>>> If the code is heavy on FP-code or bandwidth use a G5, if it is >>> AltiVec use a T4.
>> AltiVec on a 2.7 GHz PPC970 may be faster than on a 1.8 GHz e6500. >> And are you sure that bandwidth of PPC970 is better than e6500?
> with four times the threads, the e6500 is likely to have an advantage anyway.
It'd be even more with the T4240 instead of the T4160 (four times the threads of 2x PPC970MP) or T4080 (four times the threads of 1x PPC970MP or 2x PPC970FX).
> Andreas, did Freescale get around to enhancing AltiVec on the e6500?
