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karl unterkofler wrote:
> 
> In article <4bvd1r$qn3@sloth.swcp.com>, "Harlan W. Stockman"
> <hwstock@swcp.com> wrote:
> 
> > sidea guys <sidea8120@sidea.com> wrote:
> > >i personally noticed a big difference in speed going from a win 95 P120
> > >16-4x to a PPC 100 (pmac7500) 16-4x, like maybe 15 percent or more. I was
> >
> > Could you be more specific?
> > In what applications, or with what
> > benchmarks, did you personally see
> > the difference?  "15 %" makes it
> > sound as if you have some exact timings.
> 
> A simple test with Mathematica:
> 
> Timing[N[Sin[1/2],2500]][[1]]
> 
>      PowerMac 8500/120, 16M RAM:             1.43 Second
>      Dell Dimension XPS P120c, 16Mb, 512K:   4.27 Second
> 
> Timing[10001!][[1]]
> 
>      PowerMac 8500/120, 16M RAM:             2.32 Second
>      Dell Dimension XPS P120c, 16Mb, 512K:   4.31 Second
> 
> Regards, Karl

Nobody argues that the PPC is faster in floating point. However for most 
users, 99% of the time is spent in integer functions. Integer benchmarks 
show that there is very little diffeence between the 2 processors (and 
at least the x86 camp has a Pentium Pro to upgrade to today).