iMac G5 benchmarks show 35% speed boost

Macworld’s initial benchmarks on Apple’s new iMac G5 show that the machine is 35 percent faster than the previous G4 model. “As you could probably guess, the new G5-equipped iMacs out-performed than their G4-powered predecessors,” writes James Galbraith. “Still, they weren’t as fast as the Power Mac models that come equipped with two G5 processors. Speedmark, our all-around system performance benchmark, showed that the 1.8 GHz iMac G5s were 35 percent faster than the 1.25GHz iMac G4.

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