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Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? [message #35758 is a reply to message #35615]

Tue, 08 July 2003 20:58

Richard French
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Registered: December 2000

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>
> It is too bad apple didn't submit SPEC CPU2000 results for the PPC G4 (at
> least I couldn't find them on the spec site. Maybe you can dig up some
> unofficial scores). While the SPEC CPU benchmarks they released for the PPC
> 970 should be taken with a shaker full of salt the comparison would be a
> start.
>
And from
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-1021642.html:

Although Apple has won praise for the new Macs as a substantial improvement
over earlier machines, some have criticized the choices made in putting
together the rival Dell machine for use in so-called SPEC tests. Apple's
tests used the same GCC compiler for both machines, with the Dell boxes
running the Linux operating system. Critics charge that much higher
benchmarks can be achieved using the Windows OS and an Intel-optimized
compiler, rather than GCC.

"It wasn't really a fair test," said one analyst, who said that the Dell
machines are capable of producing scores 30 percent to 40 percent higher
than those produced under Apple's methodology. "The reason this happened is
Apple had a third party go out and test a Dell under less than optimal
conditions."

In response, an Apple representative said it wanted to compare hardware
performance, so it made sense to use the same compiler on the Mac and the
Dell. The SPEC benchmark tests measure the performance of the hardware and
the compiler.

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		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: Rick Towler on Thu, 03 July 2003 16:05
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 03 July 2003 13:50
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: Rick Towler on Thu, 03 July 2003 11:41
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: JD Smith on Thu, 03 July 2003 07:49
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: mperrin+news on Wed, 02 July 2003 23:48
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: Richard French on Tue, 08 July 2003 20:58
		Re: Speed test on Mac G5, anyone? By: Richard French on Tue, 08 July 2003 20:56

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