macOS 12.1 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. macOS 12.1: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac mini, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR4-2667MHz, Disk: 234GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 2GB, Monitor: DELL P2415Q OS: macOS 12.1, Kernel: 21.2.0 (x86_64), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (Nov 9 2021 23:27:58), Compiler: GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 11.0.0, File-System: APFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 21.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700B @ 4.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10645.5.1 0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD AP0256M, Graphics: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD 630] (1200MHz), Audio: Apple Audio Device, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 PCIe + Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 21.10, Kernel: 5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 40.5, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, Vulkan: 1.2.182, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 35390: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700B @ 4.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10645.5.1 0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD AP0256M, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 CFL GT2 3GB (1200MHz), Audio: Apple Audio Device, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 PCIe + Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac OS: Clear Linux OS 35390, Kernel: 5.13.13-1070.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 21.3.1, Vulkan: 1.2.195, Compiler: GCC 11.2.1 20211205 releases/gcc-11.2.0-558-g173232a0f6 + Clang 11.1.0 + LLVM 11.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700B @ 4.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Apple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10645.5.1 0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 8GB, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD AP0256M, Graphics: Intel UHD 630 (1200MHz), Audio: Apple Audio Device, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 PCIe + Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.9, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Vulkan: 1.2.145, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 7-Zip Compression 21.06 Test: Compression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 37225 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 39458 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 41404 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 39084 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 21.06 Test: Decompression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 36661 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 36373 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 36705 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 35256 |================================================= Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 564.84 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 629.78 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 618.86 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 654.17 |================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 313.76 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 378.61 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 380.73 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 384.95 |================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Material Tester Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 313.92 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 354.40 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 346.77 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 369.66 |================================================== asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 19633903 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 19645693 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 19986894 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 18246463 |============================================ ASTC Encoder 3.2 Preset: Medium Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 5.0067 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 5.4321 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 5.0052 |============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 5.4376 |================================================== ASTC Encoder 3.2 Preset: Thorough Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 9.5010 |============================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.9998 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 9.7511 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 10.5836 |================================================= ASTC Encoder 3.2 Preset: Exhaustive Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 87.49 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 95.52 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 93.33 |============================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 105.10 |================================================== Blender 3.0 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 236.49 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 249.00 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 245.92 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 254.52 |================================================== Blender 3.0 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 635.97 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 673.07 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 675.12 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 700.58 |================================================== Blender 3.0 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 329.26 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 344.42 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 342.90 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 360.25 |================================================== Blender 3.0 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 824.09 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 848.13 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 832.73 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 884.27 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 153.39 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 107.87 |=================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 83.46 |=========================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 110.28 |==================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 5 Mode: CPU vsamples > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 6399 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6392 |==================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 6200 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 5805 |=============================================== Embree 3.13 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 6.5964 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6.7479 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 6.7180 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 6.9151 |================================================== Embree 3.13 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Crown Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7.0327 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 7.0722 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 7.0848 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 7.1766 |================================================== Embree 3.13 Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7.8792 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 7.9942 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 8.0479 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 8.0121 |================================================== Embree 3.13 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 8.5300 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 8.6837 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 8.7258 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 8.5949 |================================================= Embree 3.13 Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Obj Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7.3518 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 7.5329 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 7.6592 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 7.4665 |================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.3 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 17.01 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 14.47 |=========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 13.98 |========================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 15.72 |=============================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 71.55 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 52.24 |===================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 52.33 |===================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 49.75 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.33 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 776 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 794 |======================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 1050 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 821 |========================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3326.56 |===================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3838.55 |========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 4426.39 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3792.20 |========================================== IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1.193 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.152 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.304 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.125 |============================================ IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.829 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.699 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.743 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.638 |================================================ Intel Open Image Denoise 1.4.0 Run: RT.hdr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 Images / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.23 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.22 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.23 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.22 |================================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.4.0 Run: RT.ldr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 Images / Sec > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.23 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.22 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.22 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.22 |================================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3.98 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4.29 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 4.47 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4.09 |================================================ Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Slow Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 21.20 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 21.57 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 22.86 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 20.93 |=============================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 21.64 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 22.34 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 23.69 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 21.33 |============================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 9.22 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.94 |========================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 12.25 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 9.78 |========================================= Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 16.48 |======================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 17.59 |=========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 21.07 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 17.28 |========================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 42.56 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 45.50 |========================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 56.83 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 44.73 |======================================== Kvazaar 2.1 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 75.93 |======================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 80.74 |========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 97.70 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 79.41 |========================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 29Oct2020 Model: 20k Atoms ns/day > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 4.619 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4.497 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 4.539 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4.481 |================================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 29Oct2020 Model: Rhodopsin Protein ns/day > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 4.740 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4.791 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 5.015 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4.878 |================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 0 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 92.49 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 96.61 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 81.32 |======================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 100.46 |================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 6 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 16.32 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 16.82 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 15.54 |============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 17.25 |=================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 10 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 4.714 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4.103 |============================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.782 |============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4.166 |============================================= libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 6, Lossless Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 85.48 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 92.03 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 88.21 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 95.89 |=================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 10, Lossless Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7.612 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6.950 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 5.726 |====================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 7.192 |================================================ LibRaw 0.20 Post-Processing Benchmark Mpix/sec > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 10.34 |=========== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 28.97 |=============================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 47.62 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 32.60 |=================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: DLSC - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1.39 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.08 |======================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.07 |======================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.08 |======================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 5.47 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4.82 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 4.75 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4.63 |============================================ LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 6586.25 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6940.12 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 7629.82 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 6942.25 |============================================= LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 49.67 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 49.84 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 51.28 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 50.10 |================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7601.9 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 8150.1 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 8202.1 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 8134.9 |================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 46.57 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 48.82 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 49.37 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 48.96 |=================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7585.1 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 8187.3 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 8220.9 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 8177.9 |================================================== NAMD 2.14 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.80625 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.69147 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.71647 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.75944 |================================================ Numpy Benchmark Score > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 376.86 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 386.66 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 422.33 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 386.05 |============================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 10.21 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 10.75 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 10.75 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 10.14 |================================================ OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: XFrog Forest - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1.69 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.71 |==================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.70 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.68 |=================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: San Miguel - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.86 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.88 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.89 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.87 |=================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 12.77 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 12.77 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 12.82 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 12.50 |================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: SciVis FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 10.31 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 10.31 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 10.64 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 10.17 |================================================= OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: NASA Streamlines - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.63 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.58 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.60 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.54 |================================================== OSPray 1.8.5 Demo: Magnetic Reconnection - Renderer: Path Tracer FPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 125.00 |============================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 142.86 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 134.52 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 129.76 |============================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 642911 |============================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 611864 |============================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 1068652 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 579849 |=========================== Primesieve 7.7 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 36.99 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 37.49 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 38.20 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 40.38 |=================================================== PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1298 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 975 |======================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 943 |====================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 947 |====================================== PyHPC Benchmarks 3.0 Device: CPU - Backend: Numpy - Project Size: 1048576 - Benchmark: Equation of State Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.560 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.351 |================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.332 |============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.349 |================================ PyHPC Benchmarks 3.0 Device: CPU - Backend: Numpy - Project Size: 1048576 - Benchmark: Isoneutral Mixing Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.754 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.670 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.616 |========================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.668 |============================================= PyHPC Benchmarks 3.0 Device: CPU - Backend: Numpy - Project Size: 4194304 - Benchmark: Equation of State Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.451 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.819 |====================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.486 |=============================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.639 |================================== PyHPC Benchmarks 3.0 Device: CPU - Backend: Numpy - Project Size: 4194304 - Benchmark: Isoneutral Mixing Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3.161 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.831 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.574 |========================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.824 |============================================== PyHPC Benchmarks 3.0 Device: CPU - Backend: PyTorch - Project Size: 1048576 - Benchmark: Isoneutral Mixing Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 0.568 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 0.449 |======================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 0.553 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 0.449 |======================================== QuantLib 1.21 MFLOPS > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2407.7 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2772.7 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 2938.0 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2545.2 |=========================================== rav1e 0.5 Speed: 5 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.018 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.910 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.898 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.873 |=============================================== rav1e 0.5 Speed: 6 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.706 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.531 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.566 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.473 |=============================================== rav1e 0.5 Speed: 10 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 7.448 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 6.970 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 7.095 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 6.848 |=============================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 39.68 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 46.29 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 43.19 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 46.70 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 106.3 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 111.0 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 114.0 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 111.0 |================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 97.21 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 78.23 |========================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 90.91 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 79.23 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 130.6 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 114.0 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 123.0 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 113.0 |============================================ Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 32.1 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 33.9 |==================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 33.6 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 33.6 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 507.6 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 499.1 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 485.9 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 494.4 |================================================== SQLite Speedtest 3.30 Timed Time - Size 1,000 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 79.10 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 64.19 |========================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 60.27 |======================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 63.58 |========================================= Stockfish 13 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 14512457 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 15461286 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 16631681 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 14639219 |========================================== Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: MMAP Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 71.33 |================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 84.21 |======================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 107.79 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 84.94 |======================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Malloc Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 26254104.89 |======================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 29454364.45 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 29387341.88 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 29366261.63 |============================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: CPU Stress Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 17371.53 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 13856.41 |====================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 13163.99 |==================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 11976.47 |================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Semaphores Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Matrix Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 34885.31 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 28854.88 |======================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 28567.73 |======================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 28152.09 |======================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Vector Math Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 30613.51 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 22690.72 |==================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 24558.85 |======================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 20474.76 |================================ Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Memory Copying Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 920.89 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 765.72 |========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 801.37 |============================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 822.27 |============================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: Context Switching Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2443352.22 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1991856.06 |===================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1884578.70 |=================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2090273.42 |======================================= Stress-NG 0.13.02 Test: System V Message Passing Bogo Ops/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 8100002.09 |============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 4514369.97 |========================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 4459814.70 |========================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 4395437.03 |========================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 27.14 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 23.24 |============================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 26.29 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 24.35 |============================================== Timed FFmpeg Compilation 4.4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 89.99 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 85.28 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 87.59 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 93.09 |=================================================== Timed HMMer Search 3.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 112.16 |===================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 125.56 |========================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 118.86 |======================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 151.65 |================================================== Unpacking Firefox 84.0 Extracting: firefox-84.0.source.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 59.57 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 18.60 |================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 17.13 |=============== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 18.59 |================ WavPack Audio Encoding 5.3 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 14.45 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 14.41 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 13.32 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 14.52 |=================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Default Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1.375 |============================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1.435 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1.330 |============================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1.548 |=================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100 Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2.330 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2.269 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 2.134 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2.415 |=================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 16.21 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 17.03 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 16.13 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 17.09 |=================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless, Highest Compression Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 37.70 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 39.43 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 37.41 |================================================ Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 38.18 |================================================= x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 8.79 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 9.23 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 9.54 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 9.46 |==================================================== x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 48.33 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 46.07 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 47.17 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 45.35 |================================================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 169.91 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 81.17 |======================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 83.06 |======================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 82.24 |======================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 78.15 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 36.00 |======================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 35.45 |======================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 35.81 |======================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 65.86 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 28.82 |====================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 28.33 |====================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 28.57 |====================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 50.95 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 22.30 |====================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 21.84 |====================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 22.29 |====================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 50.63 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 44.98 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 40.62 |========================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 44.43 |============================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1317.3 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1465.4 |=============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1549.0 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1262.8 |========================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3248.8 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3050.6 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3410.0 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3251.9 |================================================ Zstd Compression Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 99.7 |========================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 168.7 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 109.8 |============================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 192.4 |=================================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3321.4 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3144.3 |============================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3493.7 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3313.0 |=============================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 17.9 |========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 18.2 |=========================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 19.1 |============================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 22.1 |==================================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2908.2 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2858.9 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 3001.2 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 2931.8 |================================================= Zstd Compression Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1049.1 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 312.1 |============== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1109.8 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 353.3 |================ Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 15.4 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 15.5 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 16.8 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 11.8 |===================================== Zstd Compression Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2995.6 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2796.2 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 2996.6 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3028.9 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 1310.4 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 1510.6 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1506.5 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 1379.3 |============================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3373.2 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3335.4 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3411.9 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3427.5 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 100.1 |=============================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 109.3 |=================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 109.2 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 108.3 |=================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3447.9 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3426.8 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3474.8 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3483.9 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 17.8 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 18.7 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 19.4 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 18.8 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 2993.8 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 2996.0 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3015.1 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3033.7 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 984.6 |============================================== macOS 12.1 ......... 1071.1 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 983.9 |============================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 1073.8 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 960.2 |============================================= Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 107.7 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 126.3 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 122.0 |=============================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 132.9 |=================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3634.1 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3643.9 |================================================= Clear Linux 35390 .. 3723.1 |================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3707.5 |================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 15.5 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 16.3 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 16.8 |==================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 16.4 |=================================================== Zstd Compression 1.5.0 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 3106.8 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 3110.0 |================================================== Clear Linux 35390 .. 3044.6 |================================================= Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 3083.1 |================================================== Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - macOS 12.1 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better macOS 12.1 ......... 54.24 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 53.92 |================================================ Clear Linux 35390 .. 57.22 |=================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 53.19 |=============================================== Number Of First Place Finishes Wins - 123 Tests Wins macOS 12.1 ......... 38 |================================ Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 11 |========= Clear Linux 35390 .. 64 |====================================================== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 10 |======== Number Of Last Place Finishes Losses - 123 Tests Losses macOS 12.1 ......... 55 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.10 ....... 14 |============== Clear Linux 35390 .. 6 |====== Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS . 48 |===============================================