How fast are the “Dual” and “Quad” Power Mac G5 models compared to earlier ones?
According to Apple, the top of the line Power Macintosh G5 “Quad Core” (2.5) is 88% faster than the previous top of the line model, the Power Macintosh G5/2.7 DP (PCI-X). Using the Linpack Benchmark, the “Quad” model produced 21.0 Gigaflops of computational power, compared to 11.1 Gigaflops for the previous model. For information on the speed of the Power Mac G5 “Quad Core” (2.5) in real-world tests, please also refer to the review from the always reliable MacWorld.
