PowerPC: SPEC ratings for 604 & 620 chips

This article contains the SPEC ratings for the PowerPC 604 and 620 chips used in Power Macintosh computers. MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second) ratings are not provided for PowerPC chips.

Note: This information comes from Motorola and IBM. For additional information, contact Motorola or IBM's PowerPC web sites at:

Motorola: http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/
IBM: http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/index.html

For additional information about SPEC ratings, contact http://www.specbench.org/

PowerPC Chip:  604                          620
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Technology:    0.5 micron CMOS process      0.5 micron CMOS process

Die Size:      12.4mm x 15.8mm (196mm^2)    17.1mm x 18.2mm (311mm^2)

Transistors:   3.6 million                  7 million
              (1.5 million for logic)

Cache:         32K Split                    64K Split

Temp. Range:   Not Available                Not Available

Performance:   160 SPECint92 @ 100MHz(proj) 225 SPECint92 @ 133MHz(est)
              165 SPECfp92 @ 100MHz(proj)  300 SPECfp92 @ 133MHz(est)

Signal I/Os:   171                          482

Power Supply:  3.3V                         3.3V▒0.3V

     Power
Dissipation:   <10W @ 100MHz (est)          30W @ 133MHz

Packaging:     Ceramic quad flat pack       25 x 25 Ball Grid Array
              (256 pins)  

Published Date: Feb 19, 2012