Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 22:41:08 04/24/99
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On April 24, 1999 at 09:19:07, Robert Pawlak wrote: >While a 233 Mhz G3 is not a top of the line mac, isn't its integer performance >much better than a PII at the same clock speed? Does anyone have SPECINT results >for comparison's sake? Clearly, integer performance is not the only factor - >other things like the compilers used are also important. > >Maybe Hiarcs runs really well on the G3 (sure, a faster G3 would be even >better). > >Bob P. HIARCS does run about 39% faster on a G3 than a PII at the same speed - the 233 MHz Imac that Yermolinsky agreed to play runs HIARCS 7.0 at the speed of a 323 MHz PII. Obviously, the 233 MHz Imac isn't the fastest HIARCS platform around - the current 333 MHz IMac (the equivalent of a 460 MHz PII for HIARCS 7 purposes), a G3/400, or a PIII/550 would all be considerably faster. However, the machine Yermolinsky has agreed to play is a 233 MHz G3, and since the match conditions have apparently agreed upon, it seems that further discussion is moot ... substituting a faster machine would be a bit like having Kasparov "pinch-hit" for Yermolinsky, yes? see results below: HIARCS 7 - with 64Mb Hash (Mac) or 63Mb Hash (PC) Machine CPU MHz CPU Nodes/second nps/MHz Configuration =================================================================== Mac Yosemite 400 MHz 750 53,413 nps 133.5 Sys 8.5.1, 128Mb RAM, G3 Mac ??? 310 MHz 750 38,929 nps 125.6 Sys 8.1, accel. card? Pent II /400 400 MHz PII 38,347 nps 95.9 Win 98 "safe mode" (DOS) AMD K6/350 350 MHz K6 35,052 nps 100.1 Win 95, -x 63 Mb hash Mac iMac 233 MHz 750 30,942 nps 132.8 Sys 8.5.1, 96Mb RAM
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