Apple Issues New G5 Benchmarks

rocketjam writes "According to an article in The Register, Apple has issued SPEC benchmarks for the new dual G5 2GHz machines, comparing it to a two-way Dell Xeon and a 3Ghz Pentium 4 machine. The article says the G5 lagged behind the Dells in integer performance, however in 'the parallel "rate" benchmarks, which tax both of the CPUs in the test machines, the G5 edged out the Xeon 17.2 to 16.7 in the integer score and 15.7 to 11.1 in the floating point tests, suggesting Apple makes far better use of its two CPUs than the Xeon machine....the results augur well for Apple G5 performance in technical and scientific computing environments and for playing games.'"

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Shocking!

[mr.henry]

According to Apple, in certain benchmarks, the G5 is faster than the NEC Earth Simulator.

We need more benchmarks, Apple!

[BoyHowdyAAF]

Yes, but when are they gonna test it against the other noble gases?

Five bucks says Argon wipes the floor with the G5, :)

MAC games?

[The Prophet Jesse]

what? : )

In other news

[rnd()]

Apple has issued a new release of the "Fastest Personal Computer" advertisement. The ad now reads "#1 Personal Computer Alphabetically". In a statement to the press, Apple CEO Steve Jobbs said, "Our engineers are considering alternative spellings such as Aaple in order to insure that we maintain this exciting edge in the Personal Computer marketplace."

So many games for Apple...

[phunhippy]

"the results augur well for Apple G5 performance in technical and scientific computing environments and for playing games."

Right.. because of these tests every pc game developer is now going to make a port to MAC OS of all the games they are developing.. :)

Re:SMP gaming

[cK-Gunslinger]

I agree. I would hope that with the advent (and hopefully proliferation) of 64-bit and SMP desktops, the extra processing power can be devoted to better AI. I would *love* to play against a computer opponent that requires an entire CPU to plan its moves and strategy. Get to work, software writers! Oh wait, that's me.

Re:Am I the only one...

[lamz]

So go G5. There are two vendors of compatible processors, IBM and Motorola, while the only vendor of x86-64 is AMD, and the only vendor of IPF is Intel... not only that, the PowerPC is more efficient and has a technically brighter future.

Plus, it's what all the cool kids use. You want to be cool, right?

rvsb quote

[QEDog]

Or as the guys from redvsblue put it here:

The confusing thing about PCs is just that you go to the store, and there is just so many games... everywhere you look! While on the Mac, its just six. And you know which ones are good, 'cause you have already played them on the PC like five or six years ago.