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From: perry@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Perry Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Snakebytes (long -- and poisonous?).
Message-ID: <5570589@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 91 21:00:34 GMT
References: <1998@kuling.UUCP>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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>Now that the Snakes (HP9000/700 series HP-PA 1.1 RISC workstations) are let
>loose, the official HP info has become available.  Some of this info follows.

Yeah.  Now HP-ites can talk about it, too.  :-)


>Performance (with HP-UX 8.05) and comparison with other workstations:

This must have been a a pre-release version - 8.05 isn't on the streets
yet.  Your mileage will vary (you guess which direction).

>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                            SPEC        Khorner-       Linp2P  x11-  Dhry-
>                        mark int  fp    stones   MIPS  MFLOPS  perf  stone2.0
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>HP9000/730,750 G/CRX    72.2 51.0 91.0  143974   76    22.9    10460  114680
>HP9000/720 G/CRX        55.5 39.0 70.2  119213   57    17.2     8244   87000
>IBM 6000/550            54.3 34.5 73.5   n/a     56    23       n/a    n/a
>IBM 6000/320            24.6 16.3 32.4   54661   29.5   8.5     1520   45250
>Sun SPARCstation 2GX    21.0 20.2 21.5   27142   28.5   4.2     n/a    35590
>DECstation 5000/200PXGT 18.5 19.0 18.5   26456   24.2   3.7     3256   38760
>DECstation 3100         11.3 11.8 10.9   15285   14.9   1.6     1702   23470
>Sun SPARCstation IPC    11.8 12.4 11.4   13329   15.7   1.7     n/a    22830
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Linp2P = Linpack Double precision, 100*100 FORTRAN BLAS, rolled.
>x11perf = geometric mean of the x11perf1.2 component tests (excluding 1
>	  and 500 pixel tests).


Remember, MIPS really means Mostly Insignificant Performance Statistic.
Another interesting number, SPECS/MIPS, measures what the system actually
does with raw CPU power - it's of some interest to us software types.  If
a vendor overstates their MIPS rating, it really shows up here.

Here are those numbers:

Machine			SPECS/MIPS
=============================================
HP9000/730,750 G/CRX    .950
HP9000/720 G/CRX        .974
IBM 6000/550            .970
IBM 6000/320            .833
Sun SPARCstation 2GX    .737
DECstation 5000/200PXGT .764
DECstation 3100         .758
Sun SPARCstation IPC    .752


Perry Scott
HP Ft. Collins, Colorado