Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 May 1997 09:53:33 +0200 | From | Yann DUPONT <> | Subject | Re: Alpha 500 vs Bi Ppro. |
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Chris Arguin writes: > On Thu, 15 May 1997, Yann DUPONT wrote: > > > Today we were comparing > > a Bi Ppro 200 (128 Mo Ram) & A No-name Alpha 500 Mhz (21164 Ev5) 256 Mo Ram > > 1Mo cache. > ... > > To our great disapointment, it seems that the pentium Pro is faster > > than the Alpha. We weren't expecting that. > > > > Ok, maybe we didn't test it the right way, and we will give it another > > try with a more serious benchmark. Anyway, today we tested: > > > > Compilation : > > > > For exemple we compiled Python 1.4 > > (make -j) > > > > on bip (Bi pentium pro) => 26 sec. > > on Alpha => 57 sec > > > > Ok, maybe the code generation on alpha is longer ? > > Compiling RISC code does take a lot longer, and GCC isn't exactly > optomized for the Alpha anyway. Also, when you say "Bi pentium pro", do > you mean you actually have two pentium pro processors? I ask simply > because I've never seen it written that way. That would make a big
Yes, it's a dual pentium pro. I'm sorry; I'm french, and we use to say "Bi Ppro".
> difference as well. Get two alpha chips and the alpha would probably win.
Of course. But our main concern is Quality/Price Ratio. And for the moment, Alpha is far behind...
Anyway I've got lot of responses and suggestions, and I'll try to make a summary when I'll have more consistents results.
Yann.
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