OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux: A Battle With No Clear Winner

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 23 August 2012 at 10:55 AM EDT. Page 13 of 15. 16 Comments.
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Linux had a slight advantage when running the 7-Zip compression benchmark.

Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

While the 2011 Mac Mini with Xcode was faster at building software than GCC on Ubuntu, when GCC 4.7 from the HPC project was run on OS X, Ubuntu Linux was faster for building out software.

Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

OS X was slightly faster than Ubuntu Linux from the Intel Core i5 laptop.


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