Pentium Vs 604e
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PowerPC outperforms
Pentium and Pentium Pro
in recent benchmark
The August issue of BYTE® magazine compared Intel’s 200 MHz Pentium® and
Pentium Pro processors against Motorola’s 200 MHz 603e and 604e PowerPC™
processors, respectively. The PowerPC processors outperformed their Intel
counterparts in integer calculations by as much as 81% (P5200 vs. 603e) and in
floating point calculations by as much as 26% (Pentium Pro vs. 604e).
PowerPC and Pentium Results
(higher numbers mean faster performance)
200-MHz PowerPC 604e
reference system (1)
200-MHz Pentium Pro
Dell Dimensions XPX
200-MHz PowerPC 603e
reference system (1)
200-MHz Pentium
Gateway P5200 (3) Floating Point
Integer
90-MHz Pentium Dell
XPS/90 (3)
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1
IBM reference system using Motorola Win NT compiler
2
From BYTEmarek run on NT
3
Results from 32-bit BYTEmark multiplatform CPU/FPU benchmarks compiled with version
10 of Watcom’s compiler under DOS
The study was conducted using BYTE’s 32-bit multiplatform CPU/FPU BYTEmark
tests. The test suite includes 10 basic tests: numeric sort, string sort, bitfield,
emulated floating-point, fourier coefficients, assignment algorithm, Huffman
compression, IDEA encryption, neural net and LU decomposition. Detailed
information regarding this suite can be found at http://www.byte.com/bmark/
bmark.htm.
The PowerPC processor utilizes powerful RISC technology and is now used in
nearly all Macintosh models and Mac OS compatibles. For more information about
PowerPC technology, check the following web sites:
Apple Why Mac Page: http://www.apple.com/whymac/
Apple Computer, Inc. IBM PowerPC Microprocessor Web Site: http://www.chips.ibm.com/products/ppc/index.html
1 Infinite Loop Motorola PowerPC Home Page: http://www.mot.com/SPS/PowerPC/
Cupertino, CA 95014
1 (800) 776-2333 ©1996 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. Pentium is a registered tradmark of Intel Corporation. BYTE is a registered trademark of the
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