Ehmm His knowlege about Intel processors doesn't mean he knows how to
perform a benchmark.
I could now plug a 200MHz Pentium/MMX into my motherboard. Now
suppose I made a new processor that runs at 1GHz, and fits into the
same socket. At 1000MHz it performs twice as fast as a Pentium/MMx.
Collins suggests that I should benchmark this processor at 200MHz,
and conclude that it runs about 2.5 times slower than a Pentium?
Real life performance comes from how much a processor can do every
clock cycle, and how fast a clock it can run. My hypothetical
processor above could do very little in every clock, but makes up very
well by running at a high clock speed. If Intel could pump their P200MMX
to 1GHz in a few weeks, then collins would be right.
The Pentium II seems to be a few percent slower than a Pentium Pro at
the same clock rate. However it can run at a higher clock rate to
make up the difference.
Roger.