macOS 10.15 vs. Windows 10 Benchmarks Intel Core i7-6700HQ testing with a Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C on macOS 10.15 Catalina vs. Windows 10. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. macOS 10.15: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Memory: 2 x 8 GB LPDDR3-2133MHz, Disk: 233GB, Graphics: Intel HD 530 + AMD Radeon Pro 450 2GB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.15, Kernel: 19.0.0 (x86_64), Compiler: Clang 11.0.0 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 11.1, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Windows 10: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-A5C67F76ED83108C (262.0.0.0.0 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 2133MHz, Disk: 234GB APPLE SSD SM0256L, Graphics: AMD Radeon Pro 450 2GB OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 18362, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 21.19.128.7, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2117.13), Vulkan: 1.0.24, File-System: FAT, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.19 |=========================================================== Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.20 |=========================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 34.37 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 28.23 |================================================ Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 48.78 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 28.20 |================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 20.73 |=========================================== Windows 10 .. 28.20 |========================================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 27.07 |======================================================== Windows 10 .. 28.23 |========================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 90.84 |============================ Windows 10 .. 185.13 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 66.71 |======================== Windows 10 .. 161.14 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 34.86 |============== Windows 10 .. 143.12 |========================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 2880 x 1800 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 33.08 |================= Windows 10 .. 113.13 |========================================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 3.49 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 3.04 |=================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 350.24 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 304.90 |================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 3.41 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 3.05 |===================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 341.98 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 305.33 |=================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 25.21 |========================= Windows 10 .. 57.86 |========================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 403.32 |========================= Windows 10 .. 925.73 |========================================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 17.71 |================= Windows 10 .. 59.19 |========================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 283.42 |================= Windows 10 .. 947.02 |========================================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 41.37 |============================================== Windows 10 .. 51.72 |========================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 431.09 |============================================== Windows 10 .. 539.03 |========================================================= ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 24.72 |============================ Windows 10 .. 51.63 |========================================================== ParaView 5.4.1 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 2880 x 1800 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 257.62 |=========================== Windows 10 .. 538.07 |========================================================= Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 20278.22 |======================================================= Windows 10 .. 10171.94 |============================ Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 839481.21 |==================================================== Windows 10 .. 874930.71 |====================================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: All Rendering Tests Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 610241.19 |====================================================== Windows 10 .. 613540.18 |====================================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 545181.44 |====================================================== Windows 10 .. 455945.56 |============================================= NAMD 2.13b1 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 5.33874 |============================================= Windows 10 .. 6.64869 |======================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 21854 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 12127 |================================ Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 11846132 |========================================= Windows 10 .. 15753894 |======================================================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 29642274054 |========================================= Windows 10 .. 37455973193 |==================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 2981026 |=================================================== Windows 10 .. 3288815 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1826.12 |===================================================== Windows 10 .. 1944.61 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 805.44 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 781.26 |======================================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1230.28 |======================================================== Windows 10 .. 1216.12 |======================================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1813.27 |======================================================== Windows 10 .. 1817.15 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 4022.85 |================================================ Windows 10 .. 4668.54 |======================================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1258.74 |======================================================== Windows 10 .. 1239.97 |======================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 4110 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 3949 |========================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 6160 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 6140 |=========================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 14103 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 12461 |=================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 5568 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 4904 |==================================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Apache Spark ALS ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 9309.82 |================================================ Windows 10 .. 10595.69 |======================================================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Apache Spark Bayes ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 10786.33 |======================================================= Windows 10 .. 9871.00 |================================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Savina Reactors.IO ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 19497.20 |=================================================== Windows 10 .. 20852.19 |======================================================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Apache Spark PageRank ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 35488.34 |======================================================= Windows 10 .. 33660.04 |==================================================== Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: In-Memory Database Shootout ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 9063.44 |========================================= Windows 10 .. 12159.05 |======================================================= Renaissance 0.9.0 Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 16259.15 |======================================== Windows 10 .. 22376.43 |======================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1348 |=========================================================== John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 71719 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 32 |=================== Windows 10 .. 102 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 545 |============================================================ Windows 10 .. 203 |====================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 12 |================================= Windows 10 .. 22 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 18 |================== Windows 10 .. 62 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 87 |========================== Windows 10 .. 197 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 25 |============================ Windows 10 .. 54 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 130 |======================================= Windows 10 .. 198 |============================================================ OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 5.66 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 5.64 |=========================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: XFrog Forest - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.90 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 0.84 |======================================================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.45 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 0.46 |=========================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 6.62 |======================================================== Windows 10 .. 6.93 |=========================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: XFrog Forest - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.48 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 0.46 |========================================================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 5.28 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 5.36 |=========================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1.33 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 1.28 |========================================================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 73.26 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 71.43 |========================================================= Intel Open Image Denoise 1.0.0 Scene: Memorial Images / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 2.79 |======================================================= Windows 10 .. 3.02 |=========================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 18032 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 18435 |========================================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1040.53 |================================= Windows 10 .. 1779.57 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 286.01 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 249.45 |================================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 41.37 |============================== Windows 10 .. 79.31 |========================================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 77.50 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 70.00 |==================================================== Zstd Compression 1.3.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 19 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 57.47 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 48.06 |================================================= SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 107.41 |========================================================= Darktable 2.6.2 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 25.44 |========================================================== Darktable 2.6.2 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 15.57 |========================================================== Darktable 2.6.2 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 0.34 |=========================================================== Darktable 2.6.2 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 11.69 |========================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1950 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 1796 |====================================================== NeatBench 5 Acceleration: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 5.09 |=========================================================== Windows 10 .. 5.11 |=========================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 1068.39 |================================================== Windows 10 .. 1191.80 |======================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 532.69 |============================================ Windows 10 .. 689.54 |========================================================= Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Material Tester Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 547.37 |================================================= Windows 10 .. 642.15 |========================================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 413488 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 267952 |===================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 8.61 |===================================== Windows 10 .. 13.67 |========================================================== OSBench Test: Create Files us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 168.62 |========== Windows 10 .. 968.81 |========================================================= OSBench Test: Create Threads us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 12.23 |========== Windows 10 .. 68.13 |========================================================== OSBench Test: Launch Programs us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 453.01 |===== Windows 10 .. 5419.82 |======================================================== OSBench Test: Create Processes us Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 125.07 |========================================================= OSBench Test: Memory Allocations Ns Per Event < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 181.05 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 132.86 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 61.08 |================================================= Windows 10 .. 72.89 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 29186 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 26955 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 218 |============================================================ Windows 10 .. 177 |================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox Overall Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 532.97 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 408.37 |============================================ Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 175.86 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 160.94 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 10530 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 10445 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 63.26 |===================== Windows 10 .. 174.40 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 69.77 |======================================================= Windows 10 .. 74.15 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better macOS 10.15 . 60.72 |========================================================== Windows 10 .. 27.28 |========================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 29358 |================================================ Windows 10 .. 35673 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 218 |============================================================ Windows 10 .. 157 |=========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 522.40 |=========================================== Windows 10 .. 686.81 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 174.52 |========================================================= Windows 10 .. 164.70 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 10059 |================================================== Windows 10 .. 11603 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 58.93 |==================== Windows 10 .. 170.97 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 10.15 . 69.60 |=============================================== Windows 10 .. 85.90 |========================================================== Darktable 2.4.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 . 0.77 |============================================================ Darktable 2.4.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 . 0.94 |============================================================ Darktable 2.4.1 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 . 0.53 |============================================================ Darktable 2.4.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 . 0.93 |============================================================