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Subject: Re: [Q] What is Genius' speed?

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 05:06:36 08/11/98

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Aside from software differences, the Pentium MMX/200 has a 66MHz L2 cache
(possibly smaller than 512k) whereas the Pentium II/300 has a 512k 150MHz L2
cache. If a program really bangs on the L2 cache, it will go much faster on the
Pentium II.

Cheers,
Tom

On August 10, 1998 at 22:23:46, fca wrote:

>I am puzzled, Uri.
>http://www.rebel.nl/bench.htm shows the P2/300 about 50% - 60% faster than the
>P200MMX for Rebel.
>Intel benchmark pages ( SPECint (base)95 ) give +80%.
>While obviously different programs benefit by different amounts by CPU upgrades,
>your figures show +150%  which is a huge difference!
>Any ideas?



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