Benchmarks of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Apple Mac OS X 10.9.4 on the same MacBook Air Haswell model. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Benchmarks of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Apple Mac OS X 10.9.4 on the same MacBook Air Haswell model. Tests for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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
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 |===========================
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 |===========================
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 |===========================
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 |============================
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 |===========================
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 |============================
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 |============================
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 |============================
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 |========================
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 |===========================
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 |==========================
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 |========================
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 |==========================
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 |==================
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 |===============================
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 |===========================
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 |===============================
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 |==============================
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 |===============================
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 |==========================
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 |===============
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 |==============
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 |===========================