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From: awillis@pro-angmar.UUCP (Albert Willis)
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Subject: Speed...
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Date: 27 Jul 88 05:35:26 GMT
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No, comparing 65816's and 68000's is not like comparing apples and oranges. 

First, the 68000 is not a 32-bit processor. It does have 32-bit registers, but
not a 32-bit address bus. Notice that even Apple doesn't call it a 32-bit
processor anymore, now that the Mac II sports a "true" 32-bit 68020. They only
called it a 32-bit processor in '84 to suite their needs. (Remember when IBM
was trying to pass the 8088 as a "16-bit" processor? Same thing.)

Second, a 65816 running at 7.4 Mhz is faster than a 68000 running at the same
speed. The 6500 series is more efficient than Intel or Motorolla processors.
The other processors waste clock cycles; the 6500 processors don't.