gzip-test Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and AMD Radeon R9 M370X + Intel Iris Pro 2048MB on OS X 10.11.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. gzip-test: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1867MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256G, Graphics: Intel Iris 6100 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.11.6, Kernel: 15.6.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.2.1, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 compare: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB APPLE SSD SM0512G, Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M370X + Intel Iris Pro 2048MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: OS X 10.11.6, Kernel: 15.6.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.2, File-System: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better gzip-test . 10.23 |============================================================ compare ... 8.48 |==================================================