN: 84 / MAX: 227MIN: 28 / MAX: 203

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3109.1398.55114.8679.03MIN: 48 / MAX: 177MIN: 37 / MAX: 220MIN: 73 / MAX: 180MIN: 26 / MAX: 213

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: HighOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 381.5549.6585.5438.01MIN: 38 / MAX: 154MIN: 16 / MAX: 203MIN: 24 / MAX: 159MIN: 11 / MAX: 174

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: HighOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 375.6745.6378.1336.92MIN: 42 / MAX: 135MIN: 16 / MAX: 158MIN: 40 / MAX: 139MIN: 11 / MAX: 127

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: HighOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro1326395265SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 359.0343.9558.4435.30MIN: 31 / MAX: 94MIN: 16 / MAX: 142MIN: 25 / MAX: 92MIN: 11 / MAX: 107

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: UltraOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 370.2540.0674.6330.82MIN: 33 / MAX: 140MIN: 12 / MAX: 193MIN: 23 / MAX: 142MIN: 9 / MAX: 154

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltraOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro1530456075SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 365.5438.7066.7129.85MIN: 31 / MAX: 123MIN: 12 / MAX: 152MIN: 25 / MAX: 127MIN: 8 / MAX: 115

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltraOS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro1122334455SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 346.9036.6647.4228.28MIN: 17 / MAX: 82MIN: 12 / MAX: 133MIN: 22 / MAX: 82MIN: 9 / MAX: 93

Urban Terror

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 800 x 600OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro1326395265SE +/- 1.74, N = 6SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 22.97, N = 6SE +/- 0.10, N = 328.1853.9053.5356.60

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1366 x 768OS X Mavericks: 2011 Mac Mini2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro1326395265SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 320.2052.6730.0056.73

Fhourstones

OpenBenchmarking.orgKpos / sec, More Is BetterFhourstones 3.1Complex Connect-4 Solving2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 4.47, N = 3SE +/- 3.59, N = 3SE +/- 2.83, N = 38656.338570.607038.401. (CC) gcc options: -O3

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Composite2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2004006008001000SE +/- 3.80, N = 4SE +/- 3.39, N = 4SE +/- 0.18, N = 41024.03940.07740.35

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlo2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro80160240320400SE +/- 0.09, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 1.93, N = 4343.24383.55375.69

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro4080120160200SE +/- 2.54, N = 4SE +/- 2.19, N = 4SE +/- 1.06, N = 4193.19182.49141.24

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro400800120016002000SE +/- 20.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.82, N = 41662.381374.72904.59

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro400800120016002000SE +/- 2.40, N = 4SE +/- 18.73, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 41802.271630.161159.52

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro2004006008001000SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.27, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 41119.051129.451120.72

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solver2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro90180270360450SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.29, N = 3407.43243.00249.701. (CC) gcc options: -O3

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed Test2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro13002600390052006500SE +/- 3.79, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 3SE +/- 8.41, N = 36197618154551. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit Performance2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 322.7324.5720.631. (CC) gcc options: -arch -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -lssl -lcrypto

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP Speedup2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro0.16430.32860.49290.65720.8215SE +/- 0.03, N = 10SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 50.530.650.731. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

PostMark

This is a test of NetApp's PostMark benchmark designed to simulate small-file testing similar to the tasks endured by web and mail servers. This test profile will set PostMark to perform 25,000 transactions with 500 files simultaneously with the file sizes ranging between 5 and 512 kilobytes. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostMark 1.51Disk Transaction Performance2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro30060090012001500SE +/- 3.00, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 13.31, N = 614421253821. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compile2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 381.2783.0898.96

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compile2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro20406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 364.5164.2275.601. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -lpthread -lz -liconv -lm

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Time2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro306090120150SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3118.97127.74129.361. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Primesieve

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number Generation2013 MacBook Air2011 Mac Mini2010 MacBook Pro60120180240300SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.35, N = 3270.30263.19278.501. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp