Below you will find performance results for most of the currently shipping machines. This will, hopefully, give you an feel for the relative performances. We will be adding new machines on an on-going basis ... so check back once in a while.
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"Real World" Tests
For timed scores, lower numbers are better. For the CineBench & Game scores higher numbers are better. Of course the higher the percentage, the better the performance.
Processor
Machine
Score Points
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
116
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
493
425%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
440
379%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
332
286%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
382
309%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
350
302%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
303
261%
CineBench 9.5 consists of a series of tests. This one, tests basic single CPU processing performance. . You can download the CineBench program to run on your own machine and compare scores. We used the 9.5 version of CineBench. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
Processor - Multiple
Machine
Score Points
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
182
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
1563
859%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
1384
760%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
1042
573%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
1158
636%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
633
348%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
548
301%
This is the same test as above, however it will take advantage of Multiple processors if they are present. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
Processor MultiTasking
Machine
Score
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
235.84
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
55.52
425%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
60.49
390%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
76.56
308%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
90.24
261%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
163.05
145%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
189.53
124%
Two QuickTime encodes are run at the same time.
Graphics Card
Machine
Score Points
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
194
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
4661
2403%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
4112
2120%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
3616
1864%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
1523
785%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
1497
772%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
1356
699%
This part of the CineBench program relies on the graphics card for graphics rendering. Download the program and run your own test. This test is highly sensitive to improvements in the software that drives the graphics card.
Graphics Card Gaming
Machine
Score
FPS
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
19
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
59
311%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
53
279%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
42
221%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
67
353%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
67
353%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
67
353%
4x4 EVO2 is a demanding racing game. It appears that this game is much more graphics card dependent than processor dependent. The scores above are actual scores (frames per second) ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better. The game has not been updated to run native on the Intel processor.
Hard Drive Performance - Multi-File
Machine
Score
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
204.91
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
71.37
287%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
70.52
291%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
68.51
299%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
83.10
247%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
79.78
257%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
87.48
234%
The copy folder test not only stresses drive performance but also takes advantage of faster processing capability & caching schemes.
Hard Drive Performance Single File
Machine
Score
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
134.12
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
46.70
287%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
43.27
310%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
39.98
335%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
74.22
181%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
76.92
174%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
72.86
184%
In the single file test the processor & caching capability of the machine are less of a factor.
iMovie Render
Machine
Score
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
622.77
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
193.70
322%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
208.98
298%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
260.19
239%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
224.51
277%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
271.57
229%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
296.47
210%
Aged Effect is run on a 1.2GB file
iDVD Import
Machine
Score
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL/A
392.53
100%
Mac Pro Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB - August 2006
114.7
342%
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - August 2006
116.21
338%
Mac ProTwo 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - August 2006
113.72
345%
Power Mac 2X G5/2.5 GHz Dual Core - M9592LL/A
- October 2005
195.63
201%
Power Mac G5/2.3 GHz Dual Core - M9591LL/A
- October 2005
253.65
155%
Power Mac G5/2.0 GHz Dual Core - M9590LL/A
- October 2005
303.18
130%
A 1.2GB file is imported into iDVD
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Basic Stats
Mac Pro
Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100
4MB shared L2 cache per processor
1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent buses
1GB memory - 667MHz DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
256MB Graphics Memory
250GB Hard Drive 7200 rpm
16x SuperDrive
(DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Released 8/06 More Stats ...
Saturday, September 30, 2006
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