[Ti] Re: [OT] OFFTOPIC Powerbook MacIntel . . .

[Carlos Fernando Hernandez]

Well dear pb users,

First let me apologyse because I did the firs question and hope to be the last post on this 
topic.

My research has prove me that Mac OS X runs better on Intel processors than PPC as far as I 
can test.

Benchmark G4 1.33ghz (Xbench 1.2 in my powerbook)
Results	46.94	
	System Info		
		Xbench Version		1.2
		System Version		10.4.3 (8F46)
		Physical RAM		1280 MB
		Model		PowerBook6,4
		Processor		PowerPC G4 @ 1.33 GHz
			L1 Cache		32K (instruction), 32K (data)
			L2 Cache		512K @ 1.33 GHz
			Bus Frequency		167 MHz
		Video Card		GeForce FX Go5200
		Drive Type		Hitachi IC25N060ATMR04-0
	CPU Test	52.50	
		GCD Loop	123.88	6.53 Mops/sec
		Floating Point Basic	31.46	747.49 Mflop/sec
		vecLib FFT	77.66	2.56 Gflop/sec
		Floating Point Library	42.63	7.42 Mops/sec
	Thread Test	59.03	
		Computation	56.02	1.13 Mops/sec, 4 threads
		Lock Contention	62.39	2.68 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
	Memory Test	28.60	
		System	32.31	
			Allocate	127.89	469.66 Kalloc/sec
			Fill	27.66	1344.93 MB/sec
			Copy	20.46	422.66 MB/sec
		Stream	25.65	
			Copy	24.86	513.54 MB/sec [altivec]
			Scale	24.54	506.97 MB/sec [altivec]
			Add	26.59	566.47 MB/sec [altivec]
			Triad	26.74	572.05 MB/sec [altivec]
	Quartz Graphics Test	62.38	
		Line	53.10	3.54 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
		Rectangle	62.08	18.53 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
		Circle	62.99	5.13 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
		Bezier	72.71	1.83 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
		Text	64.17	4.01 Kchars/sec
	OpenGL Graphics Test	68.31	
		Spinning Squares	68.31	86.66 frames/sec
	User Interface Test	38.19	
		Elements	38.19	175.27 refresh/sec


Benchmark P4 3.2 ghz (somewhere on the net)
 Results	92.49	
	System Info		
		Xbench Version		1.2
		System Version		10.4.3 (8F1099)
		Physical RAM		1024 MB
		Model		ADP2,1
		Drive Type		WDC WD1600JD-00HBB0
	CPU Test	65.79	
		GCD Loop	90.91	4.79 Mops/sec
		Floating Point Basic	70.21	1.67 Gflop/sec
		vecLib FFT	49.84	1.64 Gflop/sec
		Floating Point Library	64.56	11.24 Mops/sec
	Thread Test	96.13	
		Computation	82.58	1.67 Mops/sec, 4 threads
		Lock Contention	115.02	4.95 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
	Memory Test	118.60	
		System	108.49	
			Allocate	102.44	376.18 Kalloc/sec
			Fill	124.46	6051.71 MB/sec
			Copy	101.46	2095.64 MB/sec
		Stream	130.80	
			Copy	125.61	2594.43 MB/sec
			Scale	126.75	2618.68 MB/sec
			Add	136.18	2901.00 MB/sec
			Triad	135.35	2895.41 MB/sec
	Quartz Graphics Test	87.48	
		Line	100.30	6.68 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
		Rectangle	87.76	26.20 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
		Circle	87.62	7.14 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
		Bezier	99.08	2.50 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
		Text	70.00	4.38 Kchars/sec
	OpenGL Graphics Test	193.13	
		Spinning Squares	193.13	245.00 frames/sec
	User Interface Test	117.10	
		Elements	117.10	537.42 refresh/sec
	Disk Test	60.58	
		Sequential	107.12	
			Uncached Write	109.48	67.22 MB/sec [4K blocks]
			Uncached Write	108.21	61.22 MB/sec [256K blocks]
			Uncached Read	98.39	28.79 MB/sec [4K blocks]
			Uncached Read	113.63	57.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]
		Random	42.24	
			Uncached Write	14.95	1.58 MB/sec [4K blocks]
			Uncached Write	105.19	33.68 MB/sec [256K blocks]
			Uncached Read	91.58	0.65 MB/sec [4K blocks]
			Uncached Read	135.15	25.08 MB/sec [256K blocks]

I got this file from the web and is sad for me to notice that Mac OS X is faster on Intel than 
PPC.

My final decision is, I must wait to get a powerbook with intel inside (cruel but true), 
hopefully they would load a dual core processor call yonah and have a really kick ass laptop 
to work faster and stable (thanks to Mac OS X).

Hope this post has reach the end.
Carlos
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