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Subject: Re: Pocket PC: NPS and rating

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 09:37:17 03/30/03

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On March 30, 2003 at 11:53:21, James Constance wrote:

>1.  Why is there such a difference in Nodes Per Second in Pocket PCs when
>compared with PCs?  e.g. Shredder on my Athlon 1200 Mhz might do 180,000 NPS for
>a given position, whereas my StrongArm 200 Mhz does only 4,500 NPS for the same
>position.  That's a factor of 40 - I was optimistically expecting it to be
>closer to the ratio in processor speeds.
>
>2.  Anybody have a stab at how much this reduces the SSDF quoted rating by?
>
>cheers!

A better measurement might be MIPS as opposed to Mhz.   It  is said that a 206
Mhz ARM is perhaps comparable to a P90 90 Mhz in processing power.  A 32Mhz
Dragonball is closer to an old 433 (33 Mhz) chip..



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