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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1407146-PL-APPLEOSX363&rdt&gru.

OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTSProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple MacBook AirApple SSD2 x 2048 MB DDR3-1600MHz121GB APPLE SSD SD0128FIntel HD 5000 1536MBColor LCDOS X 10.9.413.3.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.1.1Journaled HFS+1366x768Intel Core i5-4250U @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores)Apple Mac-35C1E88140C3E6CFIntel Haswell-ULT DRAM4096MB121GB APPLE SSD SD0128Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1000MHz)Intel Haswell-ULT HD AudioBroadcom BCM4360 802.11ac WirelessUbuntu 14.043.13.0-30-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.15.1intel 2.99.9123.3 Mesa 10.3.0-develGCC 4.8.2ext4Intel Core i5-4250U @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores)3.16.0-999-generic (x86_64)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem 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.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,rwProcessor 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 performanceGraphics 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 LTSnexuiz: 1366 x 768 - Yes - Offxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Lowxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Highxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultraxonotic: 1366 x 768 - Ultimategraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingcompilebench: Compilecompilebench: Initial Createcompilebench: Read Compiled Treescimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solveropenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancec-ray: Total Timeprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number GenerationOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1633.53101.2945.0037.6034.0958388110665183.0371.05246.091040.00389.61189.931805.101696.881118.48815.9139.7385.79497.1554.11100.8968.3361.3749.973818476434279.45126.81408.74512.28205.55123.72887.92953.18391.02616.03107.43130.62470.9058.41140.1485.4474.5856.8171339012468278.68221.79680.25946.82411.76181.611653.231704.93782.421197.82190.5373.53265.94OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.161326395265SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.47, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 333.5354.1158.41MIN: 15 / MAX: 103MIN: 29 / MAX: 130MIN: 26 / MAX: 127

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: LowOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16306090120150SE +/- 0.44, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3101.29100.89140.14MIN: 37 / MAX: 231MIN: 60 / MAX: 198MIN: 94 / MAX: 247

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: HighOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1620406080100SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 345.0068.3385.44MIN: 16 / MAX: 140MIN: 37 / MAX: 121MIN: 51 / MAX: 144

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltraOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1620406080100SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 337.6061.3774.58MIN: 12 / MAX: 134MIN: 31 / MAX: 117MIN: 36 / MAX: 139

Xonotic

Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: UltimateOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.161326395265SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 334.0949.9756.81MIN: 11 / MAX: 117MIN: 16 / MAX: 103MIN: 22 / MAX: 121

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: BlurOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.161632486480SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3583871-lbz2 -lxml2-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: SharpenOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3381833-lbz2 -lxml2-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: ResizingOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1620406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3814790-lbz2 -lxml2-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: HWB Color SpaceOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 310664124-lbz2 -lxml2-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.161530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3653468-lbz2 -lxml2-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lX11 -llzma -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -lz -lm -lpthread

Compile Bench

Test: Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: CompileOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1660120180240300SE +/- 2.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.62, N = 3SE +/- 3.68, N = 3183.03279.45278.68

Compile Bench

Test: Initial Create

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Initial CreateOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1650100150200250SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.70, N = 3SE +/- 5.95, N = 371.05126.81221.79

Compile Bench

Test: Read Compiled Tree

OpenBenchmarking.orgMB/s, More Is BetterCompile Bench 0.6Test: Read Compiled TreeOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16150300450600750SE +/- 2.52, N = 3SE +/- 2.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3246.09408.74680.25

SciMark

Computational Test: Composite

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.162004006008001000SE +/- 3.44, N = 4SE +/- 0.96, N = 4SE +/- 1.46, N = 41040.00512.28946.82

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1690180270360450SE +/- 8.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.01, N = 4389.61205.55411.76

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.164080120160200SE +/- 0.82, N = 4SE +/- 4.39, N = 4SE +/- 5.29, N = 4189.93123.72181.61

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16400800120016002000SE +/- 15.81, N = 4SE +/- 3.38, N = 4SE +/- 2.21, N = 41805.10887.921653.23

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16400800120016002000SE +/- 3.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.78, N = 4SE +/- 5.78, N = 41696.88953.181704.93

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.162004006008001000SE +/- 0.69, N = 4SE +/- 0.23, N = 4SE +/- 0.65, N = 31118.48391.02782.42

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.1630060090012001500SE +/- 1.01, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 9.51, N = 3815.91616.031197.821. (CC) gcc options: -O3

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.164080120160200SE +/- 0.62, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 339.73107.43190.53-arch -fomit-frame-pointer-m64 -ldl-m64 -ldl1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lssl -lcrypto

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 385.79130.6273.531. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 5.01e12 Prime Number GenerationOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04 LTS + Mesa 10.3-devUbuntu 14.04 + Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.16110220330440550SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3497.15470.90265.94-fopenmp-fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2

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