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From: soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Re: Motorola vs Intel (who's faster?)
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Date: 26 Jul 90 22:21:16 GMT
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In article <3384.AA3384@sosaria> wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand) writes:
>Yes! I'd love to see once exactly how fast all these chips are (80286,
>68000, 80386, 68020, 80486, 68040). For example, I've heard once that a
>standard 68000 Amiga has about the same computing power as a 12 Mhz 80286.
>Is this true? How about a fast 386/486? What does it take to blow them out
>of the water?

The original A1000 worked as fast as an EGA IBM-AT (can't vouch for
the clock speed).  However, I don't think a 7.16 MHz 68000 has more
MIPs than a 12MHz 80286 (ask Dave Haynie).  In my opinion, the Amiga's
tightly knit architecture had more influence on its speed than
anything else.

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