Some PPC OpenMark benchmarks

[Surrat]

PowerPC OpenMark Benchmarks
First compiled: February 2015
Latest update: 4 December 2022


February 2015
@Surrat : “I got bored and ran GeoFX Openmark 1.6 OpenGL benchmark on some of my PPC macs, the results were interesting. Now including measurements for other PowerPC macs from forum members!

“Now a WIKI! Thanks to all who helped create this list!”

December 2022
@B S Magnet : “I also got bored and began to tidy up the formatting for better user utility. ”

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GPU	BUS & LANES	VRAM	TESTED IN	APPLE ID	OpenMark SCORE	NOTES	TESTED BY
Rage Mobility 128	AGP x2	8MB	PowerBook G3 500 (Pismo)	PowerBook3,1	139
Mobility Radeon	AGP x2	16MB	iBook G3 600 (12-inch)	PowerBook4,3	194
Mobility Radeon 7500	AGP x2	32MB	iBook G3 800 (12-inch)	PowerBook4,3	294
Mobility Radeon 9200	AGP x4	32MB	iBook G4 1.0 (14-inch)	PowerBook6,3 OR PowerBook6,5	903
Radeon Mobility 9000	AGP x4	32MB OR 64MB	PowerBook G4 867 Ti OR PowerBook G4 1.0 Ti	PowerBook3,5	968
GeForce4 420 Go	AGP x4	32MB	PowerBook G4 867 (12-inch)	PowerBook6,1	1179
GeForce4 420 Go	AGP x4	64MB	PowerBook G4 1.0 (17-inch)	PowerBook5,1	1179
GeForce FX Go5200	AGP x4	64MB	PowerBook G4 1.33 (12-inch)	PowerBook6,4	1331
GeForce FX Go5200	AGP x4	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1411
Mobility Radeon 9550	AGP x4	32MB	iBook G4 1.42 (14-inch)	PowerBook6,7	2765
Mobility Radeon 9600	AGP x4	64MB	PowerBook G4 1.25 (15-inch)	PowerBook5,2	3742
Mobility Radeon 9700	AGP x4	128MB	PowerBook G4 1.67 DLSD (15-inch)	PowerBook5,8	5644
Mobility Radeon 9700	AGP x4	128MB	PowerBook G4 1.67 DLSD (17-inch)	PowerBook5,9	5484

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DESKTOPS: ALL-IN-ONE

GPU	BUS & LANES	VRAM	TESTED IN	APPLE ID	OpenMark SCORE	NOTES	TESTED BY
Rage 128 VR 2D/3D	PCI? x?	8MB	iMac G3 350 (slot) OR iMac G3 400 DV (slot)	PowerMac2,1	115
Radeon 9200	AGP x4	32MB	eMac G4 1.25	PowerMac6,4	1179
GeForce Fx5200	AGP x8	64MB	iMac G5 1.6 (17-inch) OR iMac G5 1.8 (17-inch) OR iMac G5 1.8 (20-inch)	PowerMac8,1	1752
Radeon 9600	AGP x8	128MB	iMac G5 1.8 (17-inch) OR iMac G5 2.0 (17-inch) OR iMac G5 2.0 (20-inch)	PowerMac8,2	4147
Radeon X600 XT	PCIe x8	128MB	iMac G5 1.9 (17-inch) OR iMac G5 2.1 (20-inch)	PowerMac12,1	6308

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DESKTOPS: MODULAR

GPU	BUS & LANES	VRAM	TESTED IN	APPLE ID	OpenMark SCORE	NOTES	TESTED BY
Radeon 7000	AGP x2				194
Rage 128 Pro	AGP x				225
Rage 128	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	259
Radeon 7500	AGP x2				460
Radeon 7500	AGP x				557
Radeon 9000 Pro	AGP x				968
Radeon 9200	PCI x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1107
Radeon 9200	PCI x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1179
Radeon 9200	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1179
GeForce 2MX	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1179
GeForce 3	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1331
Radeon 9000	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1331
Radeon 8500	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1492
GeForce 4MX	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1577
GeForce FX5200	PCI x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	1663
GeForce 4MX	AGP x				1752
GeForce FX5200	AGP x				2032
Radeon 9600	AGP x				4147
Geforce 4 TI 4600	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	4428
GeForce 9600 Pro/XT	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	5018
Radeon X600 Pro	PCIe x8				5018
GeForce 6200	PCI x?	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	5018
Radeon 9650	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	5171
Radeon 9600 XT	AGP x				5171
GeForce 6600LE	AGP x				5326
GeForce 6600	AGP x				5484
GeForce 6200	AGP x				5362
GeForce 6200	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	5807
GeForce 6200	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	6139
GeForce 6200	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	7008
Radeon 9700	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	5484
Radeon 9700 Pro	AGP x				8128
Radeon 9800 Pro	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	8719
Radeon 9800 Pro	AGP x				9331
Radeon 9800 XT	AGP x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	9539
Radeon 9800 XT	AGP x				9963
GeForce 6800GT	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	11063
GeForce 7800GT	PCIe x				12700
Radeon 6800Ultra DDL	PCIe x				13436
Radeon X800 XT	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	14193
Radeon X800 XT	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	15501
Quadro FX4500	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	15769
Quadro FX4500	PCIe x				15769
FireGL X3-256	AGP x8	256MB	[unknown]	[unknown]	16040
Radeon X1900 GT	PCIe x				16040
Radeon X1950 XT	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	16040
Radeon X850 XT	PCIe x				16588
Radeon X850 XTPE	PCIe x	[unknown]	[unknown]	[unknown]	18874
GeForce 7800GTX	PCIe x	512MB	[unknown]	[unknown]	19478

Radeon 7000 -----------------194 (Cube, flashed)
Rage 128 Pro ----------------225 (AGP G4) (also DA G4)
Rage 128 ----------------------259
Radeon 7500 -----------------460 (Cube)
Radeon 7500 -----------------557 (Digital Audio G4)
Radeon 9000Pro ------------968 (MDD OEM)
Radeon 9200 -----------------1107 (PCI)
Radeon 9200 -----------------1179 (Mac PCI)
Radeon 9200 -----------------1179 (AGP flashed)
GeForce 2MX ----------------1179
GeForce 3 ---------------------1331
Radeon 9000 -----------------1331
Radeon 8500 -----------------1492 (Mac retail)
GeForce 4MX ----------------1577
GeForce FX5200 ------------1663 (Flashed PCI)
GeForce 4MX -----------------1752 (MDD OEM)
GeForce FX5200 -------------2032 (G5 OEM)
Radeon 9600 -------------------4147 (G5 OEM)
GeForce 4 TI 4600 -----------4428
Radeon 9600Pro/XT ---------5018 (includes PC & Mac edition)
Radeon X600 Pro -------------5018 (iMac G5)
GeForce 6200 PCI-------------5018 (Flashed)
Radeon 9650 -------------------5171
Radeon 9600XT ---------------5171 (G5 OEM)
GeForce 6600LE --------------5326 (G5 OEM)
GeForce 6600 ------------------5484 (G5 OEM)
GeForce 6200 ------------------5362 (flashed clocked for Cube)
GeForce 6200 ------------------5807 (flashed low end card)
GeForce 6200 ------------------6139 (flashed mid range card)
GeForce 6200 ------------------7008 (flashed high end card)
Radeon 9700 -------------------5484 (flashed)
Radeon 9700Pro ---------------8128 (MDD OEM)
Radeon 9800Pro ---------------8719 (flashed)
Radeon 9800Pro ---------------9331 (flashed Hercules Prophet in G4 QuickSilver)
Radeon 9800XT ----------------9539 (flashed)
Radeon 9800XT ----------------9963 (G5 OEM)
Geforce 6800GT ---------------11063 (G5 OEM)
Geforce 7800GT ---------------12700 (G5 OEM)
Geforce 6800Ultra DDL ------13436 (G5 OEM)
Radeon X800XT ----------------14193 (flashed)
Radeon X800XT ----------------15501 (Mac retail)
Quadro FX4500 -----------------15769 (flashed)
Quadro FX4500 -----------------15769 (G5 OEM)
FireGL X3-256 -------------------16040 (flashed)
Radeon X1900GT --------------16040(G5 PCIe retail)
Radeon X1950XT --------------16040 (flashed)
Radeon X850XT ----------------16588 (G5 OEM)
Radeon X850XTPE -----------18874 (flashed)
GeForce 7800GTX 512MB -----------19478 (flashed)


Apple OEM/Mac Edition cards we still need:
Are any missing?

 

[bunnspecial]

6800 Ultra(Mac edition) in my single 1.8 G5-13436

I'll do more tomorrow.

 

[Surrat]

Cool! I totally forgot about that card, never had one in any G5 I got.

Openmark is really good about benchmarking only the vid card and ignoring the rest of the system.

I tried the x850xl in a dual 2.0 and dual 2.7 and got the exact same number.

 

[CapnCrunch53]

Well this post inspired me to fire up my dual 1.42GHz MDD and benchmark my 9800 Pro... aaand it's dead. Power button glows when I press it, occasionally the fan tries to spin for a second. If I hold the button down, I can get all the way to the bong before power cuts.

Guess it's time to look into an ATX conversion.. hopefully I can find a decent mini-itx PSU that will fit easily.

 

[CapnCrunch53]

Got my MDD back up and running; ended up getting the PSU refurbished by the guy on eBay. Definitely recommended, by the way.

Anyways, here's my Openmark score:

PowerMac G4 MDD Dual 1.42GHz with Radeon 9800 Pro --- 8719

About what I expected. This is a 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro PC card, flashed with one of the reduced-size Mac BIOSes.

 

[Surrat]

Interesting 9800 is only slightly faster than a 9700. Was wondering about that.

 

[CapnCrunch53]

Interesting 9800 is only slightly faster than a 9700. Was wondering about that.

Yeah I noticed that. What I don't get though is your x850xt beating my x1950xt. That doesn't seem like it should be possible; looking at forum posts from back in the day by people who jumped from the x850xt to the x1950xt, it was a pretty big upgrade.

 

[Surrat]

Remember that macs use OpenGL, and PC's use DirectX.

The 19xx series might have been hugely faster at directx, but not so good at opengl.. thats my guess.

Could also be the quality of mac drivers, maybe they just didnt properly make use of the newer cards.

Posted result picture. It says x800 engine, but its the apple x850xt:


Whats scary, is there were 2 x800 series cards faster than this one. The x800xt-pe was faster than the x850xt, and the x850xt-pe was faster still, I would love to see one of those flashed to run at its proper speed in a G5.

 

[CapnCrunch53]

Just in case anyone's interested in how some of these cards compare to newer integrated chipsets, I ran the benchmark on my Early 2008 MacBook with Intel GMA X3100 integrated graphics. The results were... not pretty lol.



That brings my results list to the following:
MacBook 2.4GHz Penryn with Intel GMA X3100 ----------- 1843
PowerMac G4 MDD Dual 1.42GHz with Radeon 9800 Pro --- 8719
PowerMac G5 2.3GHz Dualcore with Radeon X1950XT ---- 16040

Any interest in testing the GeForce 4600Ti in my other MDD? I'll have to lug it up from the basement.

 

[fuzzface]

hi folks,

here's my input:

2003 PowerBook G4 1ghz Titanium with Radeon 9000 64MB --------968
2005 Powermac G5 Quad with Geforce 7800GT@1920x1200 ------9331
2010 MacPro dual 2,66ghz with Radeon 5770@1920x1200 -------50803

quite a difference....

cheers

fuzzface

 

[val1984]

2013 MacBook Air: 25575
Quad G5 w/ Quadro FX 4500: 15769

Might have to test again with the same resolution so that they are on equal footing.

 

[LightBulbFun]

Here is my Geforce GT740 in my Xeon X3220 Hackintosh

 

[Ih8reno]

Power Mac MDD 1.42GHZ with Radeon 9600

 

[Surrat]

Just benchmarked my xserve g4 1.33ghz with the agp adapter and ati 9600 256mb pc/mac edition.

It scored 5018, exactly the same as the above poster got.

 

[bunnspecial]

In this thread

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1841651/

I benchmarked both the 9600XT and the 9600 Pro PC+Mac in my Quicksilver, and also got 5018.

It's nothing if not a consistent performer...display size seems to make no difference also.

 

[bunnspecial]

Just for the heck of it, here's what may be the lowest score reported(or will be reported) in this thread for a discrete graphics card. This is a PCI Rage 128 installed in my Xserve. It gives a score of 259.

 

[mikiotty]

PowerMac G4 MDD Dual 1.25GHz with ATI Radeon X800 Pro (downclocked to 375/400).

 

[LightBulbFun]

Well I just acquired a Dual 2Ghz Mid 2004 Power Mac G5 (7,3) with 1GB of ram and it Had a ATI Radeon 9600XT fitted and I was asked to run open mark on it so here we go. I find it rather funny as its all identical to the other 9600s LOL

 

[bunnspecial]

PCI Radeon 9200-1107

 

[LightBulbFun]

Well I was Just given a Milk damaged laptop (Keyboard was screwed but every thing else is fine) and I got OS X installed its has a Core i3-380M with integrated intel HD graphics and well I decided to run Open mark on it and well as the pic will show thats shockingly low LOL I ran it a few times to make sure and I got the same score every time LOL

 

[bax2003]

@Surrat and CapnCrunch53

I want to flash X1950XT for my DC G5, so can you please tell us exact model of the card you flashed and if you could post ROM file, that would be great

 

[Orizence]

@Surrat and CapnCrunch53

I want to flash X1950XT for my DC G5, so can you please tell us exact model of the card you flashed and if you could post ROM file, that would be great

You can use any x1900 card. I really recommend you use only the models with the two slot cooler as they are much quieter. The only issue is that the device id might have to be edited to fit your card. The Rom is pretty hard to find but I found the Rom used for a few of the x1950 and edited it for my x1900 I just need a pc to flash it again as I messes up the device id...

 

[bunnspecial]

Here's a flashed PCI FX5200 with 256mb of VRAM

 

[Surrat]

I finally got out my apple 7800GT card that originally shipped with my G5 Quad to benchmark it. Scored 12700.

 

[bunnspecial]

Radeon 8500 in a 2x AGP Sawtooth.

I think this is a 2x/4x card, so will try it again in a 4x system and see if the results are different.