******************************************** " Hi Mike, I ran a few perf tests. I compared a previous gen iBook 1.2 GHz w/ M9+ (9200) with a new iBook 1.2 GHz w/M12 (9550) (I know the new ones shipped with faster CPU clocks but this one was at 1.2 GHz which is nice because it eliminates the variable of CPU speed for these numbers). Here are the results: Quake3, normal settings except for 1024x768x32
Audio Enabled/Disabled M9+ M12 Delta Sound On: 70.3 78.5 +11.6% No Sound: 75.5 92.8 +22.9%
So, on a 1.33GHz iBook, I'd expect these numbers to scale up to 10% higher. (there's also a 1.42GHz iBook model now-Mike)
Also, as you noted, the M12 can accelerate Core Image/Core Video because it fully supports the ARB_vertex_program, and ARB_fragment_program OpenGL extensions. On one in-house benchmark this gives up to a 2-3x speedup over software. Cheers, Chrisb "