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Performance: Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Versus Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 GHz - Performance, Reviews - Information

 

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

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Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A
vs.
Power Mac Dual G5/1.8 GHz - M9393LL/A

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Your comparison follows below ...

Johnny AppleSpeed
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In performance the Mac Pro is ....

Processor Single ... 84% faster
Processor Multiple ... 267% faster
Graphics Card ... 285% faster
Hard Drive Multi-File ... 33% faster
Hard Drive Single -File ... 32% faster

[Note because of the time difference between when we tested these two machine we are only able to provide you with a truncated report]


Disclaimer: Remember to treat all benchmark scores with caution, and do not rely on performance scores from us in making mission critical decisions. We endeavor to make the information we provide as accurate as possible, but make no direct or expressed guarantee that this is the case


Price Information
Mac Pro Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 - MA356LL/A - Originally: $2,499
This Section Updated: Sunday, May 4, 2008

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$2,088 - Used- 90 day - PowerMax unavailable

$1,944 -
Refurbished- - Amazonunavailable
$1,999 -
Refurbished  - 1yr - Apple Refurbished unavailable
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$1,888 - Refurbished- 1yr - PowerMax unavailable
$2,099 - Refurbished  - 1yr - Apple Canada Refurbished unavailable
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$2,099 - Refurbished- 90day - MacConnection unavailable
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$2,099 - $2,199 - OpenBox- 1yr - PowerMax unavailable
$2,130 -
OpenBox  - ClubMacunavailable
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$2,174 -
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Basic Stats

Mac Pro - MA356LL/A
Two 2.66GHz 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
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%
CB = CineBench 9.5 Score
% = Performance compared to Power Mac Dual G4/1.0GHz
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2X Dual Core 2.66GHz- MA356LL/A vs ...
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$2,149 - Refrub - 1yr - Apple Refurbished unavailable

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$1,790 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$2,039 to $2,619
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$2,299 - Refrub- 1 year - PowerMax unavailable
$2,049 -
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G5 2.3GHz Dual SuperDrive #M9748LL/A - Originally: $2,499

$1,980 to $2,900 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$1,759 to $1,889
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$2,489 - Refrub- 1 year - PowerMax unavailable
$1,999 -
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G5/2.0 GHz Dual - Originally: $1,999 to $2,999

$1,300 to $1,580 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
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$1,899 -Refurbished - Apple Canada Refurbished unavailable
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Used- 90day - PowerMax unavailable
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G5 1.8GHz Dual 80GB  #M9454LL/A - Originally: - $1,999

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1,509 -