Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 03:58:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: jim@cgi.sstar.com Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hint benchmark on Multia VX40A Message-ID: <199812131158.DAA20421@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199812112343.RAA15525@cgi.sstar.com> (message from Jim King on Fri, 11 Dec 1998 17:43:59 -0600 (CST)) References: <199812112343.RAA15525@cgi.sstar.com>
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Thanks to Andrew Gallatin for running the Hint benchmarks on a Digital
(DEC now Compaq) Alpha Multia VX40A.
integer performance is nearly the same as an AMD Am5x86-133. that
places it just a tad slower than a Pentium 90 until the dataset size
reaches about 12kB (then the p90 falls out of cache). at that point
the p90 the am5x86-133 and hte multia are identical till 250kB when
the am5x86-133 starts lagging behind the other two.
double performance is half way between a Pentium 90 and a PentiumPro
150.
conclusions: if you have TrueParity (9bit) memory to spare or dont
mind playing three times the price of common memory AND you have a lot
of floating point work to do, the multias may be a good fit. as a
general purpose computer, they are woefully underpowered.
jmb
ps. hopefully that creates a record in the mailing lists that will
help anyone using the search engine to find out about
multias. ;)
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