Subject: Re: off-topic: maximizing compute/$ in a compute cluster
To: None <sudog@dcss.douglas.bc.ca>
From: None <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 08/15/1998 10:38:28
In message <Pine.NEB.3.96.980815074609.1382B-100000@battle.war.com>, sudog@dcss
.douglas.bc.ca writes:
>The G3 is a 750 processor. On a per-megahertz basis, the 750 is capable of
>outperforming the 604e on all speed and benchmark tests. It can do more
>per cycle than the 604e. Check motorola's homepage for more information:

This may be, however, in benchmarks and 'real world' tests, the 604e seems
to do better on very floating-point intensive stuff.  (Not much better, but
then, since the integer, and thus all the loop controls, are faster on the
G3, any faster at all is a sign of better floating point...)

-s