[comp.sys.mac.misc] Mac speed comparisons

jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) (09/13/90)

Using SpeedoMeter (Ver 2.5) on a MacII, a MacII w/the Daystar 50MHz "Power-
Card" and a MacIIfx, I have been able to generate the following table.

I hope you all enjoy it!

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Comparision of Mac Performance (Daystar 50, Stock MacII, MacIIfx)
Using Speedometer 2.5 (MultiFinder, 6.0.5)

Stock MacII
			w/ FPU		w/o FPU
Kwhetstones/sec		 483.871	52.083
Dhrystones/sec		2952.756	2997.003
Sieve			7.867		7.867
Savage			11.917		46.950
Processor Rating	3.40		3.40
Math Rating		97.04		6.81


Daystar 50		Mac OS				A/UX 2.0
			w/ FPU		w/o FPU		w/ FPU		w/o FPU
Kwhetsones/sec		1363.636	468.750		1304.348	110.294
Dhrystones/sec		8695.652	8620.690	8310.249	8547.009
Sieve			1.867		1.867		1.883		1.917
Savage			4.117		2.367		4.200		22.317
Processor Rating	8.76		5.70		8.29		7.60
Math Rating		238.18		180.69		249.52		14.36


MacIIfx
			w/ FPU		w/o FPU
Kwhetstones/sec		15000.00	666.667
Dhrystones/sec		11152.416	11235.955
Sieve			2.367		2.383
Savage			4.350		1.367
Processor Rating	12.30		12.30
Math Rating		262.00		87.33

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           Jim Jagielski                    NASA/GSFC, Code 711.1
     jim@jagmac2.gsfc.nasa.gov               Greenbelt, MD 20771

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