1Ghz G4 vs 2.6 P4 - My own tests...

gargoyle

Just cos I am bored, and because I can. I think these are quite good systems to destroy the MHz myth, as they have the same RAM speed, although the PC does have a slightly lower FSB.



This, however, is not ment as a highly technical test - I am just gonna but some of the EVERY DAY software that I use to the test.



I will edit this post as I think of more tests to do...



Mac System: 1Ghz G4, 133FSB, 1Gb DDR266 RAM, OSX 10.2.6

Wintel System: 2.6 P4, 112FSB, 512Mb DDR266 RAM, Win2k SP3



Test 1 - MYSQL 4.0.13

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The Test: Select benchmark(5000000, password("benchmarking"));

Mac Time: 7.14 Secs

Wintel Time: 7.66 Secs

stoo

112MHz soudnds quite low for a P4 FSB clock rate. Remember that P4 transfer data four times per clock cycle, so the effective transfer rate may be equivalent to a 448MHz bus. This is still a bit low, as P4 FSBs these days are (effectively) 533 or 800MHz.

madmax559

you also have 1/2 the ram on the win2k box

gargoyle

Quote:

Originally posted by madmax559

you also have 1/2 the ram on the win2k box

Yes, but the PC wasnt running:- iTunes(not actually playing songs), iCal, Preview, Sherlock, Address book, bbedit, MSN, iChat, Safari, Mail, Transmit and sickies.



Also, Yeah the P4 is quad pumped, but its not REALLY getting info from the main memory at 400+Mhz... That would be a bloody mirracle since the RAM is only 266Mhz.



I am not sure, but I figure the quad figure is only for INSIDE the chip, ie it can fetch data from the cache 4 times each clock cycle. For this reason, in everyday examples, I always use the mobo FSB, and the memory speed - Not the quad puped figures.

groverat

Quote:

Originally posted by Gargoyle

Yes, but the PC wasnt running:- iTunes(not actually playing songs), iCal, Preview, Sherlock, Address book, bbedit, MSN, iChat, Safari, Mail, Transmit and sickies.

All of which would take up, what? 25MB RAM, max?

alcimedes

it'll be pointless in 3 days anyway my friend. should have done your benchmarks a few weeks ago.

gargoyle

I still have loads of time. Excited as I am about Monday, the national lottery keep forgetting to sell me the winning ticket, and the heavens haven't opened and dropped £4000 in my lap.



So no 970 for me jsut yet.

cybermonkey

Originally posted by Gargoyle



Yes, but the PC wasnt running:- iTunes(not actually playing songs), iCal, Preview, Sherlock, Address book, bbedit, MSN, iChat, Safari, Mail, Transmit and sickies.

All of which would take up, what? 25MB RAM, max?











Yeah but on a pc all of these running would crash the system.

anand

And all those apps unfortuenely take up close to 200-300 MB! I also think the 112 is a typo. Who uses a 112 FSB?

dobby

Any other programs tested eg. excel spreadsheet with calculations or something.

We were going to benchmark a couple of web sites but got stuck on rock103, icq and madblast.

We ended up saying that the mac was better but only cos I had installed the latest real and macromedia updates on the mac and that the pc couldn't play a couple of file.



Dobby.