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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