Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:34:19 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Some Unix benchmarks for those who are interesed Message-ID: <45F1B6BB.1070703@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <110C0B85-1FFA-4EF3-A48C-935AD2B5542E@mac.com> 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> <110C0B85-1FFA-4EF3-A48C-935AD2B5542E@mac.com>
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On 03/09/07 12:55, Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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. I'm pretty familiar with C3 and C7 chips. I wouldn't compare performance of a CPU based on CPU features. Eric
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