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Re: Mac G4 render farm

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cody C
Mac rendering farm:

400mhz= 400 million instructions per second.

400mhz X 36 = 14400 (total megahetz)

14400mhz=14.4 billion instructions per second.


Mac single computer:

3.0ghz = 3000mhz
3000mhz= 3 billion instructions per second.


Answer:
14.4
billion > 3 billion



Just my thoughts...
Clock does not determin performance. That is why AMD beat Intel until now. the new Xeons are far more advanced and do more per clock than those G4s ever could. The Xeons can do more instructions per clock than those G4s ever could.
The old 3GHz P4s could do 10,000 MIPS.
Clock speed tells nothing about its MIPS or the performance of the processor