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Adobe After Effects 6.0 - Render 10 Frames	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Time, Sec.

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	3140
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	1425
Apple eMac G4/700	256k On Chip	0MB	2579
Apple iMac G4/700 15"	256k On Chip	0MB	2423
iMac 1GHz (167MHz Bus, 768MB RAM, GF4MX 32MB)	256k	0MB	1622
PB G4 17" 1.33GHz (167MHz Bus, 512MB RAM, R9600 64MB)	512k On Chip	0MB	1200
PM G5/1.6GHz (800MHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	853
PM G5/1.8GHz (900MHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	744
PM G5/2x 2.0GHz (1GHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	356

Acceleration Cards

OWC Mercury Extreme G4/700MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2311
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1991
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1979
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1659
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1622
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1339
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1355
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1335
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1258
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.4GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1168
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz (@ 1.4GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1168
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1168
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.0GHz @ 1.2GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	731
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.3GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	681
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.4GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	631

Adobe After Effects 6 - Render 10 Frames - Time in seconds - Shorter bars are better This is the first time I have used this benchmark, and it is quite intensive. After Effects is a processor dependant program, that's for sure and this test gives quite a graphic example as to why you need a fast machine if you make your living with it. Adobe offers a 30 day trial download on their site if you want to give it a shot yourself. The demo file used is "nightflight" and I received it from Rob-ART Morgan of BareFeats.com.