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3DMark06 tests crashed virtual machine (3.1.2 fixed this, but was slower on graphics). We were curious how these versions differed on the current hardware and OS for the same types of tests, and saw these benefits: Since the last comprehensive benchmarks, VMware had a minor bump from 3.0 to 3.1.

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On Windows 7, Full Windows boot more than twice as fast, and graphics almost twice as fast.

On XP, 7% faster on compression and 37% faster graphics (3DMark06 score).

We only tested a few things to get a sense, but we saw: With a major upgrade, we expected to see some nice benefits.

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Since the last time we did comprehensive virtualization benchmarks, Parallels had a major upgrade from version 5 to version 6. The versions that we tested for these benchmarks were VMware Fusion 3.1.1 and Parallels Desktop 8.615184. For the 3D tests, VMware Fusion won 3% of the tests by at least 10%, and was also a bit faster on an additional 3% more for a total of 6%. Overall, VMware Fusion won 6% of the tests by at least 10%, and was also a bit faster on an additional 4% more of the general tests.

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It was also consistently faster running under Windows 7 doing file compression, and loading SSL pages. In Microsoft Word 2010, VMware launched (adam or first launch after boot) faster, and was faster on large, global search and replaces.

There are a handful of places that VMware Fusion is consistently faster than Parallels Desktop. But, as you can see from the test tally, Parallels Desktop was overwhelmingly faster in graphics, and in working with real games, it was easy to see confirmation of the 3DMark06 scores. When VMware Fusion was faster in 3D graphics, it was typically on the HDR/SM3.0 Score and the Batch Size tests (e.g., triangles). In other words, Parallels Desktop 6 beat VMware Fusion 3.1 in 92% of the 3D graphics tests we ran. Specifically, Parallels won 73% of the tests by at least 10%, and was also a bit faster on an additional 19% more of the tests. If you focus exclusively on 3D graphics, as measured by 3DMark06 version 1.2, Parallels won by an even larger margin. In other words, Parallels Desktop 6 beat VMware Fusion 3.1 in 84% of the general tests we ran. If you count up the general tests (including one 3D graphics score), Parallels won 61% of the tests by 10% or more, and was also a bit faster on an additional 23% more of the tests. When we look at the вЂњbig pictureвЂќ of all the testing, Parallels is the clear winner. In the mean time, in advance of the holidays, we thought weвЂ™d offer you up a preview of how the tests went. WeвЂ™re double-checking things and putting the final touches on this large scale analysis now. You should use it as part of your decision combined with other factors such as product features, interface preferences, and support to make your product choice. To be clear, this article is not a product review itвЂ™s a benchmarking analysis. It gives you, the reader, an even-handed assessment as to performance for the areas that we cover (virtual machine actions, file I/O, CPU footprint, IE and Microsoft Office, and of course, 3D graphics and games). This benchmark suite, as it has been in the past, is made up of several thousand tests, many of which are done with a stopwatch to give you real world results. Virtualization is also one of the key topics at MacTech Boot Camp in San Francisco on January 26th, 2011 If you want to get that issue delivered to your door, now is the time to subscribe. Parallels Desktop 6 and our January issue of MacTech Magazine in print will be talking more about virtualization. WeвЂ™ll shortly be releasing comprehensive results on our tests of VMware Fusion 3.1 vs. Rather than look at the вЂversion-dot-ohвЂ™ release, we typically wait for versions to settle down a bit so that we can give our readers results that are relevant for a longer period.

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How does VMware Fusion 3.1 and Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac compare? PREVIEWДЇor the past several weeks, MacTech has been working on its latest benchmarks for virtualization.

NOTE: The full article is now available here.

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