Hi Jim, please checkout the small app on Github: https://github.com/tobium/JavaFXPerformanceTest
Mac OS X: 10.10.4 Mac Book Pro Retina (Late 2012), Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB, 8 GB RAM, i7 2,6Ghz Java FX 1.8.0_60 FPS: Mac and Windows: 60 FPS CPU usage: Mac: 25-80%, Windows: 0-3% Best regards, Tobi > Am 07.07.2015 um 21:23 schrieb Jim Graham <james.gra...@oracle.com>: > > Hi Tobi, > > Can you share your small clock app? Perhaps file a bug and attach the source? > > Also, what version of MacOS are you running on what hardware? (And compared > to what version of Windows on what hardware?) > > ...jim > > On 7/7/15 4:32 AM, Tobias Bley wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> currently our experiences with JavaFX on Mac are very disappointing. While >> JavaFX on Windows runs very good with low cpu usage, JavaFX on Mac via Java >> 8 doesn’t perform well. I created a little clock app which uses between 25% >> and 80% cpu usage. But what’s the reason for? I though JavaFX rendering >> pipeline works on the graphic device? So why there is such a traffic on the >> CPU? >> >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> Tobi >> >>