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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: x86 must die it's over-priced junk
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 10:15:51 -0700
- Organization: HP Fort Collins Site
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- In-reply-to: ":=Rob=:"'s message of Thu, 8 Feb 1996 09:38:26 -0800
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- ":=Rob=:" <rldickin@puc.edu> wrote:
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- > Moreover, a 50MHz 68060 is as fast as a 100MHz Pentium running the same
- > software.
-
- No its not. On both real word applications and benchmarks, the 060/50
- tends to do anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 of a Pentium 100's performance.
- (Check the Lightwave texture example times).
-
- You may be able to find some isolated instruction mix where a 060/50
- performances as well as a Pentium/100, but in general this is not true.
-
- I'm about to order an 060 myself, but I'm not fooling myself into
- thinking it is as fast a Pentium 100. It is, however, quite a bit
- faster than an 040/25, which is what I have now.
-
- - steve
-