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<blockquote data-quote="Avalon" data-source="post: 73645" data-attributes="member: 5184"><p>A GHz is always 1'000'000'000 cycles per second.</p><p>Nevertheless, because of the completely different architecture of the PowerPC and Intel/AMD CPUs, both perform very differently at the same clock speed.</p><p>PowerPCs are a lot faster at the same clock speed than Intel/AMDs, but because of their different architecture, it's really difficult to compare them.</p><p></p><p>And at the other hand, the Apple architecture is build exactly around it's CPU, while in the Intel/AMD world, the CPU is just one of many parts in a PC. A P4 2.4GHz for example can perform very differently, depending on which board it sits...</p><p></p><p>So a real comparison is very difficult...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Avalon, post: 73645, member: 5184"] A GHz is always 1'000'000'000 cycles per second. Nevertheless, because of the completely different architecture of the PowerPC and Intel/AMD CPUs, both perform very differently at the same clock speed. PowerPCs are a lot faster at the same clock speed than Intel/AMDs, but because of their different architecture, it's really difficult to compare them. And at the other hand, the Apple architecture is build exactly around it's CPU, while in the Intel/AMD world, the CPU is just one of many parts in a PC. A P4 2.4GHz for example can perform very differently, depending on which board it sits... So a real comparison is very difficult... [/QUOTE]
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