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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1408244-KH-YOSEMITE176&rdt&gru.

OS X 10.9.4 vs OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu Linux - IntelProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 2Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBThunderbolt DisplayOS 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+2560x1440Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores)Apple Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM2048MB500GB Hitachi HTS54505Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz)Cirrus Logic CS4206Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/nUbuntu 14.043.13.0-34-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.2X Server 1.15.1intel 2.99.9103.1 Mesa 10.1.3GCC 4.8.2ext4Intel Core i5-2415M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores)Intel 6 /C2003.17.0-999-generic (x86_64)intel 2.99.9143.1 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-a4359bc 2014-08-19 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine)Intel Core i5 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores)Apple Mac miniIntel 62 x 1024 MB DDR3-1333MHz500GB Hitachi HTS545050B9A302Intel HD 3000 288MBThunderbolt DisplayOS X 10.1014.0.0 (x86_64)Apple LLVM 5.1 (clang-503.0.40) (based on LLVM 3.4svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 5.1.1Journaled HFS+OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Ubuntu 14.04.1: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceGraphics 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 - Intelnexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - Yes - Offnexuiz: 2560 x 1440 - Yes - Offurbanterror: 1920 x 1080urbanterror: 2560 x 1440xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - UltimateOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 255.2910.8726.1716.7783.5333.4025.7417.806.866.8652.1348.0769.1827.5517.2910.1510.1671.2060.5366.7627.3116.449.8752.4610.9024.7317.1782.5734.2426.9218.63OpenBenchmarking.org

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 21224364860SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 355.296.8610.1552.46MIN: 25 / MAX: 142MIN: 5 / MAX: 8MIN: 6 / MAX: 13MIN: 30 / MAX: 146

Nexuiz

Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: OffOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 23691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 310.876.8610.1610.90MIN: 6 / MAX: 16MIN: 5 / MAX: 8MIN: 6 / MAX: 13MIN: 6 / MAX: 16

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1920 x 1080OS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 21632486480SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 626.1752.1371.2024.73

Urban Terror

Resolution: 2560 x 1440

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 2560 x 1440OS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 21428425670SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 316.7748.0760.5317.17

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 220406080100SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 383.5369.1866.7682.57MIN: 43 / MAX: 129MIN: 36 / MAX: 102MIN: 36 / MAX: 89MIN: 43 / MAX: 127

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 2816243240SE +/- 0.56, N = 4SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 333.4027.5527.3134.24MIN: 10 / MAX: 56MIN: 15 / MAX: 36MIN: 7 / MAX: 35MIN: 10 / MAX: 57

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 2612182430SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 325.7417.2916.4426.92MIN: 9 / MAX: 49MIN: 5 / MAX: 26MIN: 6 / MAX: 26MIN: 9 / MAX: 51

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.7Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateOS X 10.9.4Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 2510152025SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 317.809.8718.63MIN: 7 / MAX: 38MIN: 2 / MAX: 19MIN: 8 / MAX: 39

Urban Terror

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 220406080100Min: 5 / Avg: 36.94 / Max: 99Min: 3 / Avg: 19.02 / Max: 92Min: 3 / Avg: 13.97 / Max: 95Min: 5 / Avg: 37.56 / Max: 99

Urban Terror

Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterUrban Terror 4.2.013Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame TimeOS X 10.9.4Ubuntu 14.04.1Mesa 10.3-dev + Linux 3.17OS X Yosemite Beta 220406080100Min: 6 / Avg: 28.81 / Max: 99Min: 4 / Avg: 20.7 / Max: 94Min: 3 / Avg: 16.38 / Max: 77Min: 7 / Avg: 31.55 / Max: 99

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4