Open GL 40% slower on OSX.4 than Windows XP - Polyloop

Thomas · 7th April 2006, 09:28

Source from XLR8yourmac.com

Now that Mactel can boot on Windows or OSX, some users have been tested several software or benchmarks between both OS.

A reader from XLR8yourmac.com did a Cinebench (3D benchmark based on Cinema4D) on his MacBookPro and the openGL result gave a difference of 40% between OSX and Windows, the "PC" OS was the faster.

Apple have some improvments to do on its openGL stuff, as video card drivers

psaldari · 7th April 2006, 12:36

Yes, it is true, was already famous that the implementazioni of Open GL in
MacOS X was slower.

Now it is time for the Apple to fix this thing

One curiosity, cinebench is in UB or works under rosetta?

Paolo

tallscot · 25th April 2006, 23:50

Rob at barefeats shows the Cinema 9.5 HW OpenGL is faster in OS X:
http://www.barefeats.com/bootcamp.html

ccirelli · 26th April 2006, 00:37

The bigger question is also, is this Cinebench app / test running native under the Intel Mac?? If it's running under Rosetta, well, then that explains the speed difference.

So far the Intel-native apps (Universal apps) FLY under the new Intel Macs. And we don't even have a true dual-processor to play with yet.

tallscot · 26th April 2006, 00:45

The latest Cinebench 9.5 is Universal and OS X's OpenGL looks really good according to Rob's test in the link I gave.

How long will it be for a Universal Carrara, do you think?

ccirelli · 26th April 2006, 00:52

Interesting, but.. I'm confused. What was Thomas' link (40% slower) all about then?

Not sure about a Universal version for Carrara, my guess is version 6 next year. Although (and I'm assuming this won't change..), I was told that a not-so-far-away update to Hexagon 2 would make it a Universal Binary app, which is promising.

It's going to be a fair amount of time before I can move to an Intel Mac though, lots of software would need to go Universal first.

Wow it's really refreshing to step away from the DAZ melee.. over at Yahoo..

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7th April 2006, 12:36	#2 (permalink)
psaldari NURBS Booleans are your friend Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Treviso - Italy Posts: 115	Yes, it is true, was already famous that the implementazioni of Open GL in MacOS X was slower. Now it is time for the Apple to fix this thing One curiosity, cinebench is in UB or works under rosetta? Paolo

25th April 2006, 23:50	#3 (permalink)
tallscot Spline Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31	Rob at barefeats shows the Cinema 9.5 HW OpenGL is faster in OS X: http://www.barefeats.com/bootcamp.html

26th April 2006, 00:37	#4 (permalink)
ccirelli Spline Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 38	The bigger question is also, is this Cinebench app / test running native under the Intel Mac?? If it's running under Rosetta, well, then that explains the speed difference. So far the Intel-native apps (Universal apps) FLY under the new Intel Macs. And we don't even have a true dual-processor to play with yet.

26th April 2006, 00:45	#5 (permalink)
tallscot Spline Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31	The latest Cinebench 9.5 is Universal and OS X's OpenGL looks really good according to Rob's test in the link I gave. How long will it be for a Universal Carrara, do you think?

26th April 2006, 00:52	#6 (permalink)
ccirelli Spline Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 38	Interesting, but.. I'm confused. What was Thomas' link (40% slower) all about then? Not sure about a Universal version for Carrara, my guess is version 6 next year. Although (and I'm assuming this won't change..), I was told that a not-so-far-away update to Hexagon 2 would make it a Universal Binary app, which is promising. It's going to be a fair amount of time before I can move to an Intel Mac though, lots of software would need to go Universal first. Wow it's really refreshing to step away from the DAZ melee.. over at Yahoo.. .