OS X 10.9.4 vs OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Intel Intel Sandy Bridge Linux graphics comparison of Apple Mac OS X 10.9.4 and Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10 Beta 2 versus Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Linux with various kernel and Mesa updates. Performance tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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OS X 10.9.4 vs OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Intel 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 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores) Apple Mac mini Intel 6 2 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz 500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 Intel HD 3000 288MB Thunderbolt Display 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+ 2560x1440 OS X 10.10 14.0.0 (x86_64) Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores) Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1 Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 2048MB 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz) Cirrus Logic CS4206 Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.2.2 X Server 1.15.1 intel 2.99.910 3.1 Mesa 10.1.3 GCC 4.8.2 ext4 Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores) Intel 6 /C200 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) intel 2.99.914 3.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Ubuntu 14.04.1: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance Graphics Details - Ubuntu 14.04.1, Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17: SNA
OS X 10.9.4 vs OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - Intel xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Low xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - High xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultra xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimate urbanterror: 2560 x 1440 urbanterror: 1920 x 1080 nexuiz: 2560 x 1440 - Yes - Off nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Off OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 83.53 33.40 25.74 17.80 16.77 26.17 10.87 55.29 82.57 34.24 26.92 18.63 17.17 24.73 10.90 52.46 69.18 27.55 17.29 48.07 52.13 6.86 6.86 66.76 27.31 16.44 9.87 60.53 71.20 10.16 10.15 OpenBenchmarking.org
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 1.03, N = 5 66.76 83.53 82.57 69.18 MIN: 36 / MAX: 89 MIN: 43 / MAX: 129 MIN: 43 / MAX: 127 MIN: 36 / MAX: 102
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.56, N = 4 SE +/- 0.63, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 27.31 33.40 34.24 27.55 MIN: 7 / MAX: 35 MIN: 10 / MAX: 56 MIN: 10 / MAX: 57 MIN: 15 / MAX: 36
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 16.44 25.74 26.92 17.29 MIN: 6 / MAX: 26 MIN: 9 / MAX: 49 MIN: 9 / MAX: 51 MIN: 5 / MAX: 26
Xonotic Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 9.87 17.80 18.63 MIN: 2 / MAX: 19 MIN: 7 / MAX: 38 MIN: 8 / MAX: 39
Urban Terror Resolution: 2560 x 1440 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 14 28 42 56 70 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 60.53 16.77 17.17 48.07
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 1.11, N = 6 SE +/- 0.54, N = 3 71.20 26.17 24.73 52.13
Nexuiz Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 10.16 10.87 10.90 6.86 MIN: 6 / MAX: 13 MIN: 6 / MAX: 16 MIN: 6 / MAX: 16 MIN: 5 / MAX: 8
Nexuiz Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 12 24 36 48 60 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 10.15 55.29 52.46 6.86 MIN: 6 / MAX: 13 MIN: 25 / MAX: 142 MIN: 30 / MAX: 146 MIN: 5 / MAX: 8
Urban Terror Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 3 / Avg: 13.97 / Max: 95 Min: 5 / Avg: 36.94 / Max: 99 Min: 5 / Avg: 37.56 / Max: 99 Min: 3 / Avg: 19.02 / Max: 92
Urban Terror Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time OpenBenchmarking.org Milliseconds, Fewer Is Better Urban Terror 4.2.013 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17 OS X 10.9.4 OS X Yosemite Beta 2 Ubuntu 14.04.1 20 40 60 80 100 Min: 3 / Avg: 16.38 / Max: 77 Min: 6 / Avg: 28.81 / Max: 99 Min: 7 / Avg: 31.55 / Max: 99 Min: 4 / Avg: 20.7 / Max: 94
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