[X4U] Dual Core intels vs. PowerPC's

[Eugene]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:48:35AM CST, Crandon David <tabdave at comcast.net> wrote:
: 
: So the new dual core Intel chips are 2-4 times faster than  the  
: PowerPC chips they replaced of approximately the same speed. What I'd  
: like to know is how fast are the Intel dual core chips compared with  
: the soon to depart PowerPC dual core chips.

According to this page, a dual-core G5 has a SPECint_rate2000 of 32.3
and a SPECfp_rate2000 of 42.8.

	<http://www.heise.de/ct/05/24/018/>

According to Apple, a dual-core MacBook has a SPECint_rate2000 of 30.3
and a SPECfp_rate2000 of 25.6.

	<http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/intelcoreduo.html>


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