Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 12:37:02 01/28/02
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On January 28, 2002 at 11:55:01, Roy Eassa wrote: >On January 28, 2002 at 11:44:00, Will Singleton wrote: > >>The new Mac G4's came out today, 933mhz and 1ghz versions. ... > > >There's a dual 1 GHz version too. Given that the G4 often tests out as twice as >fast per MHz than Intel/AMD chips, it should be FAST! The benchmarks Apple used to indicate that the G3/G4 runs twice as fast per clock than a P3/Athlon were flawed. It's generally accepted that the original G4 (<= 500MHz) was about 30% faster than an equally clocked P3 or Athlon. The G4+ (> 533MHz), which Apple also calls a G4, is a very different design from the earlier G4, and the few benchmarks I've seen indicate that the G4+ at 733MHz is only marginally faster than a 500MHz G4. My guess is that the GHz G4s are maybe as fast as 1.2GHz Athlons for chess stuff. -Tom
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