Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 12074 from 2003/5/22
From: Germany
> the powermac is much better
Comparison Sam460ex at 1.167 GHz (OS4) vs. Mac mini G4 at 1.5 GHz (MorphOS):
Sam460ex results:
Code:
---> CPU <---
MAX MIPS: 2332
---> L1 <---
READ32: 4511 MB/Sec
READ64: 9011 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 4449 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 8882 MB/Sec
---> L2 <---
READ32: 1061 MB/Sec
READ64: 1061 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 521 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 520 MB/Sec
---> RAM <---
READ32: 311 MB/Sec
READ64: 310 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 521 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 521 MB/Sec
WRITE: 1251 MB/Sec (Tricky)
---> VIDEO BUS <---
READ: 72 MB/Sec
WRITE: 261 MB/Sec
Source: http://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=59270#forumpost59270
Mac mini G4 results (my machine):
Code:
---> CPU <---
MAX MIPS: 4475
---> L1 <---
READ32: 5687 MB/Sec
READ64: 11372 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 4874 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 3794 MB/Sec
---> L2 <---
READ32: 2579 MB/Sec
READ64: 3363 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 2330 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 2952 MB/Sec
---> RAM <---
READ32: 387 MB/Sec
READ64: 403 MB/Sec
WRITE32: 771 MB/Sec
WRITE64: 771 MB/Sec
WRITE: 809 MB/Sec (Tricky)
---> VIDEO BUS <---
READ: 32 MB/Sec
WRITE: 180 MB/Sec
Used benchmarking program is RAGEMEM v0.37 (run on MorphOS via OS4Emu):
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/benchmark/ragemem.lha