Cell Processor vs Dual-Processor Apple Power Mac G5

[drpepper]

C'mon man that's like comparing a Amd 64 vs a Motorola 68000

Except that the G5 computers are on sale right now and the 68k macs are no longer on sale.

So the comparison is still legit.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

C'mon man that's like comparing a Amd 64 vs a Motorola 68000

A 68000 has a tiny fraction the number of transistors of an AMD64, 1/100th the clockspeed, and a considerably narrower FSB. It's absolutely nothing like. Cell and G5s use the same basic level of technology but applied in different ways, as opposed to your idea of comparing tech from a previous decade or more.

 

[Edge]

A 68000 has a tiny fraction the number of transistors of an AMD64, 1/100th the clockspeed, and a considerably narrower FSB. It's absolutely nothing like. Cell and G5s use the same basic level of technology but applied in different ways, as opposed to your idea of comparing tech from a previous decade or more.

He was joking. Notice something at the end of his sentence? That looks like a sarcastic smiley to me.

 

[ihamoitc2005]

G5

A 68000 has a tiny fraction the number of transistors of an AMD64, 1/100th the clockspeed, and a considerably narrower FSB. It's absolutely nothing like. Cell and G5s use the same basic level of technology but applied in different ways, as opposed to your idea of comparing tech from a previous decade or more.

G5 is fair comparison. He used single core 2.7Ghz (scaled) PPC970 of ~58M transistors with 1 3.2Ghz SPE. Single core G5 CPU is very powerful chip and has 128 Million polygons/sec T&L performance. This is very powerful CPU!

 

[Guilty Bystander]

He was joking. Notice something at the end of his sentence? That looks like a sarcastic smiley to me.

Thank you!

 

[-tkf-]

Starts ~ 1hr:0min:45s into the conference.

Thanks, looks mighty impressive, sad that they didn't release a HD version