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AltiVec Fractal Carbon Test	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	Score

Reference Apple Systems

PM G4/466MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM	0MB	1561.6
PM G4/2x 533MHz Digital Audio	1MB SPB SRAM x2	0MB	3690.8
PM G4/667MHz Digital Audio	0MB	1MB DDR SDRAM	2456.1
Apple eMac G4/700	256k On Chip	0MB	2543.0
Apple iMac G4/700 15"	256k On Chip	0MB	2560.3
iMac 1GHz (167MHz, 768MB, GF4MX 32MB)	256k	0MB	3710.7
PB G4 17" 1.33GHz (167MHz, 512MB, R9600 64MB)	512k On Chip	0MB	5003.6
PM G4/2x 1.25GHz FW800	256k	2x1MB DDR SDRAM	9527.2
PM G4/2x 1.42GHz FW800	256k	2x2MB DDR SDRAM	10810.4
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 G4/800MHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	2974.9
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/800MHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	2981.8
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	3830.8
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	3748.7
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.2GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	4514
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	4508.8
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.25GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	4512.3
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.33GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	5027.2
Sonnet Encore/ST G4/1.4GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	5285.7
GigaDesigns G-Celerator G4/1.25GHz @ 1.467GHz	256k	2MB SPB SRAM	5538
OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467GHz	256k	2MB DDR SRAM	5541.2
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.0GHz@1.2GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	9126.5
GigaDesigns G-Celerator Dual G4/1.2GHz@1.33GHz	256k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	10190.0
PowerLogix PowerForce Dual G4 2x1.2GHz (7457)	512k x2	2MB SPB SRAM x2	9133.6

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?!