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In article <WAYNE.92Dec21153140@backbone.uucp> wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) writes:
[...I wrote I think the cy486 is slower, but I would like to be wrong...]
[...]
>< Intel 486SX:      [...]
><                  Instructions that can be executed in 1 clock cycle if the
><                  destination is a register and the source is either a register
><                  or an immediate value:
><                  ADC,ADD,AND,BSWAP,CMP,DEC,INC,MOV,NEG,NOT,OR,POP,PUSH,SBB,
><                  SUB,TEST,XOR
>< 
>< Cyrix 486DLC       [...]
><                  Instructions that can be executed in 1 clock cycle
><                  if the destination is a register and the source is
><                  either a register or an immediate value:
><                  ADC,ADD,AND,CDQ,CLC,CLD,CMC,CMP,CWD,DEC,INC,MOV,MOVSX,
><                  NEG, NOT,OR,SBB,SHLD,SHRD,STC,STD,SUB,TEST,XOR
>
>So, for most instructructions that the Intel 486 executes in 1 cycle,
>the cyrix 486 does also.  There are some things that take longer,
>there are some things that take less time.

Most impressave.  Ok, I'm enjoying being wrong.  That's what I get for
beleving things I read in Computer Shopper...

>I haven't seen any SPEC*92 info on the Cyrix, but it is my
>understanding that they are about 10% slower than intel's parts at the
>same clock speed.

But most likely quite a bit faster at the same price :-)
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