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OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Monitor Audio Network OS Kernel Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple MacBook Air Apple SSD 2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F Intel HD 5000 1536MB Color LCD OS X 10.9.4 13.3.0 (x86_64) Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.1.1 Journaled HFS+ 1366x768 Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CF Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM 4096MB 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128 Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz) Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-30-generic (x86_64) Xfce 4.10 X Server 1.15.1 intel 2.99.912 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel GCC 4.8.2 ext4 Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores) 3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64) Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.80GHz (2 Cores) iMac Intel ICH8-M 2 x 2048 MB DDR2-667MHz 256GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 ATI RadeonHD2600 256MB iMac OS X 10.9.4 13.3.0 (x86_64) X Server 1.14.6 2.1 Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.0 MS-DOS FAT32 1920x1200 OpenBenchmarking.org System Details - OS X 10.9.4: Python 2.7.5. - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: Disk Scheduler: DEADLINE. Python 2.7.6. - iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4: Python 2.7.5. Compiler Details - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev, Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-libmudflap --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Disk Details - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev, Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: DEADLINE / data=ordered,errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw Processor Details - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev, Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16: SNA
OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultimate xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultra compilebench: Initial Create openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance xonotic: 1366 x 768 - High himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation graphics-magick: Sharpen scimark2: Composite graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: Blur compilebench: Compile nexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Off c-ray: Total Time xonotic: 1366 x 768 - Low scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Monte Carlo compilebench: Read Compiled Tree OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 34.09 37.60 71.05 39.73 45.00 815.91 1118.48 1805.10 1696.88 497.15 38 1040.00 65 106 81 58 183.03 33.53 85.79 101.29 189.93 389.61 246.09 49.97 61.37 126.81 107.43 68.33 616.03 391.02 887.92 953.18 470.90 18 512.28 34 64 47 38 279.45 54.11 130.62 100.89 123.72 205.55 408.74 56.81 74.58 221.79 190.53 85.44 1197.82 782.42 1653.23 1704.93 265.94 33 946.82 68 124 90 71 278.68 58.41 73.53 140.14 181.61 411.76 680.25 7.09 10.80 35.56 34.80 16.57 342.58 1133.27 626.03 736.15 600.73 30 558.24 47 72 58 56 153.95 60.44 119.80 112.61 90.25 205.52 246.62 OpenBenchmarking.org
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 34.09 56.81 49.97 7.09 MIN: 11 / MAX: 117 MIN: 22 / MAX: 121 MIN: 16 / MAX: 103
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.80, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 37.60 74.58 61.37 10.80 MIN: 12 / MAX: 134 MIN: 36 / MAX: 139 MIN: 31 / MAX: 117
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 5.95, N = 3 SE +/- 0.70, N = 3 SE +/- 0.60, N = 3 71.05 221.79 126.81 35.56
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.62, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 39.73 190.53 107.43 34.80 -arch -fomit-frame-pointer -m64 -ldl -m64 -ldl -arch -fomit-frame-pointer 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lssl -lcrypto
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 45.00 85.44 68.33 16.57 MIN: 16 / MAX: 140 MIN: 51 / MAX: 144 MIN: 37 / MAX: 121 MIN: 3 / MAX: 68
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.01, N = 3 SE +/- 9.51, N = 3 SE +/- 2.32, N = 3 SE +/- 0.25, N = 3 815.91 1197.82 616.03 342.58 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.69, N = 4 SE +/- 0.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 4 SE +/- 2.47, N = 4 1118.48 782.42 391.02 1133.27
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 15.81, N = 4 SE +/- 2.21, N = 4 SE +/- 3.38, N = 4 SE +/- 0.34, N = 4 1805.10 1653.23 887.92 626.03
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 3.25, N = 4 SE +/- 5.78, N = 4 SE +/- 0.78, N = 4 SE +/- 4.36, N = 4 1696.88 1704.93 953.18 736.15
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 5.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 497.15 265.94 470.90 600.73 -fopenmp -fopenmp 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 38 33 18 30 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -llcms2 -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lwmflite -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 3.44, N = 4 SE +/- 1.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.96, N = 4 SE +/- 7.99, N = 4 1040.00 946.82 512.28 558.24
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 15 30 45 60 75 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 65 68 34 47 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -llcms2 -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lwmflite -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 106 124 64 72 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -llcms2 -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lwmflite -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 81 90 47 58 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -llcms2 -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lwmflite -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 58 71 38 56 -lbz2 -lxml2 -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp -llcms2 -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lwmflite -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lxml2 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 2.04, N = 3 SE +/- 3.68, N = 3 SE +/- 2.62, N = 3 SE +/- 3.34, N = 6 183.03 278.68 279.45 153.95
Nexuiz Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.35, N = 3 SE +/- 0.47, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 33.53 58.41 54.11 60.44 MIN: 15 / MAX: 103 MIN: 26 / MAX: 127 MIN: 29 / MAX: 130 MIN: 31 / MAX: 187
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 85.79 73.53 130.62 119.80 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Xonotic Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 101.29 140.14 100.89 112.61 MIN: 37 / MAX: 231 MIN: 94 / MAX: 247 MIN: 60 / MAX: 198 MIN: 53 / MAX: 219
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.82, N = 4 SE +/- 5.29, N = 4 SE +/- 4.39, N = 4 SE +/- 0.20, N = 4 189.93 181.61 123.72 90.25
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 8.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.01, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 43.01, N = 4 389.61 411.76 205.55 205.52
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree OS X 10.9.4 Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 2.52, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 8.64, N = 3 246.09 680.25 408.74 246.62
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