Re: How fast is a Sparc 10?

From: Mark Gibson (gibson_at_bluestem.prairienet.org)
Date: 10/12/03 

Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 00:52:15 +0000 (UTC)

Chris Newport <me@see-my-sig.invalid> wrote:
>On Sunday 12 October 2003 2:55 am in comp.sys.sun.hardware Goldstar wrote:

>> How fast is a Sparc 10 compared to a Intel x86 processor?
>>
>> My sparc:
>> Dual processor
>> 128 mb ram
>> 1 gb harddrive

>It depends what you want to do with it.

>There is no simple comparison because the architectures are
>different. Sun boxen tend to be better on total throughput but
>a tab slow on pure CPU stuff.

>As a very rough guide I would put it in the same class as a
>dual pentium pro. IOW good for a 10 year old machine.

I concur, except I'd say a Sparc 10 is closer in performance to
vaery fast 486 or a rather slow original Pentium. If you are
into computer architechture, the Sparc design is sorta neat,
if not extraordinary in any way.

Although RISC has rewards, I'm a CISC guy by nature -- .asm
programming is easier that way. Gimme a fast box with 64 general
purpose 128-bit registers and a sh*tload of RAM plus speedy buses
and I'll be happy, for at least a year. Then I'll want something
faster!

Regards,
Mark "disk storage? toss it into RAM! it's faster!" Gibson 

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