iMac Core Duo
I was just looking at the Xbench site and someone has uploaded some results for
the new iMac Core Duo 20” 2.0 GHz.
The older G5 iMac gets a higher overall score but if you look at the breakdown
of the Intel iMac you can tell there is some room for improvement. The Intel iMac
seems to suffer from non-optimized floating point libraries and immature graphics drivers. The
Intel iMac should get faster as the software matures, even now it is still pretty fast on the
weak spots and really rips on its strong points (threading,integer math, memory).
I will be retiring my PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25 GHz soon, I ordered a 20” iMac Core Duo and will write more about it once it arrives.
