Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!csd.uwo.ca!crispin From: crispin@csd.uwo.ca (Crispin Cowan) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: Benchmark Summary - FP-intensive, 2-D CFD model Message-ID: <1475@ria.ccs.uwo.ca> Date: 20 Nov 90 21:25:44 GMT References: Sender: root@ria.ccs.uwo.ca Organization: University of Western Ontario, London Lines: 15 In article mccalpin@perelandra.cms.udel.edu (John D. McCalpin) writes: [some very interesting data] >Compaq 386/20 (Weitek) 59.6 2.51 2.05 >IBM PC/AT (80287) 3640.0 0.10 0.03 5 The difference between these numbers suggests that the 287 on the AT was not used. Is the Weitek chip really 60 times faster than a 287? Ten, I'd believe, but 60 looks more like the AT was doing it's FP calculations in software. Crispin ----- Crispin Cowan, CS grad student, University of Western Ontario Work: MC28-C, x3342 crispin@csd.uwo.ca 890 Elias St., London, Ontario, N5W 3P2, 432-7823 ---> Support the GST: Canada's first fair tax <---