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.

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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 imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2: 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 10.9.2, Kernel: 13.1.0 (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 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 |=================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 13945 |=================================== 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 |============================================ imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 5.91 |============================================ 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 |========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 37.82 |========================================== 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 |========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 635.15 |========================================== 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 |=========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 53.00 |=========================================== 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 |=========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 49.23 |========================================== 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 |========================================= imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 302.90 |========================================= 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 |========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 265.20 |========================================== 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 |=========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 31.23 |=========================================== 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 |====================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 389.41 |====================================== 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 |====================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 533.01 |========================================== 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 |========================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 304.08 |========================================== 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 |======================================== imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 2180.86 |======================================== 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 |========================================= imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 2108.89 |========================================= 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 |========================================= imac 2012 Mavericks 10.9.2 . 1543.18 |========================================= 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 |===============================================