Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!hplabs!hpcc01!hpcuhb!hpindda!uppal From: uppal@hpindda.HP.COM (Sanjay Uppal) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Moto's data predicts 68040 performance well below 20 MIPS Message-ID: <3450009@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 13 Jul 90 23:17:07 GMT References: <40088@mips.mips.COM> Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA Lines: 15 Huh?? You are comparing apples to oranges: SPECmarks and VMIPS are not the same at all. HP 9000/350 (68020 @ 25 Mhz) is rated at 5.4 VMIPS and 1.7 SPECmarks. If (crudely) the 040 is 4.1X this machine it will rate at 22 VMIPS and 7 SPECmarks. Sanjay Uppal NN9T phone (408) 447-3864 Hewlett-Packard (IND) uucp: ...!hplabs!hpda!uppal NS arpa: uppal%hpda@hplabs.hp.com