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[bigtoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jo Whitby)]

On Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 12:28:38AM -0500, Michael Lankton wrote:
> 
> Jo Whitby wrote:
> 
> > In September's Personal Computer World they found the 333MHz K6-2 to be
> > slightly faster overall than the 350MHz PII, but I think the FP is still
> > slower in the K6-2.
> 
> I got rc5-64 client benchmarks from one of the guys at distributed net
> who was nice enough to get back to me. I can attest to the intel speed, 
> I have a friend with a dual 300MHz box, and he gets 900000 keys/second
> using a non-threaded, non-SMP client.  In contrast, a p200 gets around
> 280000 keys/second on a well configured box.  
> AMD 333MHz	547000 keys/second
> Intel 350MHz    942000-981000 keys/second (6 machines tested)
> 
> The rc5-64 client is integer intensive, and with AMD units scoring half
> the framerate in quake and quake2 as their intel cousins (excellent
> guages of floating point performance), it would appear to me that the
> intel performance advantage over AMD is substantial.  
> 
> -- 
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>                           Michael Lankton
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I was only stating PCW's finding, a single benchmark test never tells the 
whole story and I guess it all depends on what you want to do with your 
machine and how much you want to pay.

The benchmark PCW used was BAPCo SYSmark Windoze 95, their results were -

     AMD K6-2 333MHz  318
     Intel PII 350MHz 288

They did also state in the text that -

     "The 3D performance test results using Final Reality were interesting: 
     the Itel machine outgunned the AMD with an overall score of 3.56 against 
     AMD's 3.08. This equates to 13 percent greater 3D performance by the 
     Intel-based machine which has a faster CPU and system bus."
     

-- 
Regards Jo
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