On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> Actually, the AMD K7 "Athlon" appears to be the current champ for single-CPU
> integer performance.  See the SPEC website for details.

It doesn't look like that to me. The best result I've found there
for the Athlon is 29.4/29.4 at 650 MHz. Even being generous, that's
not going to get you more than 32 or so on an 700 MHz CPU.

On the other hand, a Compaq AlphaServer GS60E Model 6/700 with a
single 700 MHz 21264A rates at 39.1/34.7. This is with 8 MB of
third-level cache, vs. AMD's .5 MB, which is no doubt part of the
difference. (Performance under NetBSD, as mentioned before, isn't
likely to be as good, since gcc is not as good at optimising as
Digital^WCompaq C is.)

On the other hand, I suspect that in terms of price:performance
ratio, the AMD kicks the Alpha's butt. :-)

(For comparision purposes, a 500 MHz 21164 system rates around 15,
and a 500 MHz PIII around 21. The best Intel result on the list is
a 600 MHz PIII, at 24.6/24.6.)

cjs
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