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Article #143Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Arun Gupta
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 02:38
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 02:38
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Someone wrote, giving Specmarks of some 66MHz processor systems : > >System CPU ClkMHz Cache SPECint SPECfp Info Source >Name Type ext/in Ext+I/D 92 92 Date Obtained >============== ======== ====== ========= ======= ======= ===== ========== >SNI/Pyr PC/E5S Pentium 33/66 256+8/8 67.4 61.5 Sep93 SPEC newsl >Compaq DeskproXL Pentium 33/66 256+8/8 65.1 63.6 Sep93 SPEC newsl >IBM 250 MPC601 66 32 62.6 72.2 Jul94 www.ibm From the current version of the table from which the above are taken (to be found on comp.benchmarks) : IBM 40P MPC601 66 32 63.7 67.8 Mar95 www.ibm IBM 40P MPC601 66 256+32 75.1 77.0 Mar95 www.ibm IBM 25T MPC601 66 32 62.6 78.8 Mar95 www.ibm >I avoided the Intel Xpress numbers and stuck to Siemens Nixdorf and Compaq, >for obvious reasons. Just for comparison's sake, here they are : Intel Xpress Pentium 66 256+8/8 78.0 63.6 Mar95 www.intel What is the story with Intel Xpress ? > >The SPEC apps don't seem to run faster on the 601/66 than on the P5/66. >Oh, sorry, I forgot that SPEC data are pure bullshit (because they show the >Pentiums faster than "everbody" knows they actually are :-) Isn't advocacy fun ? -arun gupta
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gw1.att.com!nntpa!not-for-mail From: gupta@mrspock.mt.att.com (Arun Gupta) Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Message-ID: <DCM20v.9CL@nntpa.cb.att.com> Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: mrspock.mt.att.com Organization: AT&T Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 02:38:55 GMT