If things progress as expected, the next Mac Pro won't have any problem competing with high end iMacs for the speed crown amongst Apple machines. HardMac (via MacRumors) profiles the next generation Intel "Gulftown" Core i9 processors which they expect to see in high end Mac Pros in early 2010. The processor's benchmarks were "released early" by PCLAB.pl.
The skinny is this: The smaller 32nm process die and 50% more transistors allows th