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 Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-7360 v1.0, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801I, Monitor: XB2776QS-B1, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, 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 |===== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 32.63 |= 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 |==== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 47.84 |== 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 |======= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 642 |= 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 |======= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 19.53 |==== 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 |== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 13.44 |== 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 |======= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 90 |===== 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 |==== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 860.05 |=== 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 |======= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 51.10 |===== 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 |====== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 181.96 |=== 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 | Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 178980186.47 | 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 |====== Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 80.92 |====== 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 |======= Samsung SSD 840 - AMD Radeon HD 4670 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 . 24.65 |====