Speed test

[Jonathan Hutchins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mick Ohrberg [mailto:mick at ohrberg.org]

> UltraSparc1 167MHz,
> AMD K6-2/500 
> Dual PPro 200

There's no doubt in my mind that the Dual PPro 200 will be slowest.  At
best, you could expect 280MHz equivalent performance next to the AMD 500.
The AMD is a more advanced chip than the PPro too.

As far as comparing 32 bit to 64 bit processors, if you were moving a lot of
data constantly, the 64 would shine, if you were doing lots of variable
operations, the 32 might be nearly as fast, but a lot depends on code
optimization.