We all know XBench isn't really a valid benchmark of ANYTHING. :-/
Slower with L3... What are they on?!
Jason Mayfield-Lewis
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On 29 Jan 2006, at 10:41 PM, Len Gerstel wrote:
On Jan 29, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Richard Starr wrote:
Double check in Tech Tool. Or try Powerlogix CPU Director (free
on their
website) which gives you some control over a bunch of cpu stuff
for various
versions of the G4 processor. All should show the L3 cache is or
isn't active.
CPU Director will let you shut it off if you'd like to try
benchmarking.
There's also a cpu tool in Apple's CHUD developer's tools (on the
Tiger
installation disk) that will turn caches on or off.
Len, I'd be interested in the results if you do such a benchmark.
I'd like to
learn that I'm not missing much without the L3s.
This is going to entail some more work. I installed CPU Director
(CPUD) and it shows the L3 cache enabled. I disabled it and ran
xBench, and here is where it gets interesting. With the L3 turned
off in CPUD, xBench still shows a L3 cache.
CPU tests 20% HIGHER with no L3 cache
Memory tests 25% lower with no level 3
Quartz Graphics 30% lower no L3
User interface 40% lower no L3
Disk test almost no difference
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