Mac Pro 8-core 2.26g (6GB) faster than old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz(16GB) maxwell render [Archive]

arfwedson

Mar 18, 2009, 03:58 PM

Hi to all,

Just got a new Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB that has just beaten the old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB.

Maxwell test file: sculpture.mxs (www.benchwell.com)

Scores

New Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB

Benchmark - 1613.28
Render Time - 6m38s

Old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB

Benchmark - 1459.33
Render Time - 7m21s

jjahshik32

Mar 18, 2009, 04:01 PM

Hi to all,

Just got a new Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB that has just beaten the old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB.

Maxwell test file: sculpture.mxs (www.benchwell.com)

Scores

New Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB

Benchmark - 1613.28
Render Time - 6m38s

Old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB

Benchmark - 1459.33
Render Time - 7m21s

Wow impressive! Just when I decided to hold off the purchase you post this!! Damn you!! :D

amoergosum

Mar 18, 2009, 04:02 PM

That sounds great...especially since I'm just about to order a new Mac Pro.

jjahshik32

Mar 18, 2009, 04:03 PM

That sounds great...especially since I'm just about to order a new Mac Pro.

Are you getting the 2.26GHz model? I'm starting to feel better about the 2.26GHz model now after some benchmarks have come in. At first I wanted the 2.66GHz, now it seems the 2.26GHz is more than enough especially being $1400 cheaper. I mean whats a minute difference in waiting for rendering to finish as to the 2.93GHz which costs $2600 more?

In most cases it seems to be faster than the 3.2GHz 8 core of last gen.

MCHR

Mar 18, 2009, 04:13 PM

Hi to all,

Just got a new Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB that has just beaten the old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB.

Maxwell test file: sculpture.mxs (www.benchwell.com)

Scores

New Mac Pro 8-core 2.26ghz 6GB

Benchmark - 1613.28
Render Time - 6m38s

Old Mac Pro 8-core 3.2GHz 16GB

Benchmark - 1459.33
Render Time - 7m21s

Are these your personal results? I don't see the 2.26 posted on the link you provided.

Thx

tobyg

Mar 18, 2009, 04:26 PM

He's not the first one to get these almost exact results.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=7264434&postcount=491

I guess there must be some issue publishing the results. I know nothing of maxwell, so I can't tell you why they aren't published.

arfwedson

Mar 18, 2009, 06:47 PM

Are these your personal results? I don't see the 2.26 posted on the link you provided.

Thx

Yes, just personal results.
Publishing results is currently unaviable.

Tesselator

Mar 19, 2009, 01:25 AM

Are you getting the 2.26GHz model? I'm starting to feel better about the 2.26GHz model now after some benchmarks have come in. At first I wanted the 2.66GHz, now it seems the 2.26GHz is more than enough especially being $1400 cheaper. I mean whats a minute difference in waiting for rendering to finish as to the 2.93GHz which costs $2600 more?

In most cases it seems to be faster than the 3.2GHz 8 core of last gen.

A minute in that test is a heck of a lot!!!

But be sure not to confuse the fact that he's comparing the 2.26 2009 machine with the older processors in the 2008 or previous machines. The 2.93 may be two times the speed of the 2008 machine or even more.

MCHR

Mar 19, 2009, 07:58 AM

Just for relevance to a real world situation, how would a Maxwell render apply to workflow?

Is it a render similar to Maya mental Ray, a Photoshop image/filter, or (?) Just asking, since I'm not familiar with the Maxwell benchmark. Thx.

Genghis Khan

Mar 19, 2009, 09:11 AM

Just for relevance to a real world situation, how would a Maxwell render apply to workflow?

Is it a render similar to Maya mental Ray, a Photoshop image/filter, or (?) Just asking, since I'm not familiar with the Maxwell benchmark. Thx.

Maxwell would be closest to Maya mental ray...it's a render plug-in for 3D modeling programs.

Unfortunately, its not as fast as I was hoping it would be...in Australia, Mac Pros have effectively gone up $1,000 (which is crippling for a student). I was looking at the old 2.8GHz octo, but now for the same money i only get a 2.66GHz quad
/vent

rylin

Mar 19, 2009, 09:19 AM

I was looking at the old 2.8GHz octo, but now for the same money i only get a 2.66GHz quad
/vent

Be glad it's not worse.
In Sweden, you can't even get a quad for the same price as the old 2.8 octo, and Apple Sweden don't carry refurbs either.

At least the USD seems to be going down enough atm. that importing would be a good option.

Tesselator

Mar 19, 2009, 06:50 PM

Just for relevance to a real world situation, how would a Maxwell render apply to workflow?

Is it a render similar to Maya mental Ray, a Photoshop image/filter, or (?) Just asking, since I'm not familiar with the Maxwell benchmark. Thx.

Yeah, Maya. But this is anti-workflow. :D When this is going all your machine belonged to us. :D