I play with around 400-500 FPS on 1.9 Shapshots. But when I make small animal (food) farm with 150-200 Entityes the Framerate fall to 30-40.
On 1.8.8 (1.8+ Versions) WITHOUT OptiFine, with Max Graphics Settings and 200-300 Entityes i play with 200-280 FPS. I think this is from the new 1.9 snapshots performance. This has been tested on different computers in different worlds (Creative, Survival...). Sorry if this topic is repeated by another people.
Snapshots are meant to test features. optimizations will be done last.