Re: Debate: PowerMac

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From: Marlin Frederick, Jr.
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 21:34

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ejohnso2@swarthmore.edu (Ellen S. Johnson) wrote:
>
>SPECint92:  approximately 200    SPECint92:  approximately 133
>SPECfp92:   approximately 200    SPECfp92:   approximately 105
>
>If that's not "a commanding speed advantage", what is?

	There are two problems with quoting these numbers for determining
the relative performance of two processors.  First these numbers are wrong.
Second the system a processor is in makes a huge difference when determining
performance.  Intel is famous for its Intel Xpress Box.  This is nothing but
a bogus system designed to maximize the Intel performance numbers for Spec
marks.  Really there is a third flaw.  Very few developers do as good a job
optimizing thier software for the hardware as the people running these Spec
test do.

--
Marlin Frederick, Jr.
marlin@bga.com

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