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Subject: Re: Selecting a Processor

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 08:06:11 08/23/05

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On August 23, 2005 at 09:56:37, Svein Bjørnar Myrvang wrote:

>I've been looking to buy a new PC, and seeing that processor-tests indicate that
>processors show different performance depending not only on clock speeds and
>type, but also on tasks performed, I'm left with the following question:
>Which of the various types of processors from AMD and Intel are best suited for
>chess engines? Has anyone done any systematic testing of their performance (with
>nunnmark or the like), and if so, are the results posted anywhere?


Rough Crafty NPS/Mhz (allsingle core)

Intel IV    375nps/Mhz
Intel PIII  500nps/Mhz
AMD 32bit   750nps/Mhz
AMD 64bit  1000nps/Mhz



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