> > I was wondering about the performance of these two machines: > > 1.) Indy R4400 200MHz 1MB cache > > 2.) Indy R5000 180MHz 0,5MB cache, > > both running linux. > > > > I think the R5k must be much faster in floating point, but what about > > integer performance ? > > Well, BogoMips claims 0.5 * MHz for R4400 and 1.0 * MHz for R5000. > Real-World applications will be most likely somewhat faster on the > R5000, but not as much as the BogoMips value suggests.
But isn't there a problem with cache consistency on the R4400, forcing linux to do lots of cache flushes on an R4400 that are not necessary on an R5k !? Olaf -- +++ NEU bei GMX und erstmalig in Deutschland: TÜV-geprüfter Virenschutz +++ 100% Virenerkennung nach Wildlist. Infos: http://www.gmx.net/virenschutz
