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        AltiVec Fractal Carbon L2 Cache Score
        Reference Apple System
        Blue & White G3/300MHz 512k 191
        Acceleration Cards
        OWC Mercury G4/450MHz 1024k 1559.3
        OWC Mercury G4/500MHz 1024k 1734.7
        OWC Mercury G4/550MHz 1024k 1908.6
        OWC Mercury G4/550MHz @ 600MHz 1024k 2086.6
        PowerLogix PowerForce G3/800MHz ZIF 512k 566.1



        AltiVec Fractal Carbon - Longer bars are better.

        A version of the Interactive Fractal Demo, a numerically-intensive parallel graphics application, that uses the Velocity Engine, a.k.a. AltiVec, and multiple processors (MP) for its computations. The dual processor models have an extreme advantage in this test, and that is why it was created - distributed computing load over multiple systems or processors. Just think about a cluster of 8 Power Macintosh systems all linked together to distribute the load over multiple systems / processors. Who needs a Cray Supercomputer anymore?!

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