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'Real World' Photoshop Benchmark - Speed Test

24:97 seconds.

iMac 27"
- 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
- 2 GB DDR3 x 4
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 VRAM

I was running Nod32 and iStat when I ran the test, if anyone could redirect me as to how to access a mac's "task manager" I might be able to get a much more accurate score.
 
APtalent said:
24:97 seconds.

iMac 27"
- 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
- 2 GB DDR3 x 4
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 VRAM

I was running Nod32 and iStat when I ran the test, if anyone could redirect me as to how to access a mac's "task manager" I might be able to get a much more accurate score.
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it's called 'activity monitor' in applications/utilities
 
Two systems I tested for your comparison. Both running Photoshop CS5 64bit

First:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel Q9550 @ 3.8Ghz
4GB DDR2-800 memory
Overclocked GTX295
Scratch Disk is a Velociraptor 300GB

time = 14sec


Second:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel i7-970 (6 core processor with hyperthreading) @ 4.2Ghz
12GB DDR3-2000
Overclocked GTX460 Two Way SLI
Intel X-25E 64GB SSD (also used as scratch disk here)

time = 7.5seconds
 
cmdrdredd said:
Two systems I tested for your comparison. Both running Photoshop CS5 64bit

First:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel Q9550 @ 3.8Ghz
4GB DDR2-800 memory
Overclocked GTX295
Scratch Disk is a Velociraptor 300GB

time = 14sec


Second:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel i7-970 (6 core processor with hyperthreading) @ 4.2Ghz
12GB DDR3-2000
Overclocked GTX460 Two Way SLI
Intel X-25E 64GB SSD (also used as scratch disk here)

time = 7.5seconds
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WOW ! :eek: Very impressive.
 
Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008)
Photoshop CS4
OS 10.6.4
NVIDIA 8800 GT
2x2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
18GB 800MHz DDR2
3x 7200 WD 250GB RAID stripe

22.5s I'm not unhappy. Curious to see what CS5 would do instead though!

edit (tried it with CS5):
Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008)
Photoshop CS5; 64-bit mode; Cache Tile Size: 1028; Advanced Mode OpenGL
OS 10.6.4
NVIDIA 8800 GT
2x2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
18GB 800MHz DDR2
3x 7200 WD 250GB RAID stripe

19.7s - not sure what's the most responsible for the difference.
 
I'm assuming we should post our results? either that or you can email your results as explained on that page and in the action.
thank you



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Late 2008 15" MacBook Pro (1st unibody)
2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
2 x 2GB 1067MHz DDR3 RAM
9600M GT, powering an external 1920 x 1080 display
5,400 RPM HDD
OS 10.6.4
Photoshop CS5

37.8 seconds
 
I seem too fast.

I added the action, logged out; opened file and hit play.

2 X 2.26ghz (8 core)
26GB 1066Mhz DDR3
Mac Pro Early 2009
GT 120 Video card.

00:28.8 (using my iPhone stopwatch after pressing continue)
 
15" MBP 2010
2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 (8 Cores)
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Nvidia 330m Graphics

32.0 seconds on my MBP. Figured it would be interesting to see how my MBP would stack up against some of the desktops here.
 
New scores for 2010 Octo (stock) :)

After seeing some comments about warming up and OpenGL on vs off, I ran the tests again with warm ups and toggling OpenGL.

After warming up for each grouping, I was able to consistently pull off:

OpenGL On (Advanced mode): 14.0 to 14.2 seconds

OpenGL Off: 13.5 to 13.8 seconds
 
eponym said:
New scores for 2010 Octo (stock) :)

After seeing some comments about warming up and OpenGL on vs off, I ran the tests again with warm ups and toggling OpenGL.

After warming up for each grouping, I was able to consistently pull off:

OpenGL On (Advanced mode): 14.0 to 14.2 seconds

OpenGL Off: 13.5 to 13.8 seconds
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wow, not bad! :)
I'd love to see one done on a 6 core Mac Pro to compare.
 
2010 12 Core 11 Sec

2x2.93 GHz 6 Core Xeon | 32 GB Ram | ATI Radeon HD 5870 | 4 Intel SSD

11 Sec
 
I've just been onto the speedtest site and it looks like they are making a 2.0 version of this test now that the 12 core machines are doing the test so easily. They want people to BETA test. This is what the site says:

2.0 is in the works and users with current Macs are needed to help create a set of scores for a 'baseline' chart that people can test their machines against. If you want to test the new beta version, you can use this form to send your details. Machines needed for the baseline:

Macbook Pro:
13-inch 2.66 C2D
15-inch 2.66 Ci7

iMac:
21.5-inch - i3 3.06/3.2Ghz
27-inch - Quad i5 2.8Ghz
27-inch - Quad-Core i7 2.93Ghx

Mac Pro:
4 Core - 1x2.8Ghz Quad-Core - Nahalem
8 Core - 2x2.4Ghz Quad-Core - Westmere
12 core - 2x2.66/2.93Ghz Quad-Core - Westmere
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Just thought I'd let people who might want to try the test early know about it.
 
Mac Prox 2010 Hexacore

Mac Pro 2010 hexacore 3.33 Ghz, 8 Go RAM, 1 TB HDD, 128 Mo OCZ Colossus LT SSD, ATI 5770, PS5 extended: "median" time: 12.7 s

Interestingly, the processor never reached more app. 80% of its full capacity. Futhermore, I sometimes closed the application and/or the test image and rerun the test again. The values that I recorded were 21s, 2x13s, 12.5s, 6.1s and 5.9s (by descending order). Very much in line with the issues reported in http://macperformanceguide.com/OptimizingPhotoshopCS5-Issues.html.

For fun, I compared with my old PM G5 2x2Ghz, 2Go RAM, PS4ex using my standard settings: 3m06s
 
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