[vbox-dev] 2015 VM Benchmarks: Parallels 11 vs. Fusion 8 vs. VirtualBox 5

[Klaus Espenlaub]

On 08.12.2015 12:20, Alexey Eromenko wrote:
> They also claim they were unable to run Passmark tests on VirtualBox at all:
> http://www.tekrevue.com/2015-vm-benchmarks-parallels-11-vs-fusion-8/8/
>
> Actually I had similar issues few years ago, with older version of
> Passmark (and VirtualBox). So this also needs some investigation.

We're on it for a while already, as we got a report some months ago that 
the video tests cause a VM crash. Most likely a subtle issue somewhere 
in the 2D/3D acceleration code, and it's rather plausible that it 
doesn't affect all graphics cards.

Klaus