There's a VAX benchmark program. I ran it on my last machine and got something in excess of an 8600!
I'd be surprised if it isn't around somewhere, but if it isn't then I can upload it. On Fri, 27 May 2016 17:03:18 -0400 Clem Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a reasonable benchmark - moral equivalent of running the 741 > op-amp thru spice - Say a VAX under BSDx or VMS running some defined > load? > > > Also have you ever tried the DEC^h^h^hIntel C compiler on an x86 or > INTEL*64 target (Linux, Winders, or OS X). > > Clem > > On Friday, May 27, 2016, Mark Pizzolato <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My observations are that clang does indeed compile faster than gcc, > > > > however that doesn’t say much about how fast the compiled results > > > > actually run. > > > > > > > > If you’re only compiling a single simulator (which most users are > > > > probably interested in) the compile time difference isn’t enough > > > > to worry about. > > > > > > > > When changes to simulators are made, compiling with both gcc > > > > and clang are used since these compilers tend to detect different > > > > errors. > > > > > > > > - Mark > > > > > > > > *From:* Simh [mailto:[email protected] > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] > > *On Behalf Of *Kevin Handy > > *Sent:* Friday, May 27, 2016 12:04 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > > *Subject:* [Simh] Compiler differences > > > > > > > > Has anyone done a comparison (benchmarks) between simh emulators > > compiled with g++ verses clang? > > > > clang seems to me to run quite a bit faster than gcc, but I haven't > > run any actual comparisons between the two so it is completely > > subjective. > > > > A full 'make' seems to build faster with clang than gcc. > > > > Just curious. I recently noticed bthe clang stuff in the makefile, > > so I thought I'd try it out. > > > > _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
