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Mac Performance In The Raw - iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" versus Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon - Performance And Reviews

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iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" versus Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon

iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" - Z0DD
Released September 2006
Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB
Released August 2006

Specifications info

iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24"
Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon

Initial price difference
iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" - $2,249
Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon - $2,199

Current price difference:
iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" - $2,244
Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon - $1,899

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Performance
In Performance the Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon is ....

Processor Single - 14% slower ++
Processor Multiple - 47% faster ++
Processor MultiTasking - 34% faster - (Mac Pro CPU Usage 92%, iMac 100%)
Graphics Card - 15% slower ++
Graphics Processor - 14% slower ++
Graphics Gaming - 14% slower
Copy (many files) - 13% faster
Copy (Single large file) - 5% faster
QuickTime Export - 14% slower
iDVD Import - 27% faste
Quake (Game FPS) - 15% slower

++ The processor and graphics scores above are based on CineBench 9.5 (email us to request the actual point scores for these machines)

The Graphics Gaming test was obtain by running EVO2 4X4

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iMac 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 24" - Z0DD
Released September 2006
Mac Pro Two 2.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB
Released August 2006

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Mac Pro Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB - Originally: $2,199

This Section Updated: Sunday, May 4, 2008

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Basic Stats
Mac Pro - Z0D8-2GHZ250GB
Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100
4MB shared L2 cache per processor
1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent buses
1GB memory - 667MHz DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
256MB Graphics Memory
250GB Hard Drive 7200 rpm
16x SuperDrive
(DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Released 8/06
More Stats ...

Performance	Score	%
Processor Multi CB	1042	+473%
Processor Single CB	332	+186%
Graphics Card CB	3616	+1764%
Graphics Games fps	42	+121%
Hard Drive sec.	39.98	+235%
QuickTime sec.	76.56	+208%
CB = CineBench 9.5 Score % = Performance compared to Power Mac Dual G4/1.0GHz More performance results ...

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