PowerPC vs Intel - Processor
Performance Comparisons -Mathematica
Below you will find various processor comparisons
for PowerPC and Intel based chips. Testing was done using
Mathematica 3.0. Mathematica
is a computer algebra system. It also does symbolic math,
numerical math, graphing in 2 and 3 dimensions, and animation
in 2 and 3 dimensions.
Fifteen test calculations were performed. Scores
represent the performance compared to the highest scoring
machine which receives a score of 100%. Longer bars
indicate better performance.
Absolute Scores For The Machines Above
PowerMac 7600/120
1
Dell XPS R400 Pentium II OS: Win 95
3.46
Dell XPS R400 Pentium II OS: Win NT 4.0
4.05
PowerMac G3/400Mhz Mac OS 8.5.1
4.21
Pentium II 400Mhz 512K L2 Cache OS: Win NT 4.0
4.36
Dell Pecision Workstation 410 450Mhz Pentium II OS:
Win NT 4.0
4.61
B&W PowerMac G3/400 Overclocked To 450Mhz Mac OS 8.5.1
4.81
Celeron 300A 450Mhz OS: Linux 2.0.36
5.02
PowerMac G3 + Powerforce Zif 466Mhz Upgrade Mac OS 8.5.1
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