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MacTech Benchmark Finds Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac "The Clear Winner" Over VMware Fusion
2009-03-07
Renton, WA. — March 6th, 2009 — Parallels today announced that a
benchmark study from MacTech found Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac "14-20% faster
than VMware Fusion" in the majority of its tests. The labs pitted Parallels
Desktop 4.0 for Mac against VMware Fusion 2.0.1 in more than 2500 tests
examining the performance of Windows XP and Windows Vista on 4 different Mac
models: the "White" MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac Pro. The tests revealed
Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac is 14% faster for both XP and Vista on the default
and thus the most commonly used configuration: 32-bit Windows OS running under a
single virtual processor.
The benchmark tested performance of running some of the most commonly used
Windows-compatible applications, including Internet Explorer, the default web
browser for Windows. In these tests, MacTech found that "VMware Fusion was
several times slower than Parallels Desktop in the Internet Explorer tests
(across the board)". The full report and results can be viewed on the MacTech
website.
When examining how both virtualization tools use the resources of the Mac
hardware, the benchmark found that: "Parallels Desktop had a surprisingly small
RAM footprint… which was actually typically lower than the amount of RAM
configured for the virtual machine." This is because of the adaptive hypervisor
and optimized memory management, both of which were introduced with version 4.0
of Parallels Desktop for Mac. The adaptive hypervisor allocates resources as
they are needed in real-time, so the virtual machine will only use the amount of
RAM actually required to perform the current processes, leaving the rest for Mac
OS X. More memory for Mac OS X results in a better performance of the whole
system in most cases.
Regarding graphics support, the report concludes: "In our tests, MacBook users
will have a better experience with Parallels Desktop". The tests were conducted
on an early build of version 4.0, which has since been updated to include
support for Vertex Shaders 2.0 and bring graphic support to DirectX 9.0 Shader
Model 2, enhancing the graphics capabilities even further.
The overview of the report includes the following round up of results:
- "For 32-bit Windows OSes, running under a single virtual processor (the
default when you create virtual machines in either product, and therefore, the
most commonly used configuration), Parallels Desktop runs both XP and Vista 14%
faster than VMware Fusion."
- "For 32-bit Windows OSes, running under two virtual processors… Parallels
Desktop runs Vista 20% faster than VMware Fusion."
- "For 64-bit Windows Vista, running under two virtual processors, Parallels
Desktop runs 15% faster than VMware Fusion."
"The results of the benchmark support much of the feedback we hear from our
users and we’re delighted to see a well-respected industry voice echoing their
sentiments," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. "Since the testing began,
we have issued an updated build (3810) for Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac and
we’re confident that this offers even better performance and graphics support.
This is a free update for existing customers of version 4.0 and part of our
ongoing commitment to innovating our products to further meet customers’ needs.
We invite customers to download the free trial on our website if they want to
test the product themselves."
For more information on Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac or to download the free
trail, please visit
www.parallels.com/desktop.
About Parallels — Optimized Computing
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that
optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all
major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in
1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 800 employees in North America,
Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit
www.parallels.com.
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