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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: HINT benchmarks
To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian N. Handy)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 07:10:10 -0800 (PST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960301210239.16125D-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from "Brian N. Handy" at Mar 1, 96 09:05:34 pm
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Brian N. Handy wrote:
> 
> Hey, this is new -- another benchmark trying to compare different 
> computer architectures:
> 
> 	http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/HINT/
> 
> There apparently is source code there; a person could conceivably run it 
> on their own machine.  I'd like to run FreeBSD and Linux against each 
> other and see what happened.  If things fall together *just* right this 
> weekend, I may give it a try.
> 
> Disclaimer:  I haven't read enough of the docs yet to know if there's any
> chance of me actually doing this. 

	FreeBSD 2.1.0R 586-90 16MB significantly outperfroms sun sparc
	20's, and 1000's in integer math :)

	on floating point we dont do as well, but code is 90%+ integer
	math.

	i have results for a number of machines if people are interested

	how bout someone running Hint on a 686???