[Beowulf] Re: Question regarding Mac G5 performance

[Tim Moore]

I posted the other day about Opteron vs. Itanium...the CFD code we use is
being ported to the MAC and will be tested in the next few weeks.  I am
sorry it does not answer your question...but will be able to post results
later.

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> From: Joe M Leonard <jle at world.std.com>
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:06:49 -0400 (EDT)
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> Subject: CCL:Question regarding Mac G5 performance
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> Folks, has anybody run QM or MD benchmarks on a dual-processor
> 2GHz G5 that they care to share?  I'm particularly interested
> in how they stack up to the newest/newer Opteron and Pentium4
> machines.  If you've worked with the newer Mac's, (a) is it
> possible to get good, useful 2x processor performance for
> double-precision code?  (b) what compilers are required to get
> (a)?  (c) is Altivec useful for double-precision code, or
> merely for int/float work?
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> A quick glance at apple.com suggests these machines go for about
> $3200 USD, which isn't that different from numbers gained from a
> quick glance at dell.com.  I know IBM chips were number-crunchers
> in the good old days, and I assume that's still the case now (which
> is why I'm looking to CCL for guidance :-).
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Joe Leonard
> jle at theworld.com
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