Re: How fast is the AMD K6?

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips

Article #346

Back to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Previous Next

#346

From: Chris Quirke
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 00:00

12 lines
1636 bytes

James Tonsager <jtonsa@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> The 586 is a souped-up 486 chip; the K5 is a Pentium-class chip. Big
>difference there. Very big.

Not as big as you might like, especially where the FPU is concerned.
The K5 design has a weaker FPU at 75MHz (and on some tests, even at
100MHz) than the 5x85DX4-133; the "PR100" runs the same FPU at 100MHz,
and the "PR133" also runs the same FPU at 100MHz.  Woof woof.
>------- ----- --- -- - -  -   -
"I hold in my hand three letters..."   Ruben/FZ, we miss you

Technical Details

Message-ID: <63qod9$67h$3@news01.iafrica.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<3479776b.16050497@read.news.globalnet.co.uk> <3457c9cc.3486712@news.halcyon.com> <63a4bb$prs@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> <3458F7F1.5575B5DE@infinetxx.com> <63l2qv$7q@server4.softdisk.com> <345E2DF7.231A@erols.com> <345E90A1.7C4F@epix.net> <345EC0DF.C51B9E98@2xtreme.net> <63mufn$96k@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: f8e37,49d919137faf3eec
X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e37,public
X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,49d919137faf3eec
X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public
X-Google-Thread: 112149,49d919137faf3eec
X-Google-Attributes: gid112149,public
X-Google-Thread: 1045b9,49d919137faf3eec
X-Google-Attributes: gid1045b9,public
X-Google-Thread: 109e38,49d919137faf3eec
X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public
From: cquirke@iafrica.com (Chris Quirke)
Subject: Re: How fast is the AMD K6?
Date: 1997/11/05
Message-ID: <63qod9$67h$3@news01.iafrica.com>
X-Deja-AN: 288129963
References: <3479776b.16050497@read.news.globalnet.co.uk> <3457c9cc.3486712@news.halcyon.com> <63a4bb$prs@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net> <3458F7F1.5575B5DE@infinetxx.com> <63l2qv$7q@server4.softdisk.com> <345E2DF7.231A@erols.com> <345E90A1.7C4F@epix.net> <345EC0DF.C51B9E98@2xtreme.net> <63mufn$96k@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>
Organization: UUNET Internet Africa
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,biz.comp.hardware,comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc

Reply to Parent Message