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How does your Mac stack up - Geekbench thread.

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I received a 3390. I think that's pretty decent, right?
 
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I wouldn't need to a score test to know how my Mac Mini PPC G4 stacks up to your Macs :p It's pretty ancient, runs decent and it gets it's physical usage! I do abuse it (with having loads of apps running at one time, Photoshop, Lightroom, Office 08 and Itunes) It does chug but by today's standards it's a dope compared to what you guys have. But I love it. Until it breaks down from excessive usages - I won't upgrade just yet. :p

Can't fault you there, if it ain't broke then don't try to fix it, if what you have does what you want and you're happy with it then there's no point in spending a wad of money upgrading.

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I upgraded from 4 to 8 gigs of ram today, the geekbench points went up 184 over all. I am still adjusting to the Mac world, but it feels much quicker. I shouldn't have to update anything on this machine for quite some time now. Maybe an SSD, but I blew my wad purchasing this thing...I am EXTREMELY happy with my first Mac though.... :D


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Not bad

3480 on a 2010 mac mini, 2.4 ghz, 8 mb ram, lion
 
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Pretty good. I'm certainly happy with it.

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Here's what my refurbed iMac i5 2.5GHz (Mid 2011 model) is capable of :)

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I'm just curious as to why to use geekbench vs novabench which also includes GPU benchmarking...?
 

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I'm just curious as to why to use geekbench vs novabench which also includes GPU benchmarking...?

There's probably no logical explanation for it from a factual standpoint.

One of my issues with Geekbench has always been it's lack of gpu testing. I think that quantifying the gpu aspect of todays computers is VERY important in being able to make logical buying decisions (new or used)...and just to see how a person's current computer stacks up against newer models.

Geekbench is probably one of the more well known benchmarking apps. Everymac.com uses it...and here's a fairly popular web link that is used for model comparisons:

Mac Benchmarks - Geekbench Browser

If Novabench is superior...I'm all for it. Actually...another very good & free benchmarking program (which tests both cpu & gpu) is Cinebench:

MAXON | 3D FOR THE REAL WORLD: CINEBENCH

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I'm just curious as to why to use geekbench vs novabench which also includes GPU benchmarking...?

Because geekbewnch only takes into account processor and RAM the places where intel excels. It's also not compatible with the newer Power Architecture so it can't show where x86-64 fails. Geekbench shows Mac's in the best light no matter whether it's Intels best light or Apples .
 

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Last weekend, I picked up a new MacBook Pro (13", i5) and decided to compare this to my old 08 MB (C2D). I ran three different tests - Geekbench, Novabench and a test I wrote myself (I couldn't get Cinebench to work on the old 08 MB and I didn't feel like trying again). Here's what I got:

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My test was quite simple. I timed how long it took the computer to count to 10,000,000 and added that to the time it took to create and delete 50,000 plain text files with the word "Test" in it.
 

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Last weekend, I picked up a new MacBook Pro (13", i5) and decided to compare this to my old 08 MB (C2D). I ran three different tests - Geekbench, Novabench and a test I wrote myself (I couldn't get Cinebench to work on the old 08 MB and I didn't feel like trying again).

Pretty neat that you designed your own test...regardless of it's simplicity!:)

Regarding Cinebench. Was it version 11.5? If so...were you unable to run both the cpu & OpenGL (graphics) tests.

In case it wasn't version 11.5...here's the link:

MAXON | 3D FOR THE REAL WORLD: CINEBENCH

- Nick

p.s. Congrats on the new computer!!!:) Where did the "starving student" find the $$$$??;)
 

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Pretty neat that you designed your own test...regardless of it's simplicity!:)
Thanks. It doesn't test much beyond CPU speed and file I/O but it does help to show how much faster the new machine is. Surprisingly, both machines did the counting and file creation at relatively the same speed but the new machine was magnitudes faster at removing the files.

Regarding Cinebench. Was it version 11.5? If so...were you unable to run both the cpu & OpenGL (graphics) tests.
Yeah, it was 11.5. It kept failing on the OpenGL tests.

p.s. Congrats on the new computer!!!:) Where did the "starving student" find the $$$$??;)
Months of saving + student discount + living frugally. ;)
 

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Congrats Van on the new MBP! Good going.

So Where can we download VanBench®??
 

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I'd quite like to use van bench too ;)
 

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