hmmm... G5 Dual Dual @2.7Ghz (7.83) > Intel i7 Quad core > @2.6Ghz.....................................................................................................................................(7.79)
Those software is optimized for G5 and but not optimized for i7 i guess... 2010/5/10 Mark Sokolovsky <[email protected]>: > Hello Guys ans Gals who use PowerPC Macs. this is about that commercial that > when Apple claimed that the PowerPC G4 processor is 2x more powerful than > the G3 processor, and 3x as powerful as a pentium 3 at the same clock speed. > Well, I did some testing, and It turns out that the PowerPC G4 processor is > more powerful than you think it is. As we all know, the PowerPC G4 is > nowhere nearly as close to being as powerful as the PowerPC G5, but I did > some testing using the program Cinebench, and I converted the scores to my > scale. > Here are the results: (My scale is this: If the Cinebench score let's say is > 2.0, I move the decimal to the right and make it a 20.) > > 1400Mhz PowerPC G4 (21.0) > 1400Mhz Intel P4 (17.0) > 900Mhz PowerPC G3 (16.5) > 1800Mhz PowerPC G5 (32.4) > 1400Mhz Intel P3 (06.7) > > Accorsing to my analasys, The PowerPC G4 processor Is actually more than 3 > times more powerful than the pentium 3 processor at the same clock speed, > and it still outperforms the Pentium 4 at the same clock speed. (Nice job > Apple! Let's see you beat Microsoft at their own game!) Afterwards, I tested > a Dual Dual PowerPC G5 processor at 2.7Ghz vs an Intel i7 Quad core at > 2.6Ghz. And here are the results: > > (Technically a quad core but they called it a Dual Dual back then) PowerPC > G5 Dual Dual @2.7Ghz (7.83) > Intel i7 Quad core > @2.6Ghz.....................................................................................................................................(7.79) > > Believe it or not.... only the most powerful and most decked out of the > PowerPC G5 series actually beat today's powerful i7 processors. Intel is 5 > years behind. What they call "Automatically boosting performance", Is what > Apple called "AltiVec Velocity engine" over 10 years ago. The PowerPC G3-G5 > series of processors are aging, and eventually will no longer be of any > competition to today's processors. Unfortionately, at Intel's rate of > development, The PowerPC G5 processor will only be able to stay above the > line of obsoleteness for another 2-3 years. For now it can compete against > the i7 processors, but eventually it won't even rise up to a challenge even > to the Intel atom processors. Unless Apple makes a swift move to start a new > contract with Motorola again and Make the newer version of the PowerPC G5 or > even the PowerPC G6 processor, the PowerPC processor history only lies in > the hands of us who still have these pieces of history. Slowly the wonderful > and successful processor arcitechture dies in those who demolish, recycle > and destroy Apple computers that use these processors. There may be millions > still left out there now, but by 2020, I estimate no more than 20,000 will > be left. By 2100, it will be nothing more than a distant memory in the very > few who still have them. I only say one thing. Preserve this history, > because although there is a possibility that maybe another company may make > the PowerPC processors again, we will never see them made by Apple again or > maybe even any that are able to run Mac OS or OS X that aren't made by > Apple. > > -- > Sent from my Power mac G4 Sawtooth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- Baha Ata -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
