On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:07:26 -0500, Phillip Burk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We'll have to wait until benchmarks are released...
Well what about the difference between an 800 - 900 or 900 - 1ghz?
That's not that easy of a comparison to make, given that there were no 800 or 900 MHz G4 powerbooks released, but we can compare a few of the last powerbook models (all numbers from http://macspeedzone.com):
Basic CineBench Single CPU test PowerBook G4/1GHz 12 inch (Sept 2003): 91 PowerBook G4/1.25 GHz 15 inch (Sept 2003): 113 PowerBook G4/1.33 GHz 17 inch (Sept 2003): 121
It's not that simple, however. I left out the iBook bench numbers since there's a dramatic difference between the architecture of the iBook and a Powerbook, L2 cache being the primary difference. The new 1.5 GHz PowerBook and the previous top-of-the-line 1.33 GHz PowerBook are virtually identical: 167 MHz bus, 1 MB L3 cache. I don't expect a dramatic difference in speed, just an incremental improvement - probably around 135 to 136 on the CineBench scale.
Does that help?
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