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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 6

Author: Carsten Kossendey

Date: 10:36:07 03/23/98

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On March 23, 1998 at 11:44:23, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>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.

April 15th, he said ... But we're not talking about tech demos. Macs
have been demonstrated with 400Mhz, 840 Mhz and 1.1GHz G3/G$ processors.
We're talking about what you can buy *today*.

>Enrique
>
>>>Problem two: 340 MHz G3 reality today.



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