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Mac Performance In The Raw - Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz vs Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3

The following prerelease information provided by Johnny Applespeed, where a more complete report will be posted shortly

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Hi robby,

This is an initial response to your comparison request. It contains some basic performance comparisons and links to where you will find more related information. A full, detailed comparison will follow.

Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz vs Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3

Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz (#M9749LL/A) -- Released April , 2005
Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3GHz (#M9591LL/A ) -- Released October, 2005

Specifications info
Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/specs/powermac-cube/2005_april.shtml
Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3GHz
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/specs/powermac-cube/

Initial price difference: Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz $500 more - - $2,999 vs $2,499
Current price difference: Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz $290 less - - $2,149 vs $2,439
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/hardware/powermacs.shtml#pmg5
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Performance

In Performance the Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz is ....
Processor - 20% faster
Processor Dual - 18% faster
Graphics Rendering - 13% slower
Graphics Gaming - 50% slower
Graphics Interface - 19% faster
Copy (many files) - 26% slower
Copy (Single large file) - 6% slower

More performance information

The SpeedZone: Performance Tests On 2004/2005 Macs
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hardware/machine/comparison/all/
The Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3GHz Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1GHz
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/appleseed/06/applespeed_1_4.shtml
The Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1.42GHz
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/appleseed/06/applespeed_1_2.shtml
The Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz Compared To The Power Mac Dual G4/1.25GHz
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/appleseed/05/applespeed_11_16.shtml
The Dual G5/2.7GHz Power Mac Compared To The G4/800 Power Mac
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/appleseed/05/appleseed_10.shtml#2

Reviews

Power Mac Dual G5/2.7GHz
MacAddict
http://www.macaddict.com/issues/2005/8/reviews/powermac
Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/2005/05/reviews/powermacg5s/index.php
macHOME
http://www.machome.com/reviews/0508/2_7GHzDualG5.lasso

More information & Reviews
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/central/powermacs/gigahertz.shtml

Power Mac Dual Core G5/2.3GHz
Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/2005/11/reviews/powermacg5rev/index.php/?lsrc=mwrevrss
Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/11/18/quadbench/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
Mac360
99Mac
http://media.99mac.se/g5_dualcore/

More information & Reviews
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/central/powermacs/gigahertz.shtml

Additional Resources

Power Mac InfoZone
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/central/powermacs/gigahertz.shtml
Power Mac Performance
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hardware/machine/comparison/desktop/power_mac/index.shtml
Power Mac Performance vs Others
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hardware/machine/comparison/all/index.html
Power Mac Buyer's Guide
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/guides/hardware/powermac.html
Power Mac Specs & Features
http://macspeedzone.com/html/hubs/specs/powermac-cube
Power Mac Reviews
http://macreviewzone.com/html/reviews/magazine/hardware/computers.php
Power Mac Discussion Forum
http://macreviewzone.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=886
Apple's Power Mac Page
http://www.apple.com/powermac/
Apple's Previous Power Mac Specification Details
http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html

Also search at MacReviewZone/MacSpeedZone on the following part numbers M9749LL or M9591LL which should turn up additional information
http://macspeedzone.com
http://macreviewzone.com/index.php

If you have any follow-up questions in response to this email or about the machines for which you have requested a comparison, please reply using this email. If not, sit tight, and we will get to your full comparison as quickly as we can

Regards,

Comparison Crew

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