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Reader posts PSBench7 Tests on Power Mac G5

updated 12:40 am EDT, Thu August 28, 2003

 
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A MacNN reader has posted a set of , it seems as though the 1.6GHz G5 is roughly about as fast overall to an Athlon 2400+, but if you notice, on some of the benchmarks, the G5 creamed even the P4 3.0GHz with HT [HyperThreading] on. So I think with the dual-2GHz and a lot of RAM, the G5 is going to cream everything that's out there right now."


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    08/28, 01:21am | report spam | Reply |

    Compare Apples to Apples

    What many people want to see are benchmark comparisons between G4 and G5.

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    my dual 1ghz

    my dual 1ghz with 1.5gb ram RAID and geforce 4 ti got killed on all but 2 of the 21 tests by the 1.6ghz g5

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    Good Results

    Prepare for the hail of benchmarking/anti-benchmarking comments and lots of name calling and speculation about slow G5s, slow Intel chips, biased benchmarks, overpricing, and over/underrated multi-processor Opterons.

    Anyway, though, as far as I'm concerned, these are very good results. Not Earth-shattering, but really good.

    Look at it this way: The single processor 1.6Ghz G5, which uses a somewhat slower architecture than the other two G5 models, holds its own.

    It's never less than about half the speed of its competition in the various tests, close on quite a few, and even wins several. This is including competition consisting of chips at nearly twice the clock speed and with HyperThreading, and dual processor boxes with higher clocks as well. If you really want to nitpick, there is probably further room for G5 optimization in Photoshop and perhaps with Panther, but even looking at just these results, that's what you'll get today.

    What I take away from that is the G5 is, fundamentally speaking, a kickass chip, and Apple's architecture looks like it can support it.

    Now, if you take the dual G5s, which are clocked 25% faster than the 1.6, have a better bus architecture, and of course have dual processors, it looks like it's going to be one seriously fast competitor, just with 10.2.7 and a first-draft optimized PS. No, it's not going to be ten times faster than anything else on the market, but it might well take the top spot for the time being, which is more than enough for me.

    Go G5, and I'm ready to plunk down my cash for a dual.

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    FOOLISH! you forgot DUAL

    FOOLISH! you forgot DUAL cpu benchmarks are all that count.

    A Pentium 4 can only be found in uni-processor configurations on all motherboards in history.

    Its a fact.

    The g5 is capable of parallel processing, because it has logic to share the caches.

    Teh Pentium 4 cannot. nor can most AMD except the slower MP version of the AMD.

    Therefore a REAL benchmark is when dual G5s are compared against Dual Xeon, Dual AMD MP, and dual Itanium.

    And in most cases the G5 kicks a**.

    This P4 propaganda is most unwelcome. That is a single chip running at over twice the electrical wattage and SLOWER by far in all benchmarks agasinta dual g5 when running code that can be parallelized.

    Ace's Hardware web site must be run by morons. Or jealous fanboys of intel-amd

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    re:Compare Apples to Appl

    The P4 Beats the G4, The G5 beats the P4. I'm sure it's safe to assume the G5 crushes the G4.

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    Creame Like

    You've Never Been Creamed Before...

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    Performa 600 Upgrade

    I have a Perfoma 600 that just smokes!

    Is it worth upgrading to a G5? Will it out perform my Performa 600 in a significant way?

    I do high end 3D stuff and my 600 just screams (very fast renders).


    My screamin' machine!

    Performa 600
    System 7.5
    250mb Harddrive
    4mb Ram
    2mb VRam

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    Wondering Same Thing

    Yes i was wondering the same thing. I have a Duo 280c (that "c" stands for COLOR baby!) but i think im gonna wait until theres G5s in Powerbooks. The current Al book just isnt enough for my needs. I do all my work on this machine and its still flies like the day i got it.

    Casey
    Leading Editor Pixar Animation Studio

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    lamers

    It's a shame how pathetic some people become when they try really hard to be funny.

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    re-lamers

    I'd like to weigh in now. I have a MacII si with a 25mhz Processor and a 40mb HD. I more than double that storage with a Zip100 peripheral. My question is as follows, since I have had a significant speed boost in booting from the Zip, will the G5 incinerate me through its front grill then spit me out of its back for even trying to make a comparison between the two...or am I just a d***?

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