Below you will find performance results for the currently shipping and past generation of iMacs machines. This will, hopefully, give you an feel for the relative performances. We will be adding new machines on an on-going basis ... so check back once in a while.
Don't see performance information on the Mac you are interested in? Send a request for a performance comparison between any two Macs.
"Real World" Tests
For timed scores, lower numbers are better. For the CineBench & Game scores higher numbers are better. Of course the higher the percentage, the better the performance.
Processor - Single
Machine - Power Mac
Score
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
CineBench consists of a series of tests. This one, tests basic single CPU processing performance. . You can download the CineBench program to run on your own machine and compare scores. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
Processor - Dual
Machine - Power Mac
Score
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
This is the same test as above, however it will take advantage of multiple processors if they are present. The scores above are actual scores ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better - You can download the CineBench program
Processor MultiTasking
Machine - Power Mac
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
This score is based on Power Fractal which you can download and run on your own machine. To compare with these scores set Power Fractal to Maximum Count of 524288
Graphics Card
Machine - Power Mac
Score
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
4x4 EVO2 is a demanding racing game. It appears that this game is much more graphics card dependent than processor dependent. The scores above are actual scores (frames per second) ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
Quake 4 Results
Machine - Power Mac
FPS
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
This test is based on the Quake 4 Time Demo . It appears that this game is much more graphics card dependent than processor dependent. The scores above are actual scores (frames per second) ... not timed tests. Higher numbers are better
Hard Drive Performance - Multi-File
Machine - Power Mac
Seconds
Percentage
of Base
Base Machine - Power Mac G4/1 GHz Dual Processor - M8667LL//A
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Disclaimer performance benchmarks are only a guide to relative performance, and to a certain extent limited. The only performance benchmark that will have full meaning for you, will be the one you run, on your new machine, using your applications and employing your work flow. Given this, while we believe that the information we will provide you will give a general guide to relative performance, and we will endeavor to make sure that it is as accurate as possible, we offer no implied or actual guarantee that this is so. People who need mission critical data, should be doing performance testing in-house. Resutls for previous machines
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