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  1. Silicon Graphics Appendix
  2.  
  3. Graphics Overview
  4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5.                          Vectors/Sec    Triangles/Sec    Polygons/Sec
  6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  7. Entry (8 bit color)      375K           36K              10K
  8. Entry R4000 Indigo       375K           36K              10K
  9. Entry 4D/35              92K            16K              6K
  10. Entry 4D/30              92K            16K              6K
  11. Entry Indigo             230K           20K              68K
  12. XS (8 bit color,         260K           76K              29K
  13.  opt. Z-buf)
  14. XS (24 bit color,        260K           76K              29K
  15.  opt. Z-buf)
  16. TG (24 bit color,        220K           40K              29K
  17.  24 bit Z-buf)
  18. Elan (24 bit color,      1M             270K             110K
  19.  24 bit Z-buf)
  20. VGX 4D (196 bit,         1M             1.1M             180K
  21.   48 bit color,
  22.   24 bit Z-bus)
  23. VGX Crimson              12M            1.1M             200K
  24. VGXT (48 bit color,      1M             1.1M             180K
  25.   50 Mpix TF, 24 bit
  26.   Z-buf)
  27. VGXT Crimson             1M             1.1M             200K
  28. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  29.  
  30. Systems Overview
  31. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  32.                         4D/480          4D/440          4D/420
  33. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  34. CPU                     8x40 MHz        43x40 MHz       2x40 MHz
  35. Performance:
  36.  MIPS                   286             143             72
  37.  MFLOPS                 70              42              23
  38.  SPECmark89             166             106             54
  39. Server Price            $164,900        $94,900         $64,900
  40. Graphics Price:
  41.  VGX                    $194,900        $124,900        $  94,900
  42.  VGXT                   $224,900        $154,900        $184,900
  43. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  44.  
  45. Systems Overview (continued)
  46. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  47.                     4D/380       4D/340       4D/320        4D/310
  48. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  49. CPU                 8x33 MHz     4x33 MHz     2x33 MHz      1x33 MHz
  50. Performance:
  51.  MIPS               234          117          59            30
  52.  MFLOPS             60           36           20            5.1
  53.  SPECmark89         128          84           47            25
  54. Server Price        $124,900     $74,900      $54,900       $24,900
  55.  
  56. Graphics Price:
  57.  VGX                $154,900     $104,900     $84,900       $49,900
  58.  VGXT               $184,900     $134,900     $114,900      $79,900
  59. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  60.  
  61. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  62.               Crimson    R4 Indigo    4D/35        4D/30        Indigo
  63. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64. CPU           50 MHz     50 MHz       36 MHz       30 MHz       33 MHz
  65. Performance:
  66.  MIPS         85         85           33           27           30
  67.  MFLOPS       16         16           6            4.7          4.2
  68.  SPECmark89   70         70           31           25           26
  69. Server Price  $27,900    $11,395      $10,900      N/A          $6,400
  70. Graphics Price:
  71.  Entry        $29,900    $12,485      $18,000      $15,000      $7,995
  72.  XS           $36,900    $16,495      N/A          N/A          $11,495
  73.  XS24         $38,900    $19,995      N/A          N/A          $15,000
  74.  TG           N/A        N/A          $28,000      $25,000      N/A
  75.  Elan         $42,900    $32,000      $33,000      $30,000      $27,000
  76.  VGX          $69,900    N/A          N/A          N/A          N/A
  77.  VGXT         $99,900    N/A          N/A          N/A          N/A
  78. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  79. CPU:
  80.   Configurations listed for prices are for 8 MB memory for 4D/310 and
  81.   higher.  16 MB configuration is used for the Crimson line, for the
  82.   4D/35 line except the server configuration of the 4D/35S; and the
  83.   Indigo lines (R3000 and R4000).
  84.  
  85.   System disk not included for any configurations.
  86.  
  87.   Crimson performance numbers assume R4000 compilers available June
  88.   1992.
  89.  
  90.   4D/320 and higher performance MFLOPS figures are 1000x1000 DP Linpack.
  91.  
  92.   4D/35 and below performance MFLOPS figures are 100.100 DP Linpack.
  93.  
  94.   MIPS are VAX Dhrystone MIPS.
  95. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  96. Graphics:
  97.   VEC = 10 pixel connected (i.e.; polyline), 24 bit color, 3D,
  98.   arbitrarily rotated Vectors per second.  VGX vectors are anti-aliased.
  99.  
  100.   Pol = 10x10=100 pixel 24 bit, unlighted, gouraud-shaded, Z-buffered,
  101.   arbitrarily oriented triangles per second.
  102.  
  103.   Tri = 10x10=50 pixel mesh, 24 bit color, unlighted, flat-shaded, Z-
  104.   buffered, arbitrarily-oriented triangles per second.
  105.  
  106.   Iris Indigo Entry-level graphics support software Z-buffering.
  107. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  108.  
  109. Entry-level Color Desktop System Comparisons
  110.  
  111. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  112.                     HP 715/33           SGI Indigo 3000
  113. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  114. SPECint92           24                  22
  115. SPECfp92            45                  24
  116. SPECmark89          46                  26
  117.  
  118. MIPS                41                  30
  119. MFLOPS              8.6                 4.2
  120.  (Linpack DP)
  121. Processor           PA-RISC             R3000A
  122. Clock rate          33 MHz              33 MHz
  123.  
  124. Cache size          54 KB/64 KB         32 KB/32 KB
  125.  (ins/data)
  126.  
  127. X11 Perf            7633                5163
  128. 2D/3D               610                 450/230
  129.  vec/sec (K)
  130.  
  131. Memory              8/192 MB            16/96 MB
  132.  capacity
  133.  
  134. Internal disk       2 GB                1.36 GB
  135.  capacity
  136. Total disk          69.7 GB             7.6 GB
  137.  capacity
  138. Internal bus        EISA                GIO
  139. # of slots          1 (opt)             2
  140.  
  141. RAM pricing         $100/MB             $156/MB @
  142.                     $175/MB             08 MB
  143.                     (16 Mbit)           $109/MB @
  144.                                         32 MB
  145.  
  146. Disk pricing        $4.19/MB @          $5.79/MB @
  147.                     525 MB              432 MB
  148.                     $4.00/MB @          $3.66/MB @
  149.                     1 GB/SE             1.2 GB
  150.  
  151. Warranty            12 os               3 mos
  152.  
  153. List price for      $6,690              $8,000
  154. Equivalent          17c/16/             16c/16/
  155.  configs.           dskls               dskls
  156. Graphics            Intr                Virtual-24
  157.  
  158. SPECint92/$1,000    3.6                 2.8
  159. SPECfp92/$1,000     6.5                 3.0
  160. SPECmark89/$1,000   6.8                 3.3
  161. Higher is better!
  162. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  163.  
  164. Mid-range Desktop System Comparisons
  165.  
  166. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  167.                     HP                  SGI
  168.                     715/50              Indigo
  169.                     725/50              4000
  170. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  171. SPECint92           36                  57
  172. SPECfp92            72                  70
  173. SPECmark89          69                  70
  174.  
  175. MIPS                62                  85
  176. MFLOPS              13                  16
  177.  (Linpack DP)
  178. Processor           PA-RISC             R4000SC
  179. Clock rate          50 MHz              50 MHz
  180. Cache size          64 KB/64 KB         8 KB/8 KB
  181.  (ins/data)
  182.  
  183. X11 Perf            11,190              6384
  184. 2D/3D               920                 600/480
  185.  vec/sec (K)
  186.  
  187. Memory              256 MB              16/384 MB
  188.  capacity
  189.  
  190. Internal disk       2 GB                1.4 GB
  191.  capacity
  192. Total disk          69.7/239.8 GB       7.6 GB
  193.  capacity
  194. Internal bus        EISA                GIO-32
  195. # of slots          1/4                 2
  196.  
  197. RAM pricing         $125/MB             $94/MB
  198.                     $175/MB
  199.                     (16 Mbit)
  200.  
  201. Disk pricing        $4.19/MB @          $5.79/MB @
  202.                     525 MB              `432 MB
  203.                     $4.00/MB @          $3.66/MB @
  204.                     1 GB/SE             1.2 GB
  205.  
  206. Warranty            12 mos              3 mos
  207.  
  208. List price for      $15,590/$20,490     $22,495
  209. Equivalent Configs  19C/32/525          19C/32/432
  210. Graphics            CRX                 XS
  211.  
  212. SPECint92/$1,000    2.3/1.8             2.5
  213. SPECfp92/$1,000     4.6/3.5             2.7
  214. SPECmark89/$1,000   4.4/3.4             3.1
  215. Higher is better!
  216. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  217.  
  218. High-performance Desktop System Comparisons
  219. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  220.  
  221.                   HP               HP                 SGI
  222.                   730              735                Indigo/4000
  223. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  224. SPECint92         51               80                 57
  225. SPECfp92          85               150                61
  226. SPECmark89        86               147                70
  227.  
  228. MIPS              57.9             124                85
  229. MFLOPS            23.7             40                 16
  230.  (Linpack DP)
  231. Processor         PA-RISC          PA-RISC            R4000SC
  232. Clock rate        66 MHz           99 MHz             50 MHz
  233. Cache size        128 KB/256 KB    256 KB/256 KB      8 KB/8 KB
  234.  (ins/data)
  235.  
  236. X11 Perf          10,904           19,920             6384
  237. 2D/3D             1180             1160               600/480
  238.  vec/sec (K)
  239. Memory            128 MB           400 MB             384 MB
  240.  capacity
  241. Internal disk     840 MB           2 GB               1.4 GB
  242.  capacity
  243. Total disk        64 GB            126.4 GB           7.6 GB
  244.  capacity
  245.  
  246. Internal bus      EISA             EISA               GIO-32 (propr)
  247. # of slots        1                1                  2
  248.  
  249. RAM pricing       $125 MB          $125 MB            $94/MB
  250.                                    $175/MB
  251.                                    (16 Mbit)
  252.  
  253. Disk pricing      $4.19/MB @       $4.19/MB A         $5.79/MB A
  254.                   525 MB           5125 MB            432 MB
  255.                                    $4.00/MB @         $3.66/MB @
  256.                                    1 GB/SE            1 2 GB
  257.                                    $4.70/MB @
  258.                                    1 GB/FW
  259.  
  260. Warranty          12 mos           12 mos             3 mos
  261.  
  262. List price for    $31,400          $37,390            $22,495
  263. Equivalent        (19"/32 MB/      (19"/32 MB/        (19"/32 MB/
  264.  configs          424 MB)          525 MB)            424 MB)
  265. Graphics          CRX              CRX                XS
  266.  
  267. SPECint92/        1.6              2.0                2.5
  268.  $1,000
  269. SPECfp92/         2.7              3.7                2.7
  270.  $1,000
  271. SPECmark89/       2.7              3.5                3.1
  272.  $1,000
  273. Higher is better!
  274. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  275.  
  276. High-performance Expandable System Comparisons
  277. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  278.                   HP               HP                 SGI
  279.                   750              755                Crimson
  280. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  281. SPECint92         51               79                 57
  282. SPECfp92          85               150                61
  283. SPECmark89        86               147                70
  284.  
  285. MIPS              76.7             124                85
  286. MFLOPS            23.7             38                 16.3
  287.  (Linpack DP)
  288. Processor         PA-RISC          PA-RISC            R4000
  289. Clock rate        66 MHz           99 MHz             50 MHz
  290.  
  291. Cache size        256 KB/256 KB    256 KB/256 KB      8 KB/8 KB
  292.  
  293. X11 Perf          10,904           19,120             6384
  294. 2D/3D             1,180            1,160              250/250
  295.  vec/sec (K)
  296. Memory            64/384 MB        64/768 MB          16/256 MB
  297.  capacity
  298. Internal disk     2.6 GB           4 GB               3.6 GB
  299.  capacity
  300. Total disk        236 GB           297.5 GB           48 GB
  301.  capacity
  302.  
  303. Internal bus      EISA             EISA               VME
  304. # of slots        4                4                  4
  305.  
  306. RAM pricing       $125/MB          $125/MB            $500/MB @
  307.                                                       16 MB
  308.                                                       $375/MB @
  309.                                                       64 MB
  310.  
  311. Disk pricing      $3.85/MB @       $3.45/MB @         $9.21/MB @
  312.                   1.3 GB           2 GB/SE            380 MB
  313.                                    $4.15/MB @         $5.70/MB @
  314.                                    2 GB/FW            1.2 GB
  315.                                                       $5.19/MB @
  316.                                                       1.6 GB
  317.  
  318. Warranty          12 mos           12 mos             3 mos
  319.  
  320. List price for    $55,650          $58,990            $59,400
  321. Equivalent        (19"/64 MB/      (19"/64 MB/        (19"/64 MB/
  322.  configs          1 GB)            2 GB)              1.6 GB)
  323. Graphics          CRX              CRX                XS
  324.  
  325. SPECint92/        0.9              1.2                1.0
  326.  $1,000
  327. SPECfp92/         1.5              2.3                1.0
  328.  $1,000
  329. SPECmark89/       1.5              2.2                1.2
  330.  $1,000
  331. Higher is better!
  332. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  333.  
  334. From Selling Against the Competition Competitive Binder, 5091-6465E,
  335.   9301
  336. Associated files:  sgiapx.doc
  337. Silicon Graphics Appendix
  338.