Geekbench data yeilds more than just raw score metrics of a single system.
You are trying to compare a geekbench 2 to 3 score, which is not something one can do, as per geekbench themselves
And as per wikipedia -[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apples_and_oranges - "A comparison of apples and oranges occurs when two items or groups of items are compared that cannot be practically compared. The idiom, comparing apples and oranges, refers to the apparent differences between items which are popularly thought to be incomparable or incommensurable, such as apples and oranges. The idiom may also be used to indicate that a false analogy has been made between two items, such as where an apple is faulted for not being a good orange." ]. But despite what you, "geekbench themselves," and wikipedia say, I choose either Georgia, Clanton or Verbena peaches over apples and oranges whenever possible. To me, even though they all taste sweet, those peaches satisfy me more. And I submit that rational people make, and are guided by, apple and orange-like comparisons throughout each day.
N.B. Dave's (Movieman's) Geekbench 2.0 [
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/2294732 - 49,366 ] and 3.0 [
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/66560 - 48,254 ] scores are eerily similar (a difference within a thousand or so points isn't so great). I've seen that pattern in the case of others who've run both tests, even mine. Compare [
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/568507 V2 score is 34,089] with [
http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/53868 V3 score is 33,991 ] The scores are close for nearly identical clockings,
with the V3 score being the lower of the two and isn't this lower score for Geekbench V3 more consistent with this version's tasking the CPU(s) with a longer, more rigorous and numerous set of tests. Given that pattern, I suspect that Apple's New 8-Core Mac Pro would have score higher under Geekbench 2.0 that it, in fact, did under Geekbench 3.0. Conversely, had the New Edition with the the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70 GHz been tested under Geekbench 3.0, I believe that its score would have been even lower than it, in fact, was under Geekbench 2.0. That's why I believe that the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70 GHz performed extremely poorly in comparison to the 8 core and this is even more obvious when you consider the 4 additional cores the E5-2697 has, even taking into account the 8 core's faster clock. If you look below in my P.S., you'll see that I believe and am satisfied that this performance deficit exists due to throttling. Or, maybe the patterns that I see are seen by only me just because, here, Halloween is near.
P.S. I'm still betting that Apples Inc. maxes out the New Edition with the E5-2695 V2 chip because of thermal (TDP)->throttling->lower performance & more noise/costs/price/sales/profit issues raised by placing the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70 GHz in the Cylinder with a single fan. Moreover, the Cylinder's intended placement is on the user's desk - close to the user. Additionally, with potentially other little noise makers strung to the Cylinder and also next to the user, the noises are additive. To me, that screams loudly and clearly, "Neither for, nor made by, Apple Inc."
