Power Mac G4/867 MHz
M8360LL/A
Single Processor
L2 Cache: 256K @ 867 MHz
L3 Cache: 2MB @ 217 MHz
Release Date: July, 2001

Power Mac G5/2.5 GHz
M9592LL/A
2X Dual Core (4 Cores)
1MB L2 @ 2.5 GHz Per Core
None
Released October , 2005

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MSRP: $2,499
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MSRP: $3,299

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Bus Speed
(Mhz)

RAM
(MAX)

512MB PC4200
533MHz DDR2 SDRAM
16GB max

Graphics Support

NVIDIA GeForce 6600
256MB of GDDR SDRAM
16-lane PCI Express graphics slot

Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels
Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

One single-link DVI port
One dual-link DVI port
DVI to VGA adapter included

Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Support for graphics cards that require up to 150W

Expansion
Slots

Two 3.5-inch hard drive bays, each with a 150-MBps Serial ATA (one filled)

One optical drive bay ( filled)

Two open full-length four-lane PCI Express slots

One open full-length eight-lane PCI Express slot

Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card

Hard Drive

Optical Drive

SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Writes DVD-R 2x.
Reads DVDs 4x
Writes CD-R 8x
Writes CD-RW 4x
Reads CDs at 24x

16x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Writes DVD-R discs at 16x
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x
Reads DVDs at up to 16x
Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x Reads CDs at up to 32x

Communication

56k V.92 modem

Optional 11-Mbps AirPort Card; IEEE 802.11 DSSS
compliant9

10/100/1000 BT Ethernet

Optional external Apple USB Modem

Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (based on IEEE 802.11g specification; 802.11b Wi-Fi certified)

Optional Bluetooth: Support for Enhanced Data Rate, or data rates up to 3 Mbps

Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames

Connectivity

2 USB 1 Ports (12 Mbps)


2 FireWire Port (400 Mbps)

Apple speaker minijack

4 USB 2.0 ports (one on front)

1 FireWire 800 port
2 FireWire 400 ports (one on front)

Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors

Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks

Operating System

10.1

Notes

Weight:31 pounds (14.1 kg)1

Performance
In Performance the Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz is ....

Processor Saturated - 884% faster
Copy (many files) - 264% faster
Copy (Single large file) - 214% faster

A note on performance. Because of the time difference between when we tested these two machines, the scores above are estimates based on adjusted, original data. Also we are only able to provide a partial performance comparison.

A saturated processor is one where every scrap of processing capacity is being used. Not all applications can take full advantage of a processor(s) capacity.

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