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AltiVec Fractal Carbon Test	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Score

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/400 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1316
PM 2x G4/450 Gigabit Ethernet	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	3016.3
Apple eMac G4/700	256k On Chip	0MB	2453
Apple iMac G4/700 15"	256k On Chip	0MB	2560.3
iMac 1GHz (167MHz Bus, 768MB RAM, GF4MX 32MB)	256k	0MB	3710.7
PB G4 17" 1.33GHz (167MHz Bus, 512MB RAM, R9600 64MB)	512k On Chip	0MB	5003.6
PM G5/1.6GHz (800MHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	4186.6
PM G5/1.8GHz (900MHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	4925.8
PM G5/2x 2.0GHz (1GHz Frontside Bus)	512k On Chip	0MB	11171.1

Acceleration Cards

OWC Mercury Extreme G4/700MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2553
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2929.6
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3051.6
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	3724.8
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3727.2
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	4482.9
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.2GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	4488.1
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	4493.2
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz (@ 1.3GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	4824.4
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz (@ 1.4GHz)	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	5245.4
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz (@ 1.4GHz)	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	5250.2
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	5250.2
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.0GHz @ 1.2GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	9084.1
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.3GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	9855.7
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz @ 1.4GHz	256k x 2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	10306.5

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?!