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The following prerelease information provided by Johnny Applespeed, where a more complete report will be posted shortly
Friday, February 17, 2006
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Hi Diane,
Yes they will be coming out with an Intel based Power Mac some time this year ... so if you are not desperate for a new machine I would wait and see what happens in the coming months.
Your comparison follows below
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Intel Core Duo iMac 20" 2GHz vs Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2.GHz
Power Mac G5 Dual Core 2.GHz - M9590LL/A -- Released October 2005
Intel Core Duo iMacs 20" 2GHz - MA200LL -- Released January 2006
Specifications info
Intel Core Duo iMac 20" 2GHz
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/specs/imac/imac.shtml
G5 Power Mac Dual Core 2.GHz
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/specs/powermac-cube/
Initial price difference: Intel Core Duo iMac 20" 2GHz $300 less - - $1,699 vs $1,999
Current price difference: Intel Core Duo iMac 20" 2GHz $5 less - - $1,694 vs $1,699
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Performance
In Performance the Intel Core Duo iMac 20" 2GHz is ....
Processor Single - 2% faster**
Processor Multi - 3% faster**
Processor Saturation - 3% faster**
Graphics Card Rendering - 25% slower**
Graphics Processor - 13% faster**
Graphics Gaming - 46% slower
Graphics Interface - 44% slower
Copy (many files) - 5% faster**
Copy (Single large file) - 2% faster**
Photoshop Filters (Dual Tuned) - 70% slower
Photoshop Filters (Single) - 51% slower
Photoshop Workflow - 58% slower
QuickTime Encode - 16% faster **
** This application has been tuned to run natively on the Intel processor
As you can see the iMac does a good job of keeping up with the Power Mac in applications that have been tuned to run natively on the Intel processor, and does not do too good of a job running applications that are not ready to run directly on the Intel chip. So it appears that the iMac in processor intensive tasks and hard drive activity is just about as fast at the dual core Power Mac ... and perhaps just a little faster. It also looks like the graphics card in the iMac is not as fast as the one in the Power Mac.
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Additional Resources
iMac InfoZone
iMac Performance
iMac Performance vs Others
iMac Buyer's Guide
iMac Specs & Features
iMac Discussision Thread
iMac Reviews
Apple's iMac Page
Apple's Previous iMac Specification Details
Power Mac InfoZone
Power Mac Performance
Power Mac Performance vs Others
Power Mac Buyer's Guide
Power Mac Specs & Features
Power Mac Reviews
Power Mac Discussion Forum
Apple's Power Mac Page
Apple's Previous Power Mac Specification Details
Also search at MacReviewZone/MacSpeedZone on the following part numbers M9590LL or MA200LL which should turn up additional information
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On Feb 7, 2006, at 2:48 PM, Diane wrote:
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Dave,
Please compare the New Intel I Mac with the Dual Processor Power Mac G5. Will Mac be coming out with the Power Mac G5 with Intel?
Thanks
Diane
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