Apple's benchmark results for AMD64

[griztown]

Has anyone seen the benchmark results on Apple's website? AMD64 didn't do so well and I'm wondering if that is cause its running on a 32 bit system where as the new G5 processors are running on a 64 bit system. Are there benchmarks comparing AMD64 in 64 bit mode and Apple's G5?

Thanks,
Ted

 

[griztown]

In case anyone's interested, I found this http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1296

 

[Duvie]

It wouldn't be the first time they have skewed benchmarks to make themselves look good...I remember back shortly they were told to stop the Tv ads boasting fastest PC.....

Their test against a P4 shows the lengths they go to confuse, mislead, and out right lie.....

Take a good look at the setup I am sure something wont be right with the way the ran or configured the A64...

 

[griztown]

Another article

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112749,pg,1,00.asp

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: griztown
Another article

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112749,pg,1,00.asp

A quote for that article I find interesting :

Even Apple's 2-GHz dual-CPU G5 unit had a hard time keeping up with a single-chip FX-51 PC in most tests. (Tests were not exhaustive, however: Working with our sibling publication, Macworld, we selected four applications available on both platforms and then ran seven hand-timed tests. Our test suite, PC WorldBench 4, cannot run on Macs.) The new Macs aren't great values either, as the top-of-the-line G5 ($3549 as configured) costs about $200 more than the similarly configured Alienware Aurora. (Prices do not include a monitor or speakers.)

 

[Markfw]

Edited for double post.

 

[griztown]

Yeah, I was looking at Apple's website and couldn't believe how poorly the AMD64 performed according to their "tests". I still haven't found anyone who's done comparisons using a 64 bit OS.

 

[mamisano]

I thought that Apple's 64-bit OS wasn't ready??

 

[Shinei]

It's not, Apple's "64-bit OS" is just OSX with some 64-bit extensions. It's effectively just some patches that allow 64-bit compatibility, much like how games are still more or less DX8 with a few DX9 functions thrown in that make them count as DX9 games.

 

[Dman877]

The PR and propaganda over at Apple is second only to that of the Bush administration.