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- From: koren@hpsrk.fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
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- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 12:58:41 -0700
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- In-reply-to: "Stefano Agostinelli"'s message of Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:58:52 +0100
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- "Stefano Agostinelli" <agos001@pn.itnet.it> wrote:
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- > Yes it is. At least the 68040 was much faster than the 486 in FP calculations.
- > (I'm talking about a per MHZ comparison). Dunno about the '060, however I
-
- Sigh.
-
- I said that the 68K is only comparable in terms of instructions per
- clock, but that has nothing to do with whether it is actually faster.
- Then you come back with "but its comparable in a per-clock comparison!"
-
- 68k is not as fast, because the x86 can run at much higher clockspeeds
- than can 68k. My point was that a "per MHz comparison" is meaningless.
- It might be interesting if the 68k and x86 had exactly the same range of
- clock speeds, but they do not (for 060:Pentium they don't even overlap),
- so it matters little if the per-MHz speed is similar.
-
- Also, you are missing that the FP ratio Pentium:060 is not the same as
- 486:040, and particularly is not the same as P6:060.
-
- Just trust me on this one. This is rehashed every 2 or 3 days, and the
- answer is always the same: the Intel chips have higher absolute FP *and*
- Int performance than 680x0. It will also be the same answer when
- someone else brings this up again in 2 or 3 days after this, and again 2
- or 3 days after that. Just watch. In a few days someone will post "but
- the 68060/50 is faster than a P133!" and it'll start all over again.
-
- - steve
-