iMac G4 700mhz with 256mb Ram, 10.4.8
100k = 19.760
250k = 143.53
I'm sure it won't significantly affect this test but my god this thing needs more ram!
I got 4 seconds for 100 000 on a 2.53GHz C2D with 4GB DR3 1066.
I definitely think that a better way to test performance is to use PowerFractal, which can saturate any number of CPUs, even clusters of 12-core Mac Pros.
Just run the app at 65536 colors and see how many megaflops you get. I got 17565.9 megaflops on the same system, it took 9.8 seconds.
I got 4 seconds for 100 000 on a 2.53GHz C2D with 4GB DR3 1066.
I definitely think that a better way to test performance is to use PowerFractal, which can saturate any number of CPUs, even clusters of 12-core Mac Pros.