How fast were they?

[Quantum-Tarantino]

Console 1 - NES

1.87Mhz

PC's of 1985

 Approx 8Mhz

 Approx 20-25%

 

Console 2 SNES

 3.58 Mhz

PC's of 1990

Intel released the 33Mhz 486

Approx 10%

 

Console 3 PS1

33Mhz

PC's of 1994

Intel released the 233Mhz 486

Approx 14%

 

Console 4 N64

93.75Mhz

PC's of 1996

Intel released the 200Mhz Pentium

(gets tougher to compare here on out, P1 200 is about equiv to 486 400)

Approx 24%

 

Console 5 PS2

294Mhz

PC's of 2000

AMD released the 1.2 Ghz Athlon

Approx 25%

 

Console 6 GCN

495 Mhz (Approx equiv to 1Ghz P4)

PC's of 2001

Intel released the 2.0 Ghz P4

Approx 50%

 

Console 7 XBOX

733 Mhz Celeron

PC's of 2001

Intel released the 2.0 Ghz P4

Approx 25% - 33% Depending on the tech you talk about regarding P4 vs P3

 

Now, the seventh gen gets tougher.

The PS3's Cell CPU is capable of 204 GFLOPS, while the X360 is Capable of 116.

 I cannot locate GFLOP info for modern processors right now, and the Wii runs at a lower clock speed (reportadly) than the GCN, and i have NOTHING literally to compare it against.