Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:29:40 +0300 From: "Toni Heinonen" <Toni.Heinonen@teleware.fi> To: "Zhang Weiwu" <zhangweiwu@realss.com>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference? Message-ID: <B36C365832C90E47A37F4FFCDDEFC46D3D6037@hkisrv08.tw.fi>
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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.
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> -----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?
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> 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:)
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> 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.
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> Thank you.
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