vmware fusion 8 pro vs parallels desktop 12

Bet there will be a lot of angry people who find out that if they don't renew, they will basically have their VMs disabled. Will be interesting to read their forums next summertime around this time. I'm curious how many users paid $49 for the Parallels Pro version thinking it was an upgrade only to be surprised next year when they receive a bill or a hit to their credit card when their subscription is up for renewal. I was really surprised at how well the converted one ran. I also tried converting a VM, as well as loading one fresh. I really don't notice much of a speed difference between the two (although I never tried Parallels 11). I really like that I only need one copy and that covers my desktop and my laptop. I ended up buying it and am happy with it. I had also been a satisfied Parallels customer, but after I discovered that I had to 'subscribe' to the Pro version just to get all the features I have had for years, I decided to check out Fusion again. I've attached the results using the latest version of Passmark. Disk access which is obviously very important was not good I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for settings I'm missing or reasons for why the performance was less than that of Parallels or reasons why anyone would go to Fusion over Parallels. The results were what I expected from use, Fusion 8 performed slower in every aspect, some aspects were very far behind Parallels actually. Here is what I did the testing on:īoth VMs were configured with the following: I could immediately notice Fusion 8 was slower than Parallels 11. Results are really not what I expected given that VMWare is the industry leader in virtualization.

I decided to download both Parallels 11 and Fusion 8 to benchmark them and see where they stand. After using Parallels for a few years and checking out the interface of Fusion, I was very intrigued to possibly switch as I like the interface far better than that of Parallels.

Vmware fusion 8 pro vs parallels desktop 12