macOS vs Bootcamp vs Parallels on my Macs

[Mike Boreham]

I have done some benchmarking on my two Macs so sharing for interest and info:

MacBook Pro: late 2013 15inch 2.6Ghz quadcore 16Gb RAM GeForce750
MacBook: 2016 M5 8Gb

Both Macs running 10.12, Windows 10 (1703.15063) in Bootcamp and Parallels:

MacBook Pro/MacBook

Geekbench 4:

macOS......... 15301/6288
Bootcamp..... 14499/6127
Parallels....... 12629/5449

Cinebench Open GL fps:

macOS......... 57.7/24.2
Bootcamp..... 63.3/37.9
Parallels....... 57.9/23.5

Cinebench CPU:

macOS......... 579/236
Bootcamp..... 668/262
Parallels....... 496/229

The number shown is the best of three, but there was actually little scatter. The logic for using best of three rather than average, is that there are lots of things happening on a computer which could cause a benchmark to give a low number, but none that could cause a high number. So the highest is likely to be the one with least interference.

It is surprising that Bootcamp scores better than macOS in Cinebench on both Macs...drivers?

Some will be surprised how close to the other two Parallels is. I have seen before how close it is.

I know benchmarks are not real life, but I find them interesting!