Rosetta Performance Benchmarks

From Mac Guides

This article is based on a forum post written by NightLord.

This page is designed to show how different Macs perform under Rosetta applications - applications which are designed for PowerPC based Macs. Users can add their own benchmarks here for other users to view.

Geekbench

You may download Geekbench here. Geekbench has the ability to be run natively and under Rosetta on Intel-based Macs.

Model	64-bit test	Processor				RAM	Score
		Type	Clock Speed	L2 Cache	FSB		Rosetta	Native
MacBook Pro	No	Core Duo	2 GHz	2 MiB	667 MHz	2 GB	110.5	181.4
iMac	Yes	Core 2 Duo	2.16 GHz	4 MiB	667 MHz	2 GB	153.4	234.6

Non-UB Games

This chart is intented as a guide to show you how certain games perform under Rosetta.

Game	Model	Processor		RAM	Graphics Card		Performance
		Type	Clock Speed		Model	VRAM	Comments	FPS
Battlefield 1942	iMac	Core Duo	2 GHz	512 MB	X1600	128 MB	1024x768, max settings	20 - 40