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XBench - Overall System Performance	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Score

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/350 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	36.7
PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	42.81
PM G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	50.07
PM G4/500 AGP Graphics (Sawtooth)	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	50.12
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	62.37
eMac G4/700MHz	256k On Chip	0MB	59.26

Acceleration Cards

GigaDesigns G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	75.44
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	71.63
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	73.28
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	75.24
GigaDesigns G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	88.5
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.0GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	83.81
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	88.05
PowerLogix PowerForce S233 G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB SPB SRAM	92.64
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	95.85
GigaDesigns G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	99.15
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	99.48
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.3GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	102.38
GigaDesigns G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	101.47
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.4GHz	256k On Chip	2MB DDR SRAM	102.49
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x900MHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	93.5
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.0GHz	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	97.66
PowerLogix PowerForce 2x1.2GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k On Chip x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	112.78

Score overall when using the XBench test - higher scores (longer bars) are better. Xbench was developed to provide a comprehensive benchmarking solution for Mac OS X. Xbench is useful not only for comparing the relative speed of two different Macintoshes, but also for optimizing performance on a single machine. Xbench is accompanied by a website that allows graphical side-by-side comparisons of any out of the tens of thousands of submitted benchmarks.