Cinebench is an aweful benchmark for today's Macs.
1. It's over 2 years old
2. It runs in OS 9 which means it will bypass more mature drives for newer chipsets such as the GeForce4MX in OS X. OpenGL is also faster in OS X regardless of the supported chipset.
3. Cinebench has absolutely zero Altivec support
4. Does not relate well to real world use since it is primarily an FP test.
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Well, if the PC has a *nix OS, try in the terminal:
openssl speed
<strong>try Maxon's <a href="http://www.maxon.net/pages/download/benchmarks.html" target="_blank">Cinebench</a>. (mac version is OS9, though)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Cinebench is an aweful benchmark for today's Macs.
1. It's over 2 years old
2. It runs in OS 9 which means it will bypass more mature drives for newer chipsets such as the GeForce4MX in OS X. OpenGL is also faster in OS X regardless of the supported chipset.
3. Cinebench has absolutely zero Altivec support
4. Does not relate well to real world use since it is primarily an FP test.
[ 01-28-2002: Message edited by: Nostradamus ]</p>