Is a dual 1.8ghz processor = to a 3.6ghz single processor?

Hiwatt · 18th October 2004, 04:09 PM

Performance wise how do they compare?

Hiwatt · 18th October 2004, 04:10 PM

I guess what I want to know is how much more power a dual 1.8ghz G5 will have over my single processor 1.6ghz G5? I have a native system so the more power the better.

HudHudson · 18th October 2004, 05:55 PM

You got it. The total bandwidth available with the dual 1.8 is 3.2 GHz. I just made the same switch from a 1.6 to a dual 1.8 so I'd have enough headroom for my Waves IR-1 reverb, which runs native and was choking with the single 1.6 GHz processor. The bus speed of the dual 1.8 is also a little faster than that of the 1.6.

pounce · 18th October 2004, 07:05 PM

besides the speed bump via the processor, isn't there faster memory, faster buss, sata hd, and other more better stuff :) lots of things that make the newest machines faster than the older ones.

max cooper · 18th October 2004, 07:37 PM

It seems like some applications would run better on a single 4.0 G5 than a dual 2.0 G5.

But yes, the frontside bus, the fact that SATA is configured differently, etc.

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18th October 2004, 04:10 PM	#2
Hiwatt Gear addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 389	I guess what I want to know is how much more power a dual 1.8ghz G5 will have over my single processor 1.6ghz G5? I have a native system so the more power the better.

18th October 2004, 05:55 PM	#3
HudHudson Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Austin, Texas USofA Posts: 1,171	You got it. The total bandwidth available with the dual 1.8 is 3.2 GHz. I just made the same switch from a 1.6 to a dual 1.8 so I'd have enough headroom for my Waves IR-1 reverb, which runs native and was choking with the single 1.6 GHz processor. The bus speed of the dual 1.8 is also a little faster than that of the 1.6.

18th October 2004, 07:37 PM	#5
max cooper Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,819	It seems like some applications would run better on a single 4.0 G5 than a dual 2.0 G5. But yes, the frontside bus, the fact that SATA is configured differently, etc.