MacOS 10.14 Mojave vs. Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-6700HQ testing with a Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0247.B00.1806261159 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X on Clear Linux OS 25180 via the Phoronix Test Suite.

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macOS 10.13.6
September 24 2018
  2 Hours, 26 Minutes
macOS 10.14
September 25 2018
  2 Hours, 20 Minutes
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
September 25 2018
  1 Hour, 53 Minutes
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September 26 2018
  1 Hour, 3 Minutes
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MacOS 10.14 Mojave vs. Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks Intel Core i7-6700HQ testing with a Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0247.B00.1806261159 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X on Clear Linux OS 25180 via the Phoronix Test Suite. macOS 10.13.6: 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 10.13.6, Kernel: 17.7.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 macOS 10.14: 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 10.14, Kernel: 18.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Apple LLVM 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.2) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 10.0, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0247.B00.1806261159 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Skylake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 2048MB, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom Limited BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Clear Linux 25180: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (MBP133.88Z.0247.B00.1806261159 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB LPDDR3-2133MT/s, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X, Audio: Cirrus Logic Generic, Network: Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC OS: Clear Linux OS 25180, Kernel: 4.18.9-635.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180502 + Clang 7.0.0 + LLVM 7.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3360x2100 OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 144.00 |=============================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 152.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 22.65 |======= Clear Linux 25180 .. 29.81 |========== x265 2.8 H.265 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 3.93 |========= macOS 10.14 ........ 4.02 |========== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 3.85 |========= Clear Linux 25180 .. 21.39 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 34.93 |================ macOS 10.14 ........ 34.97 |================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 108.06 |================================================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 5.26 |== macOS 10.14 ........ 4.27 |== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 118.35 |================================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 117.78 |================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 18.86 |=================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 18.99 |=================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 6.76 |================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 6.58 |================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 27 |==================== macOS 10.14 ........ 27 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 71 |==================================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 74 |====================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 92.04 |=================== macOS 10.14 ........ 92.46 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 239.41 |================================================== OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 146.00 |============================================= macOS 10.14 ........ 163.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 103.00 |================================ Clear Linux 25180 .. 63.16 |=================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 64 |===================== macOS 10.14 ........ 64 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 139 |============================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 163 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 33.10 |====================== macOS 10.14 ........ 33.22 |====================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 75.84 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 65.69 |======================== macOS 10.14 ........ 66.26 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 134.66 |================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 210.00 |================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 171.00 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 15.53 |==== Clear Linux 25180 .. 16.00 |==== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 474.00 |================================================ macOS 10.14 ........ 491.00 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 48.99 |===== Clear Linux 25180 .. 56.51 |====== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 362641 |========================== macOS 10.14 ........ 356190 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 569726 |========================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 696684 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 47 |============================== macOS 10.14 ........ 46 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 69 |=========================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 86 |====================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 27450587756 |========================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 29748824374 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 16021782339 |======================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 19192080217 |============================= PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 2044 |==================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 2051 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 1203 |=============================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 1149 |============================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 121 |================================= macOS 10.14 ........ 123 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 182 |================================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 195 |===================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 14548 |=================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 14323 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 9499 |================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 9047 |================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 281 |==================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 287 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 236 |============================================ Clear Linux 25180 .. 202 |===================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 8.77 |==================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 8.72 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 6.18 |===================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 6.22 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 184 |============================================ macOS 10.14 ........ 160 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 209 |================================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 224 |===================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 21.10 |====================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 20.97 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 28.00 |=================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 9228 |======================================= macOS 10.14 ........ 9018 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 9076 |======================================= Clear Linux 25180 .. 11993 |=================================================== OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 15.97 |================================================ macOS 10.14 ........ 13.48 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 14.33 |=========================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 16.89 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 251 |===================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 253 |===================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 202 |========================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 236 |================================================= 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 17961 |============================================= macOS 10.14 ........ 17285 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 16974 |=========================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 20339 |=================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 26.19 |=============================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 26.23 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 28.60 |=================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 244 |================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 241 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 261 |===================================================== FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 6.73 |================================================ macOS 10.14 ........ 6.83 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 7.24 |==================================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 7.11 |=================================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 9372794 |=============================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 9477149 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 9007192 |============================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 9676129 |================================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 1226156 |================================================= macOS 10.14 ........ 1155166 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 1148545 |============================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 1150336 |============================================== Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 15514270 |================================================ macOS 10.14 ........ 15540393 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 15057190 |=============================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 15258154 |=============================================== Primesieve 7.1 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 71.21 |================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 71.52 |================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 73.21 |=================================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 71.38 |================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.13.6 ...... 6.74 |================================================== macOS 10.14 ........ 7.02 |==================================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 5.04 |===================================== Clear Linux 25180 .. 4.67 |===================================