OS X 10.9 Mavericks MacBook Retina Pro Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB on OS X 10.8.5 versus OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. OS X 10.8.5: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.8.5, Kernel: 12.5.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.1, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 OS X 10.9: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.1, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 iMac27 OS X 10.9: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: iMac, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1 TB APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024MB, Monitor: iMac OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 imac 2012: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: iMac, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 4 GB + 4 GB + 8 GB + 8 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1 TB APPLE HDD WDC WD10EALX-408EA0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024MB, Monitor: iMac OS: OS X 10.9, Kernel: 13.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.0 (clang-500.2.79) (based on LLVM 3.3svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.0.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 29.84 |============================== OS X 10.9 ........ 36.06 |==================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 53.58 |===================================================== imac 2012 ........ 53.17 |===================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 26.95 |============================= OS X 10.9 ........ 34.48 |===================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 49.82 |===================================================== imac 2012 ........ 49.54 |===================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 137.47 |======================= OS X 10.9 ........ 137.23 |======================= iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 306.93 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 302.00 |=================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 124.77 |======================== OS X 10.9 ........ 128.40 |========================= iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 266.70 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 264.70 |==================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 132.92 |========================================================= OS X 10.9 ... 132.14 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 132.61 |========================================================= OS X 10.9 ... 130.91 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 58.67 |========================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 53.42 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 54.77 |========================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 43.08 |============================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 47.01 |========================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 42.63 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 . 43.36 |========================================================== OS X 10.9 ... 35.20 |=============================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.4 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 4.75 |=========================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 4.62 |========================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 5.90 |====================================================== imac 2012 ........ 5.92 |====================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 495.61 |==================================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 450.03 |=============================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 483.19 |=================================================== imac 2012 ........ 482.85 |=================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 288.64 |================================================= OS X 10.9 ........ 293.28 |================================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 306.08 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 304.20 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 2211.92 |=================================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 2215.63 |=================================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 2187.09 |================================================== imac 2012 ........ 2177.94 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 1897.44 |============================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 1899.11 |============================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 2116.19 |=================================================== imac 2012 ........ 2111.07 |=================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 1404.18 |============================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 1404.55 |============================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 1543.51 |=================================================== imac 2012 ........ 1543.25 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 577.17 |=============================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 576.79 |=============================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 635.20 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 633.75 |==================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 16350 |================================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 17239 |===================================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 13928 |=========================================== imac 2012 ........ 13944 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 38.84 |===================================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 38.41 |==================================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 37.84 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 37.91 |==================================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 427.97 |==================================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 423.21 |=================================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 389.00 |=============================================== imac 2012 ........ 389.34 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.8.5 ...... 27.50 |=============================================== OS X 10.9 ........ 27.60 |=============================================== iMac27 OS X 10.9 . 30.30 |==================================================== imac 2012 ........ 30.93 |=====================================================