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mac vs. pc flash performance benchmark

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Megaquad

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please check out this flash performance benchmark i made in 20 mins, mainly so i can measure performance of flash between macs and PC's

http://www.lcarsplanet.com/benchmx

if you are on mac, please use Safari, version 60 or greater
these are some results:

imac 350 mhz - 136
powerbook 1ghz - 309

please post your results, especialy PC users!!
 
tibook 667


185 (first run)

205 (page already in cache)

207 (cleared cache but still got a higher score)
 
P4 @ 2GHz
1 GB RAM
32 MB Graphics card
Running IE 6 - 460

iMac (17" flat panel) @ 800 MHz G4
1 GB RAM
32 MB Graphics card
Running Safari - 207

But I always seem to get much more done on my iMac :D
 
Mac
Browser: Safari V62
Hardware: DP1Ghz QuickSilver w/1Gb SDRAM
OS: 10.2.4
Score: 319

PC
Browser: IE 6.0
Hardware: 1.4Ghz AMD Athlon w/512Mb DDR RAM
OS: XP Pro SP1
Score: 258
 
Originally posted by LethalWolfe
Score: 360 (371 if I run again w/o clearing cache)

rig:
P3 800 running Win2k and IE 6


Lethal
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damn :D
I guess flash player for mac is slower.. or macs are slower lol

I'll do OS 9 test later to see if it makes any difference

edit: okay its not so bad now that i see these other posts
 
Dual G4 1.25 GHz (1 GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.2.4):
Safari (v 62) 1st run: 408
Safari (v 62) 2nd run: 416
IE 1st run: 275
IE 2nd run: 280

P3 800 MHz (384 MB RAM, Win 2K):
IE 6: 1st run: 280
IE 6: 2nd run: 295

G4 500 MHz (1 GB RAM, Mac OS 9.2.2)
IE 5: 1st run: 241
IE 5: 2nd run: 243
Netscape 4.8 1st run: 240
netscape 4.8 2nd run: 249
 
Powermac Dual Ghz MDD, 768 megs (not that it would matter on a small flash file): 326
 
how does this test work?
you should also try moving and fading large bitmaps across the screen too...

dual athlon 1900+, gf4 ti 4400 win XP, IE6: 480
(note that IE only uses one of the processors)

if it's worth anything for interbrowser comparisons, I only get 190 in OSX/IE5 on my dual 500 G4 (ug!)
 
Originally posted by Choppaface
how does this test work?
you should also try moving and fading large bitmaps across the screen too...
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that test is basically measuring how much frames can computer render in 8.5 secs long interval
i doubt bitmaps and such would matter because flash treats everything as vector graphics..
but anyway, i'll improve it a lot in next version.
edit: i updated benchmark a bit, fixed bugs etc.
 
i'm using latest Jag w/latest Safari on a 733 Quicksilver G4 with 1.5 gigs RAM.

first run: 88 !!??!!
cached: 178

am i crazy, or is this a lame score?
 
Originally posted by Rower_CPU
TiBook 1 GHz w/ 1GB RAM:

Chimera: 220
Safari:222

Running lots of stuff in the background though...
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that sounds about right. i got 225 with a few apps in the BG, and 309 with just safari running.
 
Re: mac vs. pc flash performance benchmark

Originally posted by Megaquad
please check out this flash performance benchmark i made in 20 mins, mainly so i can measure performance of flash between macs and PC's

http://www.lcarsplanet.com/benchmx

if you are on mac, please use Safari, version 60 or greater
these are some results:

imac 350 mhz - 136
powerbook 1ghz - 309

please post your results, especialy PC users!!
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Hardware: 2GHz P4, overclocked to 2.4GHz. 512MB DDR (319Mhz). 64MB Geforce4 Ti4200

Software: XP Pro SP-1, IE 6.0 SP-1

Test 1: 535
Test 2: 542
Test 3: 536
 
ugh, curse macromedia for making crappy mac ports.

that was my first sentiment, but then i thought, well, it's not like it's slow or anything on a mac. and how often do i look at flash stuff, anyway?
 
Originally posted by MacBandit
Dual/GHz/DDR Powermac 1GB DDR333.

Safari 354
IE 246
Chimera 242
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holy crap. do you think that chimera limits flash somehow? i got the exact same score on it with nothing running (and a lot of stuff running too), on my Ti/GHz/GB RAM.

i want to see more chimera scores.
 
Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Hmmm...just retested with everything else closed and after logging out/in.

Safari ~ 285
Chimera ~ 220

The plot thickens...
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did you run macjanitor or
"sudo sh /etc/weekly"
from terminal, before? it really clears up my RAM, even better than logout/login.
 
BenchMX v1.0b1

First Run 460 (8517)

WinXP Pro, IE 6.0.2xx, Intel P4 2.8 GHz, ATI 9700 Pro
 
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