Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucbvax!pro-sol.cts.COM!megaquark From: megaquark@pro-sol.cts.COM (Gary Snow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Benchmarks - Even on a Zip Chip Message-ID: <8807200916.AA15712@crash.cts.com> Date: 20 Jul 88 08:09:13 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: pnet01!pro-sol!megaquark@nosc.mil Organization: The Internet Lines: 44 Here are some comparision benchmarks done on various Apple Computers. The 3.6mhz machine is equiped with an Accelerator //e. Computer Speed Basic Time1 Time2 Time3 ------------------- ---------------- ----------------------- ----- ----- ----- Apple //e 1.0mhz 65C02 ProDOS Basic 1.1-40col 7:38 2:20 4:44 Apple //e 1.0mhz 65C02 ProDOS Basic 1.1-80col XXXXX XXXXX 7:29 Apple //e 1.0mhz 65C02 Applesoft Basic/DOS 3.3 7:24 Apple //e 1.0mhz 65C02 Integer Basic 3:04 Apple //e 3.6mhz 65C02 ProDOS Basic 1.1-40col 2:21 0:43 2:52 Apple //e 3.6mhz 65C02 ProDOS BAsic 1.1-80col XXXXX XXXXX 5:14 Apple //e 3.6mhz 65C02 Applesoft Basic/DOS 3.3 2:17 Apple //e 3.6mhz 65C02 Integer Basic 0:57 Apple //e 4.0mhz 65C02 ProDos Basic 1.1-40col 2:24 0:43 3:11 Apple //e 4.0mhz 65C02 ProDos Basic 1.1-80col XXXXX XXXXX 5:46 Apple //c 1.0mhz 65C02 ProDOS Basic 1.1 7:38 Apple //c 6.0mhz Z80C Microsoft Basic/CPM 11:21 Apple //gs 1.0mhz 65C816 ProDOS Basic 1.1 7:38 Apple //gs 2.8mhz 65C816 ProDOS Basic 1.1-40col 2:50 0:51 2:03 Apple //gs 2.8mhz 65C816 ProDOS Basic 1.1-80col XXXXX XXXXX 3:20 Apple //gs 2.8mhz 65C816 Applesoft Basic/DOS 3.3 2:44 Seive #1 - 10 FOR X=1 TO 1000 Time1 20 FOR Y=2 TO INT(X/2)+1 30 IF INT(X/Y)=X/Y THEN GOTO 60 40 NEXT Y 50 PRINT X;" "; 60 NEXT X 70 PRINT : PRINT "DONE!!!" Seive #2 - 10 FOR X=1 TO 100,000 Time2 20 NEXT X 30 PRINT "DONE!!!" Seive #3 - 10 FOR X=1 TO 10,000 Time3 20 PRINT X Printing 30 NEXT X Seive 40 PRINT "DONE!!!" >From the looks of it the Zip Chip is not quite up to Snuff with the good old Accelerated //e, because it lost in both the prime number seive and the printing seive, and only tied in the counting sieve....tsk tsk tsk. UUCP:[ihnp4 cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc]!crash!pnet01!pro-sol!megaquark ARPA:crash!pnet01!pro-sol!megaquark@nosc.mil INET:megaquark@pro-sol.cts.com