No, an IBM designed processor, motorola built.
If only Apple would drop moto and switch to IBM already. The world would be a better place.
Im not sure about the benchmarks above, but I do know that Mac G4 clusters (usually running a linux) are used extensively in scientific institutions. Nasa, and several universities use them because alti-vec enabled science apps, are incredibly fast on G4's.
But like someone said, this don't mean jack if your a quake fan
