OS X 10.10 vs. Ubuntu 15.04 vs. Fedora 21 Mac Mini Ubuntu Linux vs. Fedora 21 vs. OS X benchmarks. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. OS X 10.10.2: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Chipset: Intel 8, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 1 TB APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662, Graphics: Intel Iris 1536MB, Monitor: Thunderbolt Display OS: OS X 10.10.2, Kernel: 14.1.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.57) (based on LLVM 3.5svn) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 6.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 15.04 20150323: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-9-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.0.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.6.0-devel (git-dfb1ae9 2015-03-23 vivid-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Fedora 21: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.19.1-201.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.3, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150212, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Fedora 21 + Clang: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Haswell-ULT IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 21, Kernel: 3.19.1-201.fc21.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.3, Compiler: Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 69.25 |========== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 224.68 |================================ Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 203.54 |============================= Fedora 21 ............................ 187.03 |=========================== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 198.28 |============================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 40.71 |======== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 156.94 |================================ Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 149.57 |============================== Fedora 21 ............................ 107.58 |====================== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 103.54 |===================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 138 |= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 5357 |================================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 5068 |================================ Fedora 21 ............................ 4968 |================================ Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 4903 |=============================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 25.53 |======================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 33.07 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 33.29 |=============================== Fedora 21 ............................ 35.21 |================================= Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 34.90 |================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 38.41 |================================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 10.06 |========= Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 9.80 |======== Fedora 21 ............................ 9.96 |========= Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 11.78 |========== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 128 |============================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 153 |=================================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 153 |=================================== Fedora 21 ............................ 149 |================================== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 117 |=========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 998.60 |==================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 1581.01 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 1583.49 |=============================== Fedora 21 ............................ 1576.89 |=============================== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 1373.74 |=========================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 65.15 |================================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 54.32 |============================ Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 54.37 |============================ Fedora 21 ............................ 54.41 |============================ Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 63.81 |================================ Primesieve 5.4 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 414.13 |================================ Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 188.79 |=============== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 188.56 |=============== Fedora 21 ............................ 189.71 |=============== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 406.42 |=============================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 4468 |================================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 4088 |=============================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 4085 |=============================== Fedora 21 ............................ 4210 |================================ Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 4282 |================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 191021953.55 |================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 296579143.20 |========================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 295774194.80 |========================== Fedora 21 ............................ 293413074.28 |========================== Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 212715067.52 |=================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 84.85 |============================= Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 94.35 |================================= Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 95.62 |================================= Fedora 21 ............................ 83.81 |============================= Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 83.29 |============================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.10.2 ......................... 33.73 |======================== Ubuntu 15.04 20150323 ................ 41.63 |============================== Ubuntu 15.04 + Mesa 10.6 + Linux 4.0 . 41.97 |============================== Fedora 21 ............................ 45.55 |================================= Fedora 21 + Clang .................... 45.46 |=================================