OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Benchmarks of Arch Linux on Intel Arrandale CPU and Madison Pro GPU against a MacOSX MacBook Air Base comparator


OS X 10.9.4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: OS X 10.9.4, Kernel: 13.3.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.1.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 17F0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS545050A7, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1100MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD87B2/4, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.912, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-faa6b0c trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4.2-2~gd~t + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1366x768

Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5 580M @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Acer Calpella, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000LM014-1EJ1 + 1500GB HGST HTS541515A9, Graphics: AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5000 1024MB (550/800MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: HP E231, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit PCIe + Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250

	OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.15.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.2, Display Driver: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0 20140604 + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3286x1080


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 183.03 |===============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 279.45 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 278.68 |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 49.79  |====


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 71.05  |=======
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 126.81 |=============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 221.79 |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 21.86  |==


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 246.09 |========
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 408.74 |==============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 680.25 |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 21.76  |=


Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 33.53 |==============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 54.11 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 58.41 |========================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 40.19 |=================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 1.00  |


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 101.29 |================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 100.89 |================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 140.14 |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 101.96 |================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 143.05 |=======================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 45.00 |============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 68.33 |==================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 85.44 |======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 59.19 |===============
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 92.27 |========================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 37.60 |============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 61.37 |====================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 74.58 |========================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 48.54 |================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 72.26 |=======================


Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 34.09 |==============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 49.97 |=====================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 56.81 |========================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 34.65 |===============
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 50.94 |======================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 1040.00 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 512.28  |===========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 946.82  |====================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 866.94  |==================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 665.91  |==============


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 389.61 |====================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 205.55 |===========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 411.76 |=====================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 445.66 |=======================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 414.51 |=====================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 189.93 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 123.72 |===============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 181.61 |======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 168.03 |====================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 101.84 |============


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 1805.10 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 887.92  |===========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 1653.23 |====================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 1402.06 |=================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 864.26  |===========


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 1696.88 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 953.18  |============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 1704.93 |======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 1381.29 |==================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 1044.13 |=============


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 1118.48 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 391.02  |========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 782.42  |===============
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 937.65  |==================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 904.51  |==================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 58 |===================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 38 |============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 71 |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 76 |=========================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 83 |===========================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 38 |==================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 18 |========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 33 |===============
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 40 |===================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 58 |===========================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 81  |=====================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 47  |============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 90  |=======================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 100 |==========================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 98  |=========================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 106 |====================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 64  |============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 124 |========================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 136 |==========================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 118 |=======================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 65 |=========================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 34 |=============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 68 |==========================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 69 |===========================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 70 |===========================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 815.91  |==============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 616.03  |===========
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 1197.82 |=====================
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 1245.29 |======================
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 1201.62 |=====================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 85.79  |===============
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 130.62 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 73.53  |=============
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 69.71  |============
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 72.14  |=============


Primesieve 5.0
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ................................... 497.15 |=======================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .............. 470.90 |======================
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 ..... 265.94 |============
Intel IVB Laptop tested against a MacBook Air . 219.99 |==========
Arch Linux + Linux 3.15.3-1-ARCH Kernel ....... 287.26 |=============


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
OS X 10.9.4 ............................... 39.73  |======
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev .......... 107.43 |===============
Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 . 190.53 |===========================