Dual Core G5 Comparison
In a blog a few days ago, I speculated that a single-processor dual core 2.0 GHz G5 probably has little to offer over a dual processor 2.0 GHz G5. Yesterday, MacWorld posted some benchmarks for the dual core 2.0 GHz G5 PowerMac. I searched their website for benchmarks of the dual processor 2.0 GHz (the 2005 model with a Radeon 9600 video card and Tiger) and found them. Most of them line up, i.e., use the same benchmarking application, though there are two exceptions. In general, the new dual core single processor is slightly faster than the older dual processor G5. Here’s what I dug up:
G5 Model Speedmark 4 Cinema4D iMovieHD Render Photoshop CS2 Actions
Dual Core 2.0 208 1:23 0:36 1:04
Dual 2.0 (2005) 205 1:24 0:29 1:06
G5 Model Unreal Tournament iTunes Compressor/Mpeg2
Dual Core 2.0 40.6 0:58 (6.0.1) 6:20 (C2)
Dual 2.0 (2005) 38 1:08 (4.7) 4:46 (C1)
Certainly, if you own a 2005 dual processor G5, the new model is nothing to get excited about. The gap is a little wider if you own an earlier dual G5 PowerMac, like mine, but still nothing to spend $1000 over (which would probably be the difference between what I could get for mine and what I’d have to pay for a new one).
From a personal standpoint, I’d love to have access to these benchmarks to run them on my dual G5 PowerMac sporting a Radeon 9800 video card (the 128 MB version). I’d also love to see some Final Cut Pro rendering benchmarks.
On a side note, one of the curious points is the large time delta exhibited between Compressor (noted as “C1” above) and Compressor 2 (noted as “C2” above). I’m not familiar enough with the differences between the two versions to understand why it exists: Is it encoding a higher quality file? A bigger one? Or is Compressor 2 actually less efficient than Compressor?
There’s also quite a split on the iMovie HD Render test. Does iMovie HD utilize two processors better than a single-processor that contains a dual core? Is it even “dual-core aware”? (The answer to this question will appear in tomorrow’s blog.)
G5 Model Speedmark 4 Cinema4D iMovieHD Render Photoshop CS2 Actions
Dual Core 2.0 208 1:23 0:36 1:04
Dual 2.0 (2005) 205 1:24 0:29 1:06
G5 Model Unreal Tournament iTunes Compressor/Mpeg2
Dual Core 2.0 40.6 0:58 (6.0.1) 6:20 (C2)
Dual 2.0 (2005) 38 1:08 (4.7) 4:46 (C1)
Certainly, if you own a 2005 dual processor G5, the new model is nothing to get excited about. The gap is a little wider if you own an earlier dual G5 PowerMac, like mine, but still nothing to spend $1000 over (which would probably be the difference between what I could get for mine and what I’d have to pay for a new one).
From a personal standpoint, I’d love to have access to these benchmarks to run them on my dual G5 PowerMac sporting a Radeon 9800 video card (the 128 MB version). I’d also love to see some Final Cut Pro rendering benchmarks.
On a side note, one of the curious points is the large time delta exhibited between Compressor (noted as “C1” above) and Compressor 2 (noted as “C2” above). I’m not familiar enough with the differences between the two versions to understand why it exists: Is it encoding a higher quality file? A bigger one? Or is Compressor 2 actually less efficient than Compressor?
There’s also quite a split on the iMovie HD Render test. Does iMovie HD utilize two processors better than a single-processor that contains a dual core? Is it even “dual-core aware”? (The answer to this question will appear in tomorrow’s blog.)
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