OS X 10.9.4 vs. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 on 2013 Macbook Pro with Nvidia graphics.


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

OS X 10.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512F, Graphics: Intel Iris Pro + NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: OS X 10.10, Kernel: 14.0.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.2, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.54) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.1 + CUDA 6.5, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800


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 |================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 466.42 |===========================


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 |===========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 106.14 |=============


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 |===========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 535.84 |=====================


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 |============================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 39.47 |===================


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 |==========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 143.64 |===========================


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 |============================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 55.70 |==================


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 |============================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 45.19 |=================


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 |============================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 41.17 |====================


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  |=============
OS X 10.10 ................................ 1957.37 |==========================


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 |====================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 548.39 |===========================


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 |============
OS X 10.10 ................................ 406.83 |===========================


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 |================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 2751.72 |==========================


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 |==========
OS X 10.10 ................................ 4613.77 |==========================


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  |==============
OS X 10.10 ................................ 1466.79 |==========================


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 |=============================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 75 |===============================


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 |====================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 50 |===============================


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  |==========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 104 |==============================


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 |==========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 143 |==============================


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 |=========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 85 |===============================


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 |==========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 1125.49 |========================


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  |===============
OS X 10.10 ................................ 34.75  |=======


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 |==============
OS X 10.10 ................................ 374.32 |====================


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 |===========================
OS X 10.10 ................................ 109.87 |================