> the PA6T [...] received a lot of hype - just like f. ex. the PS3. And while the
> PS3 sounded very intersting when announced the reality was rather awakening.

I think the PS3's Cell processor received magnitudes if not orders of magnitudes more hype than the PA6T ever did. After all, the PA6T was announced only after Apple's Intel switch as "just" a G5-class processor with less power consumption than the PPC970, whereas the Cell was presented by STI as a paradigm-shifting processor where "performance should reach ten times the capability of current PC processors". Accordingly, the PA6T has surely been much more able to meet the created expectations than the Cell processor ever was.

> A PowerMac G5 will outperform it.

I think that depends. A 2.7 GHz G5 will for sure, but a 1.6 GHz G5 probably won't.