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In article <1992Jul17.180359.8053@dragon.acadiau.ca>, 890751r@dragon.acadiau.ca (Dave Ritacco) writes:
|>     Does anyone have the MIPS and MEGAFLOPS rating of a fast 486 ESA 
|> system? WE are constantly arguing here at work about speeds and I was
|> wondering if anyone has benchmarked these things lately.
|> 
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|> ************************************************************************
|> *        Dave Ritacco                Product of Acadia University      *
|> *           "Why don't you pull the trigger and find out?"             *
|> *        ritacco@otter.phys.uvic.ca                W.H.Bonney          *

One data point:

We have a homegrown circuit simulation program complete
with graphics that shows register and probe values changing.
It runs on both our Sun Sparcs and PCs.  I have a 25MHz Sparc2
on my desk at work and a 33MHz 486DX with 4Meg at home.  The
program can run for 20 minutes or so.  Using a wall clock
I cannot detect a significant difference in run time -- the 486 has a
slight advantage.  If anything, I believe that those times indicate that
the Sun is faster since it is on an ethernet and is managing
a complex set of windows (OpenWindows) including a number of
jobs (clock, mailtool,...).  The PC version does not run under
Microsoft Windows.

This example should not be interpreted too broadly.  It indicates
to me that the machines are reasonably close.  I have no doubt
that there are many programs that can show more significant 
differences between these machines.  As with any machine, figure
out what YOU need.

-rich
enbody@cps.msu.edu