- Maxwell Render 1.7.1Benchwell render
- Modo 3023D rendering
- Cinebench 10.1Multiprocessor rendering
- RealFlow 4.3.8.0123BreakingDam simulation
Maxwell Render 1.7.1. Benchwell render.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.7x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Maxwell test file: sculpture.mxs (www.benchwell.com). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 5.8x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Maxwell test file: sculpture.mxs (www.benchwell.com). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Modo 302. 3D rendering.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.3x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Modo test files: BathFaucet.lxo and Couch.lxo. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 4.8x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Modo test files: BathFaucet.lxo and Couch.lxo. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Cinebench 10.1. Multiple-processor rendering test.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.3x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 3.6x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
RealFlow 4.3.8.0123. BreakingDam simulation.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.6x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. RealFlow test file: BreakingDam.flw (www.realflow.com/n_benchmarking.htm). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 5.0x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. RealFlow test file: BreakingDam.flw (www.realflow.com/n_benchmarking.htm). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
- Final Cut Studio 2ProRes to H.264 encode
- Final Cut Studio 2ProRes render
- Final Cut Studio 2HDV to H.264 encode
- Final Cut Studio 2HDV render
- After Effects CS4RAM preview and render
Final Cut Studio 2. ProRes to H.264 encode.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.5x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Content was encoded using the Compressor 3.0.5 H.264 for iPod Video 640x480 preset and Qmaster with the maximum number of instances available on each system. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 2.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Content was encoded using the Compressor 3.0.5 H.264 for iPod Video 640x480 preset and Qmaster with the maximum number of instances available on each system. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Final Cut Studio 2. ProRes render.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.2x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 2.2x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Final Cut Studio 2. HDV to H.264 encode.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.2x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Content was encoded using the Compressor 3.0.5 H.264 for iPod Video 640x480 preset and Qmaster with the maximum number of instances available on each system. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 2.6x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Content was encoded using the Compressor 3.0.5 H.264 for iPod Video 640x480 preset and Qmaster with the maximum number of instances available on each system. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Final Cut Studio 2. HDV render.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.1x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 2.2x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
After Effects CS4 (9.0.1). RAM preview and render.
Mathematica 7.0. MathematicaMark7.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.8x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 5.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Xcode 3.1.1. Build and clean project.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.2x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Xcode results based on build and clean time of Adium 1.3.2 (www.adiumx.com). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 3.5x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Xcode results based on build and clean time of Adium 1.3.2 (www.adiumx.com). Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
OsiriX 3.3.2 (64-bit Extension). Volume and surface render.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.4x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. OsiriX test file: DICOM sample image set MANIX. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 4.2x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. OsiriX test file: DICOM sample image set MANIX. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
LabVIEW 8.6. Multicore demo.
Aperture 2.1.2. Common application tasks.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.2x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 2.8x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Photoshop CS4 (11.0). 45 filters and functions.
- Select your system:
- Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz (previous generation)
- Power Mac G5 Quad
Up to 1.2x faster than previous-generation Mac Pro
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Photoshop test file size: 400MB. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Up to 1.9x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and production 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad. Photoshop test file size: 400MB. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
STREAM. Memory throughput.
CINT2006 Rate and CFP2006 Rate. Integer and floating-point calculation results.
Call of Duty 4. timedemo.
Baseline
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB GDDR32.9x
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR56.6xUp to 6.6x improvement compared to previous standard graphics card
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 and ATI Radeon HD 4870; and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Tested using Call of Duty 4 v1.7.1, Timedemoambush, Timedemobog, Timedemopipeline, maximum graphics quality, 4x anti-aliasing, at 1680x1050. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Quake 4. timedemo.
Baseline2.2xATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR55.1xUp to 5.1x improvement compared to previous standard graphics card
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 and ATI Radeon HD 4870; and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Tested using Quake 4 v1.3, netTimeDemo: demo001, ultra graphics quality, 4x anti-aliasing, at 1680x1050. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Motion 3.0.2. Playback and export speed.
BaselineNVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB GDDR31.5xATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR53.0xUp to 3x improvement compared to previous standard graphics card
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units with NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 and ATI Radeon HD 4870; and shipping Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz units with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. Systems were configured with 6GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz and 8GB of RAM for Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
SAS RAID 5 vs SATA RAID 5. Read and write performance.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and preproduction Mac Pro RAID Card. SAS drives available separately. Testing conducted with the Promise 450GB SAS Drive for Mac Pro. Testing conducted using Iometer 2006.07.27 with a 30-second ramp-up, 5-minute run duration, 512KB request size, and 4 outstanding IOs. The test system was configured in a two-volume configuration with a single JBOD drive for the OS and the remaining three drives as the test volume on which Iometer tests were performed. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro RAID Card.
Simultaneous Final Cut Studio 2 Streams. Three-drive SAS RAID 5 vs. SATA RAID 5 performance.
Testing conducted by Apple in February 2009 using preproduction Mac Pro 8-core 2.93GHz units and preproduction Mac Pro RAID Card. Testing was conducted with Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 using simultaneous unique 10-minute clips for each content type. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro RAID Card.
