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Ask Johnny your Macintosh Computer Performance or Features question
Thursday, February 9, 2006

Ask Johnny AppleSpeed - How Fast Is The Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz Compared To The Power Mac G4/867MHz

Machine Specification Differences
Machine Performance Differences
Links To Additional Resources
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Please compare the Power Mac G4/867MHz vs Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz

Thanks - Marc

Power Mac G4/867MHz (#M8360LL/A) -- Released July , 2001
Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz (#M9592LL/A ) -- Released October , 2005

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Specifications & Features

Model/Mhz

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

Price Information

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

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Bus Speed
(Mhz)
133 MHz
1.25 GHz Frontside bus
Per Processor

RAM
(MAX)
128MB
PC133 SDRAM
(1.5GB Max)

512MB PC4200
533MHz DDR2 SDRAM
16GB max

Graphics Support

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
32MB of SDRAM
4x AGP slot

Support for up to 1920-by-1200-pixel resolution at
32 bits per pixel (millions of colors)

Apple Display Connector (ADC)
15-pin VGA connector

 

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

Three hard drive expansion bays. (one filled)
Two optical drive bays (one filled)
Four full-length 64-bit, 33-MHz PCI slots
One AGP 4X (filled)

AirPort Slot

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
60GB Ultra ATA/66
7200 rpm

250GB Serial ATA
7200 rpm

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
10.4

Notes

Weight:31 pounds (14.1 kg)1
Weight: 45.5 pounds (20.2 kg)
Performance

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.

More performance information

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Wow! The Intel iMac Is Almost As Fast As The Quad Core Power Mac
22 Current & Former Macs A Performance Report
Power Mac Dual G4/500 MHz vs Power Mac G4/867 MHz
MacComparisonZone: Single G4/867 MHz vs Dual G5/2.0 GHz
Links To Further Information

Reviews

Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz
Macworld
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ApplexNet
System Shootouts

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Power Mac G4/867MHz
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Additional Resources

Power Mac InfoZone
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Power Mac Buyer's Guide
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Power Mac Reviews
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Apple's Power Mac Page
Apple's Previous Power Mac Specification Details

Initial price difference: Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz $800 more - - $3,299 vs $2,499
Current price difference: Power Mac Quad G5/2.5GHz $1,861 more - - $2,810 vs $949
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G5 2.3GHz Dual SuperDrive #M9748LL/A - Originally: $2,499

$1,980 to $2,900 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$1,759 to $1,889 - - Used- 90day - PowerMax unavailable

$2,489 - Refrub- 1 year - PowerMax unavailable
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G5 1.8GHz DUAL 160GB #M9393LL/A - Originally:$2,499

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G5 1.8GHz 80GB #M9555LL/A - Originally:$1,499

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G5 1.8GHz 160GB #M9031LL/A - Originally:$2,399

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G4 1.42 GHz DUAL - #M8841LL/A - Originally: $2,699
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$880 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$999 to $1,239 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
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$650 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$879 to $969 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
Dual G4/1 GHz - Originally: $2,499
$939 to $1,409 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
G4/1 GHz Combo Drive - Originally: $1,499
$540 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable
$749 to $769 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable

Dual G4/867 - Originally: $1699
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$719 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
QuickSilver Dual G4/1 GHz - Originally: $2,999
$729 to $789 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
QuickSilver G4/933 - Originally: $2,499

$559 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
$626 - Used - 30day - Mega Macs unavailable

QuickSilver G4/867 - Originally: $2,499

$479 - Used - 90day - PowerMax unavailable
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