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

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	2649
PM G4/2x 533MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	1186
PM G4/667MHz Digital Audio	0MB	1MB DDR SDRAM	2459
Apple eMac G4/700	256k On Chip	0MB	2579
Apple iMac G4/700 15"	256k On Chip	0MB	2423
iMac 1GHz (167MHz, 768MB, GF4MX 32MB)	256k	0MB	1622
PB G4 17" 1.33GHz (167MHz, 512MB, R9600 64MB)	512k On Chip	0MB	1200
PM G4/2x 1.25GHz FW800	256k	2x1MB DDR SDRAM	666
PM G4/2x 1.42GHz FW800	256k	2x2MB DDR SDRAM	410
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 G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2051
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	2042
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1596
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1597
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1319
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1319
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1319
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1195
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1151
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz @ 1.467GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	1100
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	1100
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.0GHz@1.2GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	712
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz@1.33GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	645
PowerLogix PowerForce Dual G4 2x1.2GHz (7457)	512k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	705

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.