simonb@wasabisystems.com said:
> > Just to get a number, I've run the syscall part on the (2x1.8GHz)
> > amd64 box:
> > $ /usr/pkg/libexec/bytebench/syscall 10
> > 2211452 loops
> [...]
> That's still roughly double the numbers a dual 2.8GHz Xeon box gets. 

The amd64 box also outperforms a P4/2.8GHz in the floating-point
"hint" benchmark by almost 50%.
(The P4 gains 20% if SSE2 math is used as opposed to i387 math.)
Pretty amazing, these boxes...

best regards
Matthias