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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.trs-80
Subject: Benchmarks on ][e, Mac, "PC", & 2000
Message-ID: <1459@aluxe.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 22:14:19 EST
Article-I.D.: aluxe.1459
Posted: Thu Apr 19 22:14:19 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Apr-84 02:32:14 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA
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80MICRO published an interesting comparison of benchmark results for
the Apple ][e, MacIntosh, IBM-PC, and Tandy 2000.  The results are:

TEST		   	   ][e		   Mac		   PC		   2000
=================	=======		=======		=======		=======
For loop x 5000		  5 sec		  5 sec		  7 sec		  2 sec
Goto loop x 5000	 41 sec		 17 sec		 24 sec		 10 sec
Variable math		 79 sec		 46 sec		 61 sec		 20 sec
Numeric math		 87 sec		 55 sec		 59 sec		 21 sec
Gosub + goto loop	 95 sec		 58 sec		 66 sec		 23 sec
Above + for loop	140 sec		 99 sec		117 sec		 43 sec
Above + string values	220 sec		142 sec		186 sec		 66 sec
Sieve of Eratosthenes	211 sec		109 sec		177 sec		 58 sec
Mid$ function		 31 sec		 22 sec		 23 sec		  9 sec
Bubble sort		 19 sec		 11 sec		 13 sec		  4 sec
Disc read & write	 ?		 ?		 20 sec		  9 sec
Screen write		 ?		 ?		 25 sec		  7 sec
=================	=======		=======		=======		=======
Overall rating		3.7 sec		2.3 sec		2.8 sec		1.0 sec

Conclusion:  The Tandy 2000 is over twice as fast as the competition.