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 5 of 15. 16 Comments.
Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

The MAFFT molecular biology software was much faster on Ubuntu 12.04 than OS X when using the default compiler on each operating system.

Intel Core i5 OS X 10.8 vs. Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu had a slight advantage over OS X when it came to Fhourstones.

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

OS X was doing very well for the C-based SciMark 2.0 test cases and generally faster than Ubuntu Linux.


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