The graphs below represent a performance comparison between currently shipping and recent Power Mac models. For older results click here . Testing was done using MacBench 5.0 with results supplied by Macworld, other online resources as well as our own testing. MacBench profiles popular software programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Word and QuarkXpress among a variety of others and applies these profiles to the various subsystems being tested. Visit the MacBench web site for in depth information on the program.
Longer bars equals faster performance.
Performance results for new models will be added to this page as they become available. Keep in mind when comparing results that they can only be accurately compared to results from the same version of MacBench. You cannot compare 5.0 results to 4.0 results etc. MacBench 5.0 is not AltiVec enabled, to take advantage of the G4 processor. Our testing has shown that for AltiVec enabled software you will see anywhere from a 3 to 5 times speed improvement.