PC Mag G5 vs Xeon 3.06ghz Benchmarks

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited September 2003 in Science & Tech
PC Magazine: <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1274182,00.asp&quot; target=_blank>Apple Power Mac G5: Neck-and-Neck with Intel</a>

G5 Specs
    * Product: Apple Power Mac G5 * Price: <b>$4,349</b> direct * Specs: With dual 2.0-GHz PowerPC G5 processors, 2GB SDRAM, 160GB SATA hard drive, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro graphics * Company Info: Apple Computer Inc., 408-996-1010,
www.apple.com/powermac

When Apple's Steve Jobs introduced the Apple Power Mac G5 this summer as the fastest personal computer any company had built to date, we took it with a grain of salt. After all, Apple had made that boast in the past, and those claims did not tend to hold up when independent third parties (such as ourselves) ran tests on current, real-world applications (not the synthetic benchmark tests Apple cited).

Well, we'll take that salt with a side of fries. After testing a loaded ($4,349 direct, after we opted for more RAM and upgraded graphics) dual 2.0-GHz Power Mac G5 on a range of high-end content creation applications and comparing the results with a similarly configured (and priced) Dell Precision 650 Workstation running dual 3.06-GHz Xeon processors, we see that indeed the G5 is generally as fast as the best Intel-based workstations currently available

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The Power MacG5 is 28 sec slower than the Xeon 3.06ghz in the (tongue in cheek) All Important Adobe Photoshop 7 and 13 secs slower in the Newtek Lightwave tests.

This article mentions but doesn't include the widely available <a href="http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3415&highlight=Opteron+246&quot; target=_blank>Opteron 246 (2.0ghz) 64 bit CPU</a>. And neither the new & available Xeon 3.06 1MB ($750) nor the upcomig <a href="http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3710&quot; target=_blank>P4 3.2 2MB Extreme Edition</a> are mentioned at all.

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Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    $4,349

    :eek2: That's more money than it cost me for a new engine purchase for my truck! And that included a garage's labor removing the old engine and installing the new one. Holy cow!:eek2:
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    Dual Opteron Mobo ([url=]MSI K8T Master FAR[/url]) $250
    Opteron 246 (2) $1600
    PC2700 ECC Registered (1GB DIMMs) 2GB $500
    ATI 9800 Pro $300
    WD SATA 250GB Harddrive $300
    8X DVD Dual Format Burner $250
    Case and accessories $200
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    Total $3400

    And the :D All Important Photoshop v7 Comparison Chart
    Dual Opteron 246 (2.0ghz) vs Xeon 3.06ghz 512K & Xeon 3.06ghz 1MB
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited September 2003
    DAMN! I forgot the PC Mag Benchmark Screenie
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited September 2003
    It's obvious these companies don't want to do a comparison to the Opteron because the advertisement dollars from both Intel and Apple would stop rolling in.

    We all know the truth.
  • panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
    edited September 2003
    When you include Opteron, the entire thing becomes a bad joke.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited September 2003
    You could buy almost 3 PC's for that price, and it would be about the same specs.

    Apple computers are overpriced and underpowered.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    I could put together like 8-10 barebones systems for FAH for that price.
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited September 2003
    I could put together a 20 or 25-node Yattamonster for that price :)
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