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Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?

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From: CHU JEFFREY
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.
>
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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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Subject: Re: Anyone has 486SX-25 and 386DX-40's SI and Landmark ratings?
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