CPU Comparison
OK guys and dolls. It's time for another Mac to PC CPU comparison table. So Help me complete these statements:
A 1.6 GHz G5 is roughly the same as a ____ Intel processor.
A 1.8 GHz G5 .....
A 2.0 GHz G5 .....
And so on .....
Informed opinions and supporting links would be nice, but I would take unsupported, bias speculation as well. I am in that kind of a mood.
I don't care about total system performance for the sake of this thread. I am only interested in the CPU. A lot of people compare PC specs and prices to Mac hardware and call it about even when looking at a consumer Mac product vs. a 3+ GHz HT monster PC and completely ignore the CPU discrepancy as if they were the same. This is completely unacceptable. In order to compare apples to apples, we must be realistic about the CPU that drives the machine. I have not immersed myself in this area so I really don't know enough to speculate. I know how to compare graphics cards, HDs, and ram. But I don't know how to compare CPUs. Anyone who uses the words "spec whore" or "OS X" in this thread will receive a custom made virus. If you are inclined to turn this into an OS comparison or berate others for caring about such things, then you obviously don't belong in this thread. As for everyone else, have at it.
A 1.6 GHz G5 is roughly the same as a ____ Intel processor.
A 1.8 GHz G5 .....
A 2.0 GHz G5 .....
And so on .....
Informed opinions and supporting links would be nice, but I would take unsupported, bias speculation as well. I am in that kind of a mood.
I don't care about total system performance for the sake of this thread. I am only interested in the CPU. A lot of people compare PC specs and prices to Mac hardware and call it about even when looking at a consumer Mac product vs. a 3+ GHz HT monster PC and completely ignore the CPU discrepancy as if they were the same. This is completely unacceptable. In order to compare apples to apples, we must be realistic about the CPU that drives the machine. I have not immersed myself in this area so I really don't know enough to speculate. I know how to compare graphics cards, HDs, and ram. But I don't know how to compare CPUs. Anyone who uses the words "spec whore" or "OS X" in this thread will receive a custom made virus. If you are inclined to turn this into an OS comparison or berate others for caring about such things, then you obviously don't belong in this thread. As for everyone else, have at it.
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OS X
www.barefeats.com
Current iMac = 400 DVSE G3
On order iMac = 1.8 G5 20" LCD
systemshootouts.org
from memory :
1,8 ghz G5 = 2,8 P4
1,6 ghz G5 = 2,5 P4
2,0 ghz G5 = 3,O P4
dual 2,5 G5 = 4,4 P4
You must beware that this kind of chart is a simplification. The two systems are way differents and perform better is some aera, and worse in others. Hope it will help.
edit Kenneth gave the link : http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
Thanks Kenneth
Originally posted by Powerdoc
Some people created a chart (I must find this site)
from memory :
1,8 ghz G5 = 2,8 P4
1,6 ghz G5 = 2,5 P4
2,0 ghz G5 = 3,O P4
dual 2,5 G5 = 4,4 P4
You must beware that this kind of chart is a simplification. The two systems are way differents and perform better is some aera, and worse in others. Hope it will help.
edit Kenneth gave the link : http://www.systemshootouts.org/processors.html
Thanks Kenneth
Thanks, Pdock. That's interesting. It seems that the chart gives a Gig to the Mac at any speed. Do these numbers take HT into consideration? I will take you at your word. But the formula seems a bit arbitrary, or at least very coincidental.