PowerPC 603e and 604e: Performance Comparison (9/96)


What is the performance difference between the PowerPC 603e processor and the PowerPC 604e processor used in Performa and Power Macintosh computers.
A PowerPC 604e processor provides 1/3 (33%) greater performance than the PowerPC 603e at the same clock speed. For example, in Macintosh computers, this suggests that the Power Macintosh 8500/180 computer will be approximately 33% faster than the Macintosh Performa 6400/180.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012