Compare my 7 years old iMac to a modern MacBook Air.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1407144-KH-1407146PL54
OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",33.3311362,33.6769786,33.5720908
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",53.1831061,54.7544927,54.3781728
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",58.2861052,59.0608586,57.8769325
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",59.0482089,61.1653831,61.092778
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",1041.99,1032.88,1036.48,1048.65
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",514.12,513.56,511.51,509.93
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",949.66,947.25,947.62,942.73
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",552.54,582.06,548.17,550.19
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",414.27,381.58,380.97,381.63
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",205.62,205.64,205.58,205.37
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",411.79,411.76,411.76,411.74
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",162.5,334.55,162.53,162.49
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",191.81,190.71,189.04,188.17
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",127.93,127.97,128.41,110.56
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",197.46,176.05,176.83,176.08
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",89.76,90.55,90.6,90.08
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",1789.42,1785.87,1792.79,1852.33
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",891.37,890.96,877.79,891.56
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",1647.3,1652.45,1656.23,1656.92
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",625.92,625.38,625.85,626.97
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",1697.99,1687.41,1700.25,1701.85
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",954.42,951.86,954.65,951.8
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",1708.75,1712.9,1710.29,1687.78
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",747.92,733.89,726.99,735.81
"SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",1116.44,1118.86,1119.34,1119.27
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",391.27,391.35,391.13,390.34
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",783.03,783.1,781.13
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",1136.62,1125.94,1134.9,1135.6
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",179.06,185.8,184.22
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",283.01,281.01,274.33
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",281.42,283.22,271.4
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",137.48,156.99,157.16,157.33,159.43,155.28
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",71.38,70.64,71.14
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",125.75,126.56,128.13
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",210.2,229.92,225.25
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",35.15,36.74,34.79
"Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",241.34,249.91,247.03
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",403.55,411.31,411.37
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",680.87,679.91,679.97
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",249.24,260.1,230.51
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",101.6106683,100.4174373,101.8354991
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",100.4896111,100.9191913,101.2651564
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",139.9658088,140.8916233,139.5722863
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",112.5670437,112.7325664,112.5400955
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",45.3601691,44.5719098,45.057235
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",68.4101869,67.6124353,68.958662
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",85.1667957,85.592899,85.5709904
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",16.8310469,16.3037325,16.5799457
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",37.5799795,37.0070007,38.2114699
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",61.0775835,61.3455197,61.6830988
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",73.5921275,76.167425,73.9860239
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",10.6387768,10.9432476,10.8249557
"Xonotic 0.7 - Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",34.046272,34.1695101,34.040695
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",49.7989322,49.7120523,50.3933436
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",56.497416,57.263278,56.6776034
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",7.0745969,7.0978155,7.0944878
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",813.89981,817.011515,816.83367
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",616.361865,611.853696,619.867159
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",1178.79759,1207.588521,1207.075239
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",342.082801,342.705663,342.936672
"Primesieve 5.0 - 1e12 Prime Number Generation",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",497.333,497.156,496.968
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",470.829,471.033,470.852
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",265.609,265.95,266.257
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",600.742,600.587,600.849
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",58,58,58
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",38,38,38
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",71,71,71
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",56,56,56
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",38,38,38
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",18,19,18
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",33,33,33
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",30,29,30
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",81,81,81
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",47,48,47
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",90,90,90
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",58,58,58
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",106,106,106
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",64,63,64
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",124,123,124
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",72,72,72
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",65,65,65
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",34,34,34
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",67,68,68
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",47,46,47
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",85.739,85.827,85.81
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",130.637,130.629,130.607
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",73.541,73.519,73.524
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",119.84,119.801,119.773
"OpenSSL 1.0.1g - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"OS X 10.9.4",40.5,38.5,40.2
"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-dev",107.4,107.5,107.4
"Ubuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16",190.4,190.6,190.6
"iMac 24 mid 2007 2.8 GHz 4GB OS X 10.9.4",34.2,34.8,35.4