Re: [OFFTOPIC]: Linux is losing to Macs in the RC5 effort!

Rob Hagopian (hagopiar@vuser.vu.union.edu)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 20:15:48 -0500 (EST)

On 12 Mar 1998 ketil@ii.uib.no wrote:

> Btw - recent measurements show a PPro-200 running Linux to RC5 faster
> than our brand new 270MHz Ultra 5 with Solaris. I'd like to attribute
> it to Linux, but suspect the full-speed large L2 of the Pro has
> something to do with it...

Yes, but a PowerPC 604E @ 233Mhz trounces a PPro-200 (actually is on par
with a PII-337.5 on 75Mhz bus for DES code). And now that the 740/750
(G3) chips are out...
-Rob H.

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