OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan vs. Linux Apple Mac OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan versus various Linux distributions. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. OS X 10.11.1: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (4 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 10.11.1, Kernel: 15.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.0.0 (clang-700.1.76) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.1.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Fedora 23: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.6-301.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.6 (git-2555e00), Compiler: GCC 5.1.1 20150618, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Fedora 23, Kernel: 4.2.6-301.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.6 (git-2555e00), Compiler: Clang 3.7.0 + LLVM 3.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 15.10: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Antergos 2015.11: 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, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Antergos Linux 2015.11-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 1304 |============== Fedora 23 ............. 4491 |=============================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 4518 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 3995 |========================================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 4716 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 32.28 |========================== Fedora 23 ............. 57.55 |=============================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 59.30 |================================================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 39.82 |================================ Antergos 2015.11 ...... 56.91 |============================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 44.99 |================================================ Fedora 23 ............. 13.35 |============== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 15.89 |================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 15.61 |================= Antergos 2015.11 ...... 12.80 |============== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 8637.13 |========================================== Fedora 23 ............. 9097.47 |============================================ Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 9250.43 |============================================ Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 9380.73 |============================================= Antergos 2015.11 ...... 9563.80 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 785.35 |=========================== Fedora 23 ............. 1344.88 |============================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 1172.96 |======================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 1321.14 |============================================= Antergos 2015.11 ...... 1345.10 |============================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 76.82 |================================================ Fedora 23 ............. 69.49 |=========================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 59.03 |===================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 69.19 |=========================================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 69.65 |============================================ Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 499.39 |=============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 253.90 |======================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 479.55 |============================================= Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 259.00 |======================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 253.94 |======================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 5346 |================================================= Fedora 23 ............. 5023 |============================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 5062 |============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 5059 |============================================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 4950 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 44.87 |=========== Fedora 23 ............. 191.40 |=============================================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 191.40 |=============================================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 188.27 |============================================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 191.30 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better OS X 10.11.1 .......... 2299.83 |============================================== Fedora 23 ............. 1084.49 |====================== Fedora 23 + Clang 3.7 . 1070.84 |===================== Ubuntu 15.10 .......... 1008.86 |==================== Antergos 2015.11 ...... 1049.21 |=====================