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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
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Subject: Re: Whis is fastest 386/33 or 486/25 ?
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Date: 7 Jul 90 02:15:23 GMT
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Subject: Re: Whis is fastest 386/33 or 486/25 ?
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In article <1990Jul5.205440.23370@ecn.purdue.edu> jmoore@cidmac.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore) writes:

| is related to disk acess and such but the basic question I need an
| answer for is "Which is faster a 386/33mhz or a 486/25mhz?"

  A 486 is about 2.6 times faster than a 386 at the same clock, for
*most* integer calculations. It is more than that for floating point.
Why stop at 25MHz on the 486, the 33MHz machines seem to be shipping.
Even as stated, the 486 is noticably faster.
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