From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 01:28:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4B616A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:28:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from hkisrv08.tw.fi (ccserver.teleware.fi [193.65.76.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B469343D2D for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:28:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Toni.Heinonen@teleware.fi) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:29:40 +0300 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference? thread-index: AcQWfPFSXN6n2QE/RsqWEqZNlZFupgAhYfug From: "Toni Heinonen" To: "Zhang Weiwu" , Subject: RE: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:28:26 -0000 They are faster most often because they can process more complex = commands, so whereas an IA processor might do 1000 MIPS and a SPARC does = as many, the SPARC is faster because it "gets more done" with as many = instructions. Try search terms like "benchmark sparc intel" or = "benchmark sparc pc" or the like, without the quotes. --=20 TONI HEINONEN TELEWARE OY +358 40 836 1815 / +358 (9) 3434 9110 It=E4keskuksen Maamerkki 00930 Helsinki, Finland toni@teleware.fi / www.teleware.fi > -----Original Message----- > From: Zhang Weiwu [mailto:zhangweiwu@realss.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:28 PM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference? >=20 >=20 > Hello. The question sounds really silly, but google with=20 > "compare sparc=20 > i386 alpha" / "benchmark sparc i386 alpha" doesn't give meaningful=20 > result in several pages. Please suggest me a better keyword=20 > compilation:) >=20 > I don't know about anything other than i386, but the sparc=20 > servers and=20 > alpha servers are much more expensive than i386 servers on the same=20 > clock rate. People keep telling me "they are expensive=20 > because they are=20 > more advanced", but I prefer to read some comperhasive data,=20 > benchmarks=20 > and such like. >=20 > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20