P3 1 GHz vs. Mac G4 867 MHz... any benchmarking programs?

[mcmanus69]

My friend keeps bragging about her new 867 MHz G4 and how it will absolutely mop the floor with my "paltry" 1 GHz P3.... so I am curious as to how well they fare against each other. However, I am coming short in benchmarking ideas, as all my previous benchmarking programs only work in Windows. I need one that'll run in Windows (or linux) AND Mac OS X. Any suggestions?

Edit:
I think maybe I should've posted this in Off-Topic.. oops.. well, I guess I'll make it more Linux-oriented....

PREFERABLY (sp?) linux vs. Mac OS X, since I think that those are a bit closer in architecture than Windows is to them.

Oh, and ARE there any good linux benchmarking programs out there?? (other than just timing your kernel compile with a stopwatch :p )

[ 29 January 2002: Message edited by: mcmanus69 ]

[The Whizzard]

I'm not sure about the MAC but I know the Quake 3 benchmark is for Windows and Linux.

BTW, if you had a Athlon 1.67GHz or P4 2GHz, you would find them to be comparable to the G4 867MHz.

[mcmanus69]

Originally posted by The Whizzard:
<STRONG>BTW, if you had a Athlon 1.67GHz or P4 2GHz, you would find them to be comparable to the G4 867MHz.</STRONG>

I wuz expecting something around there, but I'd like to see it for myself.... I'm something of a "see-it-to-believe-it" type of person :)

The Q3 idea would be good, except I only have Q3 for Windows (I got it the day it came out, LoL), and I don't feel like buying it for Linux or for Mac. :D

[Taizong]

I was shopping for MACs the other day, went through alot of tests, and I can tell you: the G4 is litterally twice as fast as my p3 933/133. It can handle more apps at once at much faster speeds. Just sit down with one and start using it, it is alarming how fast it is.

[ASCI Blue]

I think somewhere there's a Q3 installer for Linux that uses the Window's version's data files.

[proffy]

Go to Arstechnica (http://www.arstechnica.com/), they have some bechmark tests although they may require you to have a compiler. The are mostly FFT programs, prime number generators, Matrix LU decomp and the like.

Also, a new G4 is about as fast as a new PC. Apple loves to do their bechmark tests with Photoshop, which Mac's excel at. Don't let your friend do a bunch of gaussian blurs on his Mac and talk about how fast it is.

I recall a program called LINPACK that was used to test a machines flops. I think this *may* be a standard for larger supercomputers though. You may have a hard time finding it in anything other than FORTRAN though.

Whatever happens, his machine is prolly faster than your, just because it's a newer. Your machine is roughly a year old (as far as when a 1GHz chip was the fastest intel chip). The fastest chip DELL ofers now is a 2.2 GHz, make sure he knows that.

Personally I like Macs. I like how Apple has the integrated the whole UNIX thing and their new Aqua UI is a huge improvement. But I often find alot of Mac users have this whole inferiority complex about their machines though - they have this need to show people that they are "as good as a PC" or whatever. If he starts giving you crap just ask him how much he paid for it. I put together a 1.3 GHz machine 2 months ago for about $600, I'm sure his Mac, with everything (monitor too) was at least $2000. Make sure he knows that you could buy 3 - 4 of your machines for the price of his!!!

Write me back, I'd like to know how it comes out. Let me know what he paid for his Mac.

-Proffy

[mcmanus69]

Originally posted by ASCI Blue:
<STRONG>I think somewhere there's a Q3 installer for Linux that uses the Window's version's data files.</STRONG>

Really?? Could u give me a link? Or something to search for? All I've ever found is Q2 for linux using the windows CD...

Proffy:
My friend paid about $2300 for it, including the 17" flat panel display.

[proffy]

Originally posted by mcmanus69:
<STRONG>My friend paid about $2300 for it, including the 17" flat panel display.</STRONG>

Yikes, that's too pricy for me right now. But hey, if she's got the money to burn... :D

[psyklops]

Ive always done the "double the hertz and add a little" when it come to comparing speed between a mac and a pc. If the mac has a 400Mhz then it would be comprable between 850 950 Mhz pc. This is a broad guestimate though.