Intel's Latest Linux Graphics Code Competes Against OS X 10.9
With the Xonotic first person shooter, OS X 10.9.4 on the Sandy Bridge Mac Mini was faster than all tested configurations of Ubuntu 14.04 for this Core i5 system.
Stay tuned for some more Linux vs. OS X performance benchmarks on my few other Apple systems. If you like the cross-OS benchmarks done at Phoronix (including Linux vs. Windows), please consider subscribing to Phoronix Premium to allow this testing to continue.
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