Question, preformance measurements

[blueflame]

hello everyone, ok, so i have a question, what would i use to compare r processors accuratly, its the dual 2.5 g5 vs dual 3.0 amd 64. obviously the amd will win, but i want to see just by how much. is there sometype of pure equation, or sometyhing we can both run to tell?
andreas

 

[mad jew]

There are really too many variables to properly test this out. For example, if you use converting some songs in iTunes as a benchmark, the Mac will always come out on top simply because iTunes has been optimised for OSX.

I guess you could just compare speeds of different apps you use on both machines, whatever they may be. It's a very tricky task though and the end result is kind of irrelevant.