macOS 10.13.1 vs. Ubuntu 17.10
Intel Core i7-6700HQ testing with a Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C on macOS and Ubuntu Linux. Tests for a future article.


macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: Intel HD 530 + AMD Radeon Pro 450 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: macOS 10.13.1, Kernel: 17.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Apple LLVM 7.3.0 (clang-703.0.29) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 7.3, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800

Ubuntu 17.10: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C, Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.2 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800


Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2
Global Illumination + Image Synthesis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 2.93 |=================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 2.82 |===============================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 108.50 |=========
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 581.20 |===============================================


Stockfish 2014-11-26
Total Time
ms < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 4388 |=================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 4025 |=============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 33.31 |================================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 26.71 |======================================


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 1080591 |============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 1125551 |==============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 936.24 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 941.32 |===============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 989.91 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 745.35 |===================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 656.81 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 610.92 |============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 130.89 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 131.73 |===============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 115.37 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 114.68 |===============================================


SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 565.84 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 508.80 |==========================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 2988 |==========================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 5725 |=================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 592.32  |===========
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 2415.01 |==============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 77.79  |=======
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 488.96 |===============================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 674.42 |=================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 965.22 |===============================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 1883  |===
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 30583 |================================================


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 730552 |===============================================
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 608746 |=======================================


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
macOS 10.13.1 - Xcode . 4.52   |==
Ubuntu 17.10 .......... 119.77 |===============================================