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Subject: Re: Best CPU for Running Computer Programs

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 14:04:13 10/25/99

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On October 25, 1999 at 16:09:17, Michel Langeveld wrote:

>On October 25, 1999 at 15:47:23, Doody Ungson wrote:
>
>>Does anyone out there know the reasons ahy the AMD K6 is the favored CPU as
>>compared to the Intel processors for the same megahertz speed? If so has anyone
>>compared the K6-2 vs. K6-3 chess computing benchmarks for the same megahertz
>>speed? Any reference to a URL or a separate article about this subject matter
>>will help.
>
>http://www.rebel.nl/bench.htm

The Rebel site may give misleading results.  The Rebel 10 program benefits
greatly from the K6-3 CPU.  Not all programs do this.  For example Fritz seems
about the same on the K6-2 and K6-3 for the same Mhz.  For comparison to the PII
vs K6-3 using Rebel I found that Rebel on the K6-3-450 runs 2X faster than my
PII-333 in the middle game and 1.72X faster than the PII-333 in the endgame.
This from only a few positions I tested.  That makes the K6-3-450 more like a
PII-600 for Rebel.  Fritz/Junior/Nimzo99 do not gain much more than the expected
difference in Mhz.  Hiarcs 7.32 also gains slightly more than the Mhz would
indicate.
Jim Walker



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