Apple Mac Hardware - Photoshop Test

[dubbz]

Here is a PC running the same test

AMD64 3400
DFI Lanparty UT nForce3 250GB AGP
Nvidia Geforce 4 440 MX
512 DDR PC3200 at cas 2.5
1x160GB Maxtor sata drive
Windows XP Pro with Service Pack 2
Norton Antivirus

Photoshop CS

First run 1 minute 32 seconds
Second run 1 minute 32 seconds

Timer used is a digital stopwatch

Get 1m 22s on my AMD64 3200+ (nForce4, GF 6600GT, 1GB RAM, 1x400GB Segate SATA, WinXP SP2). Have the NWN toolset running in the background. Don't know if it have any negative effect.

No stopwatch (or any clock) so I used the Windows clock. Probably off by one or two seconds.

I'll try it out on my Powerbook later.

On my work Dell (that I have been assured by my IT department is better than any Mac ) 1m15sec on PS elements, 3 Pentium[r] 4 CPU 3.2ghz 2gb ram, i have been told it has multithreading what ever that is!

Hyperthreading. Simulating 2 CPUs. Just means it can get some extra speed in SMP/HT aware applications (like PS).

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

My poor old iBook G4@800 with 640 MB RAM running Photoshop CS (8.0x119) didn't do all to well: 4 min 20 sec.

 

[andym172]

1.33 17" PB
PS CS
1GB RAM
10.4.1

2 mins 20.8 secs

Will try it out on my dual 2.5 G5 later

Dual 2.5 G5
PS CS
2GB RAM
10.4.1
6800 Ultra

41.9 secs

 

[Cfg5]

4 min, 8 sec

emac 1 ghz
512

 

[RacerX]

On my trusty Wallstreet (which will be 7 years old in Sept) it took me 9 minutes and 20 seconds. Not too bad for old hardware.

Photoshop 7.0.1
G4/500 (1 MB L2)
ATI Rage LT Pro (4 MB VRAM)
512 MB of RAM

 

[EasyC]

2:12 seconds

12" Powerbook
1.33 GHz
1.256 GB ram
Photoshop CS

Makes me feel better about the speed loss not upgrading to a 1.5 GHz 12"

I will try it on my iBook SE 466GHz with Tiger when I get back to home Sunday night

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

2:37

Athlon 2600+
512MB RAM
Windows XP SP2

 

[MacTruck]

57 seconds

Dual 2ghz G5
4.5gb ram
Photoshop 7.0.1

 

[andym172]

2:12 seconds

12" Powerbook
1.33 GHz
1.256 GB ram
Photoshop CS

Makes me feel better about the speed loss not upgrading to a 1.5 GHz 12"

I will try it on my iBook SE 466GHz with Tiger when I get back to home Sunday night

Do you mind if I ask how you're getting this time?

From looking at others' results it appears that RAM has little affect, and that it's raw processor power that rules in this test.

Mine and your machines are of similair spec (17" 1.33GHz, 1GB RAM, PS CS) and I'm getting a time of 2 mins 20.8 secs

 

[zen.state]

2:37

Athlon 2600+
512MB RAM
Windows XP SP2

my G4 1250 is less than half the mhz of your athlon and my mini did it in 2:55. this is why I don't get apple dropping the ppc.

 

[Platform]

my G4 1250 is less than half the mhz of your athlon and my mini did it in 2:55. this is why I don't get apple dropping the ppc.

Well 2600+ does not mean 2.6Ghz

Athlon XP 2600+ - 2133MHz (133x16.0) (Tbred)
Athlon XP 2600+ - 2083MHz (166x12.5) (Tbred)
Athlon XP 2600+ - 1916MHz (166x11.5) (Barton)​

 

[zen.state]

Well 2600+ does not mean 2.6Ghz

Athlon XP 2600+ - 2133MHz (133x16.0) (Tbred)
Athlon XP 2600+ - 2083MHz (166x12.5) (Tbred)
Athlon XP 2600+ - 1916MHz (166x11.5) (Barton)​

its still a lot more mhz and only a small tad faster than my 1.25 G4

 

[simie]

Tried the test on a laptop

2.4 Pentium 4 CPU
768 megs ram
Nvidia GeForce 420Graphics

Running off the mains

Windows XP Home Service Pack 2

Photoshop CS
First Run, 2 minutes 50 seconds
Second Run, 2 minutes 50 seconds

Photoshop 7
First Run, 3 minutes
Second Run, 2 minutes 59 seconds

Either the Intel processors are useless or its the OS and the software that runs on them. People moaned about the results of the G5 test against the Dell that Apple did, saying the results were fake - perhaps they should have just done this one.

I wonder what results an Intel Mac would give.

 

[bsichran]

My results:

I did it twice and got the exact same time.

1.5 Ghz PB
OS 10.4.1
2 GB RAM
Photoshop CS

2:08

Now, it would be interesting to do this test with something where the extra processor is not as much of a factor.

 

[MacTruck]

And to think a 2yr old 2ghz G5 dual gets 57 seconds. So far the fastes computer to do this test is a mac.

 

[RacerX]

Well, if we are looking at non-Apple hardware...

My SGI Indy (MIPS R4400sc at 175 MHz with 1 MB of L2, 128 MB of RAM) ran the test in 47 minutes using Photoshop 3.0.1.

 

[nospleen]

I knew my mini did not seem that much slower than the 2.0 imac I sold.

Photoshop CS
1.42 mac mini
1GB ram
10.4.1

2:17

 

[EasyC]

Do you mind if I ask how you're getting this time?

From looking at others' results it appears that RAM has little affect, and that it's raw processor power that rules in this test.

Mine and your machines are of similair spec (17" 1.33GHz, 1GB RAM, PS CS) and I'm getting a time of 2 mins 20.8 secs

Nothing special done here. Only had finder and systat widget running along with photoshop. My only explanation would be that your 17" 1.33 GHz is an older generation than the 12" 1.33 GHz. Maybe someone else could dwell onto this further, but other than it being an older gen PB I don't know what it could be.

 

[shadowmoses]

4 Minutes 55 seconds on the eMac in my sig....

ShadOW

 

[dubbz]

its still a lot more mhz and only a small tad faster than my 1.25 G4

The Athlon XP is yesterdays tech. The Athlon 64, as well as newer Pentiums (The M, not 4, and likely the Intel CPUs Apple will use) are faster per clock.

 

[EasyC]

Anyone out there with the intel development systems? I would like to see the time using rossetta.

 

[RacerX]

Anyone out there with the intel development systems? I would like to see the time using rossetta.

Wouldn't that qualify as Benchmarking? I believe that would be making a request that someone violate their NDA.

I hope no one does this.

 

[cheekyspanky]

2:34 for my Mac mini 1.42Ghz 512mb RAM

Mail, Safari and msn messenger open though

*Edit*

Tried again,

2:12 - this time with just Photoshop CS open, and Activity Monitor.

 

[1nsanity]

Powerbook 15"
1.5ghz
2gb ram
128mb

Photoshop CS2

Time 2:12

 

[Xephian]

PC running Photoshop CS2

Motherboard: Abit IC7-G MAX II
CPU: Intel P4 Northwood 3Ghz OC'ed to 3.4Ghz
RAM: 4x512mb Corsair XMS PRO CAS2.5-3-3-5 @ 227Mhz
Video: BFG Geforce 6800 GT OC'ed to 415/1.12

Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 on Windows XP PRO SP2

Time: 1 minute and 8 seconds