MacOS 10.12.6 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux MacBook Air Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. macOS 10.12.6: 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: macOS 10.12.6, Kernel: 16.7.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37) + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: MS-DOS FAT32, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 macOS 10.13: Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Apple SSD, Memory: 2 x 2 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 121GB APPLE SSD SD0128F, Graphics: Intel HD 5000 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.13, Kernel: 17.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.37) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 9.0, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS: 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 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 27.96 |================================================ macOS 10.13 ........ 10.48 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 29.63 |=================================================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 185607 |====================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 242343 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 235195 |================================================= BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 1273 |======================= macOS 10.13 ........ 985 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 2885 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 249.67 |===================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 308.98 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 337.14 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 56.31 |=============== macOS 10.13 ........ 46.18 |============= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 183.55 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 89.05 |========= macOS 10.13 ........ 196.51 |==================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 486.69 |================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 1336 |========================== macOS 10.13 ........ 1637 |================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 2631 |==================================================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 32.71 |=================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 32.23 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 26.03 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 69.21 |=================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 63.07 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 29.42 |====================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1366 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 46.54 |=================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 43.81 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 22.82 |========================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 413.08 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 409.23 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 390.92 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 85.07 |================================================= macOS 10.13 ........ 84.33 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 87.70 |=================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 106.92 |============================================= macOS 10.13 ........ 106.12 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 119.17 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 489.96 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 485.10 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 430.55 |============================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 620.04 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 616.17 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 552.48 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 763.43 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 754.40 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 764.69 |================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 915685 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 912691 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 133806 |======= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 97.90 |=================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 97.88 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 86.25 |============================================= Primesieve 5.4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 497.44 |================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 498.37 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 349.58 |=================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 5204 |==================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 5210 |==================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 4926 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 11.60 |=================================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 11.60 |=================================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 8.97 |======================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.5 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 16.18 |================================================ macOS 10.13 ........ 16.25 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 17.25 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 44.97 |================== macOS 10.13 ........ 45.03 |================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 122.93 |================================================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 7.88 |================================================ macOS 10.13 ........ 7.86 |================================================ Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 8.48 |==================================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 9979.40 |=============================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 9834.27 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 10093.96 |================================================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 1426094.08 |============================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 1431949.10 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 905674.93 |============================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 1071995.64 |============================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 1071475.63 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 666711.00 |============================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.12.6 ...... 970516.93 |=============================================== macOS 10.13 ........ 960584.56 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS . 606753.58 |=============================