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Your comparison follows below ...
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Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3GHz versus
Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz
Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3GHz - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB
Released August 2006
Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz - MA356LL/A
Released August 2006
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Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3GHz
Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz
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Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3GHz - $3,299
Mac Pro Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz - $2,499
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In Performance the Mac Pro Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3GHz is ....
Processor Single - 12% faster (a)
Processor Multiple - 13% faster (a)
Processor Multitasking - 9% faster
Processor Saturation - 12% faster (b)
Graphics Card - 13% faster (a)
Graphics Processor - 12% faster (a)
Graphics Gaming - 11% faster (c) (d)
Copy (many files) - 1% slower
Copy (Single large file) - 7% slower
QuickTime Encode - 11% faster
iMovie Import - 8% slower
iMovie Render - 8% faster
iTunes Encode (From CD) - performed the same
Word Macro - 9% faster (d)
iDVD Import - 1% faster
Quake (Game) - 8% faster
Photoshop Filters (Dual Tuned) - 9% faster (d)
Photoshop Filters (Single) - 12% faster (d)
Photoshop Workflow - 13% faster (d)
(a) The processor and graphics scores above are based on CineBench 9.5 (email us to request the actual point scores for these machines)
(b) Processor Saturation test based on Power Fractal
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(d) These applications do not yet run native on the Intel processor
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Mac Pro - Z0D8-3GHZ250GB
Two 3GHz 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
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%
Processor Multi CB
1563
+759%
Processor Single CB
493
+325%
Graphics Card CB
4661
+2303%
Graphics Games fps
59
+211%
Hard Drive sec.
46.70
+187%
QuickTime sec.
55.52
+325%
CB = CineBench 9.5 Score
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1GB memory - 667MHz DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
256MB Graphics Memory
250GB Hard Drive 7200 rpm
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Released 8/06
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%
Processor Multi CB
1384
+660%
Processor Single CB
440
+279%
Graphics Card CB
4112
+2020%
Graphics Games fps
53
+179%
Hard Drive sec.
43.27
+210%
QuickTime sec.
60.49
+290%
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