macOS 12.1 vs. Linux vs. Windows

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macOS 12.1
December 03 2021
  15 Hours, 36 Minutes
Ubuntu 21.10
December 05 2021
  7 Hours, 31 Minutes
Clear Linux 35390
December 08 2021
  6 Hours, 57 Minutes
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December 20 2021
  8 Hours, 7 Minutes
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macOS 12.1 vs. Linux vs. Windows macOS vs. Linux vs. Windows benchmarks on a Mac Mini by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"macOS 12.1","Ubuntu 21.10","Clear Linux 35390","Windows 10 Pro" Processor,,Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7-8700B @ 4.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7-8700B @ 4.60GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads),Intel Core i7-8700B @ 3.20GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads) Motherboard,,Apple Mac mini,Apple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10645.5.1 0 BIOS),Apple Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10645.5.1 0 BIOS),Apple Macmini8 1 [Mac-7BA5B2DFE22DDD8C] (1715.60.5.0.0 iBridge: 19.16.10647.0.0 0 BIOS) Memory,,2 x 4 GB DDR4-2667MHz,8GB,8GB,2 x 4096 MB 2667MHz Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G6E3 Disk,,234GB,251GB APPLE SSD AP0256M + 15GB Ultra USB 3.0,251GB APPLE SSD AP0256M + 32GB Flash Disk,234GB Apple APPLE SSD AP0256 Disk Graphics,,Intel UHD 630 2GB,Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD 630] (1200MHz),Intel UHD 630 CFL GT2 3GB (1200MHz),Intel UHD 630 1GB Monitor,,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL P2415Q,DELL 415Q Chipset,,,Intel Cannon Lake PCH,Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Audio,,,Apple Audio Device,Apple Audio Device,Intel Display Audio + Apple Audio Device Network,,,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 PCIe + Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac,Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 PCIe + Broadcom BCM4364 802.11ac,Broadcom 802.11ac + ASIX AX88772B USB2.0 + Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit OS,,macOS 12.1,Ubuntu 21.10,Clear Linux OS 35390,Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 19044 Kernel,,21.2.0 (x86_64),5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64),5.13.13-1070.native (x86_64),10.0 (x86_64) OpenCL,,OpenCL 1.2 (Nov 9 2021 23:27:58),,, Compiler,,GCC 4.2.1 + Clang 11.0.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.1 20211205 releases/gcc-11.2.0-558-g173232a0f6 + Clang 11.1.0 + LLVM 11.1.0, File-System,,APFS,ext4,ext4,NTFS Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160 Desktop,,,GNOME Shell 40.5,GNOME Shell 41.1, Display Server,,,X Server + Wayland,X Server 1.20.11, Vulkan,,,1.2.182,1.2.195, OpenGL,,,,4.6 Mesa 21.3.1, Display Driver,,,,,27.20.100.8681 ,,"macOS 12.1","Ubuntu 21.10","Clear Linux 35390","Windows 10 Pro" "LibRaw - Post-Processing Benchmark (Mpix/sec)",HIB,10.34,28.97,47.62,9.39 "Selenium - Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome (Runs / Minute)",HIB,106.7,34.0,,35.9 "Selenium - Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome (ms)",LIB,39.14,18.24,,17.38 "LuxCoreRender - Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism - Acceleration: CPU (M samples/sec)",HIB,5.47,4.82,4.75,2.45 "PHPBench - PHP Benchmark Suite (Score)",HIB,642911,611864,1068652,483425 "Selenium - Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox (Runs / Minute)",HIB,106.3,111,114,61.0 "C-Ray - Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel (sec)",LIB,153.390,107.866,83.460,116.005 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 10 (sec)",LIB,4.714,4.103,2.782,4.569 "LuxCoreRender - Scene: DLSC - Acceleration: CPU (M samples/sec)",HIB,1.39,1.08,1.07,0.92 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 2 (sec)",LIB,46.924,49.007,67.757,56.088 "PyBench - Total For Average Test Times (Milliseconds)",LIB,1298,975,943,1341 "Selenium - Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome (ms)",LIB,32.0,45.41,,32.58 "Selenium - Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome (Score)",HIB,96.825,136.786,,134.417 "Selenium - Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Google Chrome (ms)",LIB,510.7,365.59,,373.76 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 0 (sec)",LIB,92.487,96.607,81.324,112.594 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Very Fast (FPS)",HIB,9.22,9.94,12.25,8.92 "Git - Time To Complete Common Git Commands (sec)",LIB,71.552,52.237,52.330,62.722 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Very Fast (FPS)",HIB,42.56,45.50,56.83,41.70 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 10, Lossless (sec)",LIB,7.612,6.950,5.726,7.68 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast (FPS)",HIB,16.48,17.59,21.07,15.77 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Ultra Fast (FPS)",HIB,75.93,80.74,97.70,74.49 "Appleseed - Scene: Disney Material (sec)",LIB,313.75924,378.611861,380.734072,405.483 "Blender - Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only (sec)",LIB,329.26,344.42,342.90,421.73 "Blender - Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only (sec)",LIB,236.49,249.00,245.92,297.96 "Blender - Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only (sec)",LIB,635.97,673.07,675.12,801.26 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,1071.1,984.6,1073.8,1238.3 "XZ Compression - Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 (sec)",LIB,50.630,44.981,40.623,49.161 "Selenium - Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox (Score)",HIB,97.213,78.229,90.909,85.203 "Selenium - Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome (Runs/min)",HIB,130.1,143,,160 "ASTC Encoder - Preset: Exhaustive (sec)",LIB,87.4865,95.5163,93.3317,106.7737 "ASTC Encoder - Preset: Medium (sec)",LIB,5.0067,5.4321,5.0052,6.0909 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 6 (sec)",LIB,16.322,16.824,15.544,18.905 "FLAC Audio Encoding - WAV To FLAC (sec)",LIB,17.006,14.469,13.984,16.250 "Blender - Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only (sec)",LIB,824.09,848.13,832.73,994.05 "IndigoBench - Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Bedroom (M samples/s)",HIB,1.193,1.152,1.304,1.091 "WebP Image Encode - Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression (Encode Time - sec)",LIB,6.141,6.862,6.388,7.303 "Appleseed - Scene: Material Tester (sec)",LIB,313.924991,354.400143,346.766364,372.632 "WebP Image Encode - Encode Settings: Default (Encode Time - sec)",LIB,1.375,1.435,1.330,1.572 "ASTC Encoder - Preset: Thorough (sec)",LIB,9.5010,9.9998,9.7511,11.2261 "Appleseed - Scene: Emily (sec)",LIB,564.843623,629.781486,618.859352,667.072 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Medium (FPS)",HIB,21.64,22.34,23.69,20.09 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,107.7,126.3,122.0,123.4 "rav1e - Speed: 10 (FPS)",HIB,7.448,6.970,7.095,6.365 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Medium (FPS)",HIB,3.98,4.29,4.47,3.83 "Selenium - Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox (ms)",LIB,39.68,46.29,43.19,43.64 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p - Video Preset: Slow (FPS)",HIB,21.20,21.57,22.86,19.63 "LZ4 Compression - Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,6586.25,6940.12,7629.82,6555.82 "Kvazaar - Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Slow (FPS)",HIB,3.96,4.21,4.41,3.79 "libavif avifenc - Encoder Speed: 6, Lossless (sec)",LIB,85.476,92.031,88.205,99.308 "Geometric Mean Of All Test Results - Result Composite - macOS 12.1 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux (Geometric Mean)",HIB,21.699,22.019,23.293,20.146 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,1310.4,1510.6,1506.5,1471.2 "WebP Image Encode - Encode Settings: Quality 100 (Encode Time - sec)",LIB,2.330,2.269,2.134,2.451 "Stockfish - Total Time (Nodes/s)",HIB,14512457,15461286,16631681,14610628 "Selenium - Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox (Runs/min)",HIB,130.6,114,123,119 "rav1e - Speed: 6 (FPS)",HIB,2.706,2.531,2.566,2.365 "Selenium - Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox (ms)",LIB,32.1,33.9,33.6,29.8 "7-Zip Compression - Test: Compression Rating (MIPS)",HIB,37225,39458,41404,36896 "rav1e - Speed: 1 (FPS)",HIB,0.363,0.338,0.337,0.326 "rav1e - Speed: 5 (FPS)",HIB,2.018,1.910,1.898,1.813 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,3373.2,3335.4,3411.9,3080.9 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,3634.1,3643.9,3723.1,3366.3 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,15.5,16.3,16.8,15.3 "WebP Image Encode - Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless, Highest Compression (Encode Time - sec)",LIB,37.703,39.429,37.410,40.971 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,2993.8,2996.0,3015.1,2757.1 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,3447.9,3426.8,3474.8,3181.0 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 8 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,100.1,109.3,109.2,106.8 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,17.8,18.7,19.4,18.2 "Zstd Compression - Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,3106.8,3110.0,3044.6,2855.5 "WebP Image Encode - Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless (Encode Time - sec)",LIB,16.208,17.034,16.134,17.522 "WavPack Audio Encoding - WAV To WavPack (sec)",LIB,14.445,14.407,13.319,14.180 "LZ4 Compression - Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,7585.1,8187.3,8220.9,7786.6 "IndigoBench - Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar (M samples/s)",HIB,2.829,2.699,2.743,2.615 "LZ4 Compression - Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,7601.9,8150.1,8202.1,7821.0 "Chaos Group V-RAY - Mode: CPU (vsamples)",HIB,6399,6392,6200,5931 "LZ4 Compression - Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,46.57,48.82,49.37,50.20 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon Obj (FPS)",HIB,7.0144,7.1640,7.2777,6.8209 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Asian Dragon (FPS)",HIB,7.8792,7.9942,8.0479,7.6546 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer - Model: Crown (FPS)",HIB,6.5964,6.7479,6.7180,6.4359 "Intel Open Image Denoise - Run: RT.ldr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 (Images / Sec)",HIB,0.23,0.22,0.22,0.23 "Intel Open Image Denoise - Run: RT.hdr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 (Images / Sec)",HIB,0.23,0.22,0.23,0.23 "Selenium - Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Firefox (ms)",LIB,507.6,499.1,485.9,495.7 "LZ4 Compression - Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed (MB/s)",HIB,49.67,49.84,51.28,51.86 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon Obj (FPS)",HIB,7.3518,7.5329,7.6592,7.3507 "asmFish - 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth (Nodes/s)",HIB,19633903,19645693,19986894,19324492 "Primesieve - 1e12 Prime Number Generation (sec)",LIB,36.986,37.494,38.200,37.071 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Asian Dragon (FPS)",HIB,8.5300,8.6837,8.7258,8.4741 "7-Zip Compression - Test: Decompression Rating (MIPS)",HIB,36661,36373,36705,37301 "Embree - Binary: Pathtracer ISPC - Model: Crown (FPS)",HIB,7.0327,7.0722,7.0848,7.0487 "Intel Open Image Denoise - Run: RTLightmap.hdr.4096x4096 (Images / Sec)",HIB,0.11,0.11,0.11,0.11