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Benchmarks show the numbers aren't that great

Think Secret has published a set of benchmarks using the new
kit with Rosetta, and they're pretty weak. Remember that at best
(as stated in the article), you're reverting to the level of a G3,
rather than a G4 or G5:

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0506intelxbench.html

Overall, the Intel Mac are scoring between 65 and 70 with
Xbench, a far cry from the 200+ scores higher-end G5 systems
reach. The CPU test is landing in the high teens compared with
scores of 100 to 200 for G5 systems, but that appears to be
primarily due to lackluster FPU scores. According to a recent
Macworld story, Rosetta does not support AltiVec instructions,
which substanties the results. The GCD Loop score for the Intel
Mac, part of the CPU test, is a respectable 110, compared to
dual-2.5GHz G5 Macs that score about 140.

The Intel Mac performed substantially less well than the
dual-2.5GHz G5 at Thread test, scoring an 82 compared to 225.
In the Computation Thread test the Intel Mac scored a
respectable 110 compared to 155 in the G5, but the G5 blew the
doors of the Intel Mac in the Lock Contention test, scoring a 420
to the Intel Mac's 66.

The Memory Test tells a similar story: overall the Intel Mac
scored a 214 to the G5's 378, but the Intel Mac actually
exceeded the G5's Stream Memory Test: 351 to 319. The G5
trounces the Intel Mac at the system memory test, however,
scoring a 464 while the Intel Mac musters a 154.

The Intel Mac scored a 125 on the Interface Test, compared to a
380 for the G5.

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