a1499@mindlink.UUCP (Andrew Harmsworth) (07/12/90)
> laughner@news.nd.edu writes: > > Msg-ID: <217@news.nd.edu> > Posted: 12 Jul 90 14:37:06 GMT > > Org. : Univ. of Notre Dame > Person: Tom laughner > There would be no difference in speed between a 386 with a math > coprocessor and a 486. The 486 chip is a 386 + the math coprocessor in > one. Intel considers the 486 as a part of the 386 family. I'm afraid that is not correct, essentially it is true, but a number of optimizations were carried out in combining the two chips. I don't know the details, what it affects, or by how much, but there are differences.