Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 08:44:23 03/23/98
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On March 23, 1998 at 09:31:14, Peter Kasinski wrote: >On March 23, 1998 at 08:48:44, Carsten Kossendey wrote: > >>On March 23, 1998 at 04:35:15, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: >> >>>That depends on the hardware. A G3/300 Mhz Mac will be very likely >>>stronger >>>than a P200MMX. I don't know which one would be stronger between a >>>PII333 Mhz >>>or a G3/300. >>>Baldo. >> >>The G3, by a fair margin ;) >> >>Here are a few numbers on execution speed as far as Hiarcs 6 is >>concerned. This all comes from running a test suite, don't ask me for >>details ;) : >> >>Machine CPU performance nps/MHz >>------- --- ----------- ------- >>Mac G3 /266 266MHz 750 39,934 nps 150 >>Pent II /266 266MHz PII 25,604 nps 96 >>Mac 8600/200 200MHz 604e 24,203 nps 121 >>Mac 7300/180 180MHz 604e 22,184 nps 123 >>AMD K6/200 200MHz K6 21,396 nps 107 >>Pentium Pro 200MHz P6 17,438 nps 87 >>Pentium P5 200MHz P5 12,680 nps 63 >> >>Since the 604e provides nearly the same nps/MHz (1.6% difference in >>above table) regardless of CPU clock, I'd assume the 750(G3)/300 gets >>around 45,000 nps (rounded down). >> >>Now if the same happens to be true for the PII, you'll need a 466 MHz >>PII to get at least CLOSE to those 45,000 nps ;) >> >>Problem one: no 466 MHz PII in sight. > >Watch for the April 15th announcement from Intel. >Pentium II at 400 MHz/100 MHz bus + 2Mb CSRAM L2 cache should approach >these figures right away. In July-August the 450 MHz PII is expected. > >For more details check out http://www.tomshardware.com > >PK I read in Zdnet news that Intel just announced and demonstrated in Cebit a PII+ at 700 Mhz. Adding insult to injury, they claim that an entry level (!) system based on this chip won't cost more than $1,000. No, it is not April 1st. Enrique >>Problem two: 340 MHz G3 reality today.
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