mdapoz@hybrid.uucp (Mark Dapoz) (02/17/90)
Here's a summary table from one of the official IBM announcement letters for the
new line of RISC machines and the X terminal:
Performance values shown in the following table were obtained in a controlled
environment based on the use of specific data, and therefore the results which
may be obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly. Each
user should verify the applicable data for their specific environment.
(21) VAX is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
COMPARISON TABLE
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Xstation RISC System/6000 Family
Model 120 320 520 530 730 930 540
Configuration Desk- Desk- Desk- Desk- Desk- Rack Desk-
top top*10 side side side side
Memory
Standard (MB) 0.5 8 8 16 16 16 64
Maximum (MB) 8.5 32 128 128 128 128 256
Internal DASD
Standard (MB) 0 120 355 355 355 670 640
Maximum (MB) 0 640 2,571 2,571 2,571 11,998 2,571
Available Adapter Slots 0 4 7 7 6 7 7
Parallel Port 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
Serial Ports 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Performance*1
-LINPACK DP (MF)*2 - 7.4 7.4 10.9 10.9 10.9 13.0
-Dhrystones (K/SEC)*3 - 48.3 48.3 60.7 60.7 60.7 72.2
-MIPS *4 - 27.5 27.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 41.1
-Graphics
Lines (K/SEC)*6
Grayscale Graphics*5 72 72 76 76 - -
Color Graphics*5 125 125 131 131 - -
2D Vectors (K/SEC)*7
High Performance 8-Bit
3D Color Graphics*5 90 90 90 90 - -
POWERstation 730 Graphics*5 990
3D Vectors (K/SEC)*7
High Performance 8-Bit
3D Color Graphics*5 90 90 90 90 - -
POWERstation 730 Graphics*8 990(est)
3D Polygons (K/SEC)*9
High Performance 8-Bit
3D Color Graphics*5 10 10 10 10 - -
POWERstation 730 Graphics*5 120
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*1 Values shown here are the results of engineering test-level systems.
While these values should be indicative of generally-available
systems, no warranties or guarantees are stated or implied by IBM.
*2 All Fortran Linpack (no coded BLAS) results are in millions of
floating-point operations per second (MF).
*3 Values are in thousands of Dhrystones/sec using Version 1.1.
*4 MIPS values are computed using the RISC System/6000 Dhrystone 1.1 results
*5 Graphics values reflect the results of hardware test measurements.
System-level measurements will be available at a later date.
*6 Lines are connected, randomly oriented, 10 pixel lines in screen
integer coordinates.
*7 Vectors are randomly oriented 10 pixel polylines in floating-point
coordinates, transformed, scaled and clip tested.
*8 Values are estimates of hardware test measurements.
*9 Polygons are 50 pixel Gouraud shaded triangle mesh in floating-point
coordinates.
*10 This desktop model can also be oriented for floor-standing operation.
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