Mac Pro 2.66GHz versus Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz
ANALYSIS
We figure with clock speeds closely matching, it’s a fair fight, right? Well, as you can see, the Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz beats the “Quad-Core” Mac Pro Xeon/2.66GHz when running Photoshop CS2 and After Effects 7 (both non-UB apps). The Mac Pro 3GHz might catch up in the After Effects test but we predict the Quad-Core G5 will still be 20% faster running our Photoshop CS2 MP Actions test.There’s no doubt that the Mac Pro is faster running Universal Binary apps like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc. As you can see from the four tests we ran in this session, the Mac Pro 2.66GHz was from 15% to 47% faster than the Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz. And we’re sure that those gaps will grow even bigger (30% to 70%) when we test the Mac Pro 3GHz.We are impressed with the Mac Pro’s performance. We’ll be even more impressed when Adobe’s UB apps appear in “second quarter of 2007.”
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