Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:55:24 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Some Unix benchmarks for those who are interesed Message-ID: <110C0B85-1FFA-4EF3-A48C-935AD2B5542E@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <45F0EFA4.3030102@freebsd.org> References: <20070306020826.GA18228@nowhere> <45ECF00D.3070101@samsco.org> <20070306050312.GA2437@nowhere> <008101c75fcc$210c74a0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <esk9vq$uhh$1@sea.gmane.org> <001a01c7601d$5d635ee0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <eskka8$adn$1@sea.gmane.org> <001801c7603a$5339e020$0c00a8c0@Artem> <eskpd1$sm4$1@sea.gmane.org> <20070307105144.1d4a382f@daydream.goid.lan> <002801c760e2$5cb5eb50$0c00a8c0@Artem> <esmvnp$khs$1@sea.gmane.org> <005b01c760e6$9a798bf0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <esn2s6$1i9$1@sea.gmane.org> <001601c760ee$f76fa300$0c00a8c0@Artem> <45EF2252.1000202@fluffles.net> <45EF253B.8030909@fer.hr> <45EF9B8F.4000201@fluffles.net> <45EFA0C6.3060905@freebsd.org> <45F032B9.7090102@fluffles.net> <45F0EFA4.3030102@freebsd.org>
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On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:24 PM, Eric Anderson wrote: [ ... ] > Dunno. I was merely trying to keep things honest, since what was > communicated (whether intended or not) was that a C3 isn't modern, > and is akin to a Pentium, which it isn't. I've got a VIA C3 Samuel myself, and it is fine for what it is, which is a low-power clone of the Pentium-MMX in terms of capabilities; the newer C3 Nehemiah is roughly comparable to a P2, plus SSE and the extra AES/RNG crypto stuff. Look at dmesg or cpuid and compare CPU features. A quick sample from http://www.nycbug.org/?NAV=dmesgd;f_bsd=FreeBSD suggests: CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (601.37-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x803035<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,MTRR,PGE,MMX> CPU: Pentium/P55C (167.05-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x543 Stepping = 3 Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX> CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (397.33-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping = 2 Features=0x183fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE, MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> CPU: VIA C3 Nehemiah+RNG (1000.35-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x693 Stepping = 3 Features=0x380b33d<FPU,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,CX8,APIC,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,MMX,FXSR,SS E> CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1400MHz (1403.27-MHz 686- class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6b1 Stepping = 1 Features=0x383fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE, MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> -- -Chuck
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