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I wondered about that too. In some of those benchmarks, the Pi was only 4x faster or so. But the 700 MHz Pi clock is about 12x faster than the 60 MHz SPARC. So
by coderjames 11y ago
I wondered about that too. In some of those benchmarks, the Pi was only 4x faster or so. But the 700 MHz Pi clock is about 12x faster than the 60 MHz SPARC. So in a same clock rate test (e.g. a theoretical 700 MHz SuperSparc), it seems like the SPARC should be faster.
I have an SMP SparcStation 20 in the closet (either 2- or 4-way, can't remember). I should dig it out and run those benchmarks myself.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoA lot goes into processor performance besides clocks. Pipelines, caches, memory bandwith, timing of individual instructions... even the compiler version on same compiler. So, go ahead and give the junker a spin to see how it compares. Might surprise you.
- eschaton 11y agoIf you can, I'd love to see those benchmarks not just on SunOS 4.1 or Solaris, but on something like NetBSD 7.0 using a recent GCC or clang. It might make for a good comparison since the hardware is close to what the benchmark was originally run on. And if you're in the Bay Area and looking for a home for that system… I looked into getting one as I was writing, and while Weird Stuff and MemoryX have OK prices on CPU boards and memory, I was seeing prices of about $300 for a working SS20!
- nickpsecurity 11y agoThat's same range as eBay. Many of the old, RISC machines hold their value well. The SunBlade workstations still go for around $1000 if loaded. The AlphaServers are holding out well across the board: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Sunblade+workstation&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xalphaserver.TRS0&_nkw=alphaserver&_sacat=0 http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Sunblade+workstation&_o...