macOS vs. Clear Linux vs. Ubuntu 17.04 Mac Mini CPU
Intel Core i5 testing with a Apple Mac mini and Intel Iris 1536MB on macOS 10.12.5 for a future article.


Ubuntu 17.04: 

	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 1536MB (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3, Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Clear Linux 15730: 

	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 1536MB (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom Limited BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Clear Linux 15730, Kernel: 4.11.3-355.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel, Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170509 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

macOS 10.12.5: 

	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: DELL P2415Q

	OS: macOS 10.12.5, Kernel: 16.6.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 8.3.3, File-System: MS-DOS FAT32, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 649.49 |===================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 576.14 |=============================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 58.42  |=====


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 12.88 |===============================
Clear Linux 15730 . 11.99 |============================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 21.91 |====================================================


PolyBench-C 3.2
Test: 3 Matrix Multiplications
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 31.06 |=================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 29.76 |===============================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 32.88 |====================================================


Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 9.60  |===================
Clear Linux 15730 . 9.51  |==================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 26.96 |====================================================


BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6
Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic
LPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 1 |========================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 1 |========================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 1 |========================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 1028.82 |==========================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 1234.41 |==================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 1119.59 |=============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 490.85 |=================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 509.08 |===================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 212.92 |=====================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 196.69 |=============================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 211.65 |================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 222.98 |===================================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 1736.49 |================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 1809.63 |==================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 1679.33 |==============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 1792.46 |=======================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 2313.33 |==================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 2145.86 |==============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 927.57  |===================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 1328.39 |==================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 1289.30 |=================================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 2724 |=====================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 2673 |====================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 1608.80 |================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 1675.87 |==================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 940.44  |============================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 58.23 |===================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 59.02 |====================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 55.22 |========================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 60.01 |===========================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 72.49 |====================================================


Primesieve 5.4.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 206.52 |=========================
Clear Linux 15730 . 191.73 |=======================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 420.18 |===================================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 4414 |==============================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 4054 |===========================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 5048 |=====================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 7.07 |=====================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 7.03 |=====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 12.62 |====================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 12.39 |===================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 256.33 |===================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 258.70 |===================================================
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 55.17  |===========


libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1
Test: Decompression Throughput
Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 128.78 |===================================================
Clear Linux 15730 . 126.08 |==================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 17.04 ...... 277.26  |======
Clear Linux 15730 . 281.40  |======
macOS 10.12.5 ..... 2478.57 |==================================================