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<blockquote data-quote="lonerider" data-source="post: 193318" data-attributes="member: 9655"><p>The dual core 2.3 should be *slightly* faster than the dual 2.5 cpu. That's based on benchmarks from here :</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/topics/hardware/macsystems/desktopmacs/" target="_blank">http://www.macworld.com/topics/hardware/macsystems/desktopmacs/</a></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately these benchmarks are not directly comparable. ie, if you look at the individual applications used you'll find that they are different versions. </p><p></p><p>Better and more comprehensive benchmarks are here, but nothing there for the 2.3 dual core :</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macsonly.com/olderspeed.html" target="_blank">http://www.macsonly.com/olderspeed.html</a></p><p></p><p>In any case, I would say that the 2 systems are pretty much equivalent on speed (dual 2.5 vs dual core 2.3). The question then comes down to cost, and expansion ability. You will find more things available in PCI and PCI-X format for the Mac right now, but that will probably change in a year or so. The new dual core systems use pci-e, not pci or pci-x. The dual cpu 2.5 also has 8 memory expansion slots vs the dual core's 4 slots (the 2.5 used to be top of the line, while the dual core 2.3 is a midrange model).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lonerider, post: 193318, member: 9655"] The dual core 2.3 should be *slightly* faster than the dual 2.5 cpu. That's based on benchmarks from here : [url]http://www.macworld.com/topics/hardware/macsystems/desktopmacs/[/url] Unfortunately these benchmarks are not directly comparable. ie, if you look at the individual applications used you'll find that they are different versions. Better and more comprehensive benchmarks are here, but nothing there for the 2.3 dual core : [url]http://www.macsonly.com/olderspeed.html[/url] In any case, I would say that the 2 systems are pretty much equivalent on speed (dual 2.5 vs dual core 2.3). The question then comes down to cost, and expansion ability. You will find more things available in PCI and PCI-X format for the Mac right now, but that will probably change in a year or so. The new dual core systems use pci-e, not pci or pci-x. The dual cpu 2.5 also has 8 memory expansion slots vs the dual core's 4 slots (the 2.5 used to be top of the line, while the dual core 2.3 is a midrange model). [/QUOTE]
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