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Article #522Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?
From: CHU JEFFREY
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:38
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 19:38
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In article <1992Aug3.183428.22522@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kskapin@csws8.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski) writes: >In article <1992Jul31.144719.24933@wam.umd.edu> qian@wam.umd.edu (Yong Qian) writes: >>Does any have the speed rating of 486SX-25 and 386DX-40? The local >>computers are selling 486SX-25 cheaper than a similar equiped 386-40. >>($1080 VS $1120). I lean toward 486SX. Any comments? > > >Buy the 386DX-40 rather than the 486SX-25. The 386DX-40 is faster than the >486SX-25 as documented in many trade magazines. Since the 486SX doesn't >come with a built in math coprocessor like the 486DX, the 486SX has >no real advantage over the 386DX-40 other than it is cheaper. > >I believe the norton SI rating (v.6) for a 386 DX 40 is about 47. >I dont know what it is for a 486SX off hand but I know it is slower >according to magazines which published the ratings for the CPUS. > >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------- >| kskapin@ic.sunysb.edu (Keith Skapinski) | place | >| | witty quote | >| BEEPER / VOICE MAIL SYSTEM: 516-341-3641 | here | >---------------------------------------------------------------- Wait wasn't it the 386DX40 faster than the 486SX20? And not the SX25. I seen the benchs on 386DX40 and the SX20, the DX40 beats the SX20 not by very much, less than a MIP.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!boulder!ucsu!horton.Colorado.EDU!chuj From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings? Message-ID: <1992Aug4.193822.1282@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Date: 4 Aug 92 19:38:22 GMT References: <1992Jul31.144719.24933@wam.umd.edu> <1992Aug3.183428.22522@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: horton.colorado.edu