Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 10:07:14 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: scrappy@hub.org (Marc G. Fournier) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Benchmarks/comparisions between PC->Sparc Message-ID: <199707011707.KAA08719@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970701121533.20086D-100000@hub.org> from "Marc G. Fournier" at Jul 1, 97 12:16:27 pm
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Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > Hi... > > Does anyone know of URLs for comparisons between the two? Stuff > like SPECint and anything else that would be pertinent to a discussion of > the merits of either/or? there are a number of problems with SPEC or any other fixed task benchmark. the alternative is a dynamic benchmark that starts with a small dataset and grows till the machine is totally tanked. take a look at http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/scl/HINT/HINT.html the benchmark is a test of cpu/cache/memoery speed. the ouput graph clearly shows the effects of using each to store the data set for the benchmark. i have collected results for a number of machines which i can send you. the ames website (listed above) can graph the results for a much larger variety of machines, thou i have better coverage of pc's and sun's. jmb
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