On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:56 PM, <meino.cra...@gmx.de> wrote: >> Totally amazed by the things which were "brandnew" those days >> (1985/1995) and are outclassed by any digital whristwatch nowadays I >> became curious about a more exact definition of "faster" in this >> area... > > If you like reading about old and interesting processors, you may > enjoy this site: > > http://jbayko.sasktelwebsite.net/cpu.html >
And here are benchmarks of some really old systems compared to newer: http://www.roylongbottom.org.uk/whetstone.htm As will all benchmarks, the usual disclaimer that benchmarks are all flawed, etc. :)
