Apple G3

Realizes: personal computing in late 1990s

PowerPC 750 (G3) microprocessor powering early iMacs, PowerBooks, and consumer desktops with a CMOS RISC core, backside cache, and enhanced multimedia units in the late 1990s Apple lineup.

Examples

Power Mac G3 (Blue & White) / iBook G3

Deployment of the PowerPC 750 (G3) in Power Mac G3 Blue & White desktops and early iBook G3 portables, illustrating the CPU serving late-1990s personal computing.

SPECint95 and SPECfp95 benchmark measurements capturing classic integer and floating-point workloads on the 233 MHz PowerPC 750 core with AltiVec extensions. hundreds of MHz single desktop-class CPU moderate energy per operation