On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:41:09 -0700, Dean Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >> > ... a Dell Precision Workstation 330 system with a 1.4GHz P4 in >> >Nov 2000 the SPECint_rate was 5.80. In June 2006, a Dell Precision >> >Workstation 390 with a 2.93GHz Intel Core Duo processor was 63.6. >> >Obviously one cannot make a direct comparison between MIPS and SPEC rate, >> >> You are confusing MIPS and MHz. MIPS may be meaningless, but MHz means >> far less. > >No, I am not. That's funny. I could have swown that you wrote, "a 1.4GHz P4 ... SPECint_rate was 5.80.... a 2.93GHz Intel Core Duo processor was 63.6. Obviously one cannot make a direct comparison between MIPS and SPEC rate.... -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

