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This is a little comparison I threw together in FinalCalc. It shows the
performance of some common CPU's. It also compares CPU efficiency as well as
raw performance. A good SPEC/MHz ratio is important because it is easier for
a manufacturer to increase the clock speed of a CPU than it is for them to
make the CPU more efficient. Also the SPEC/MHz ratio allows you to estimate
the performance of new or future CPU's. For example, the upcoming BiCMOS
PowerPC 604 clone from Exponential at 500MHz will likely give you SPEC
ratings of: SPECint 800 and SPECfp 825. This would make it one of the
fastest CPU's on the market.

FILES:

CPU-Compare.IFF    - 800x600 IFF graph of the CPU compare data
CPU-Sheet.IFF      - 800x600 IFF pic of the actual spreadsheet
CPU-info.sheet     - FinalCalc format spreadsheet file
CPU-compare.readme - This file

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                 8715   75930  11.5% -lh5- 6813 Jul  3  1996 CPU-Compare.IFF
[generic]                  531     988  53.7% -lh5- cabc Jul  3  1996 CPU-compare.readme
[generic]                 3679    9971  36.9% -lh5- 1797 Jul  3  1996 CPU-info.sheet
[generic]                  350     501  69.9% -lh5- 61fe Jul  3  1996 CPU-info.sheet.info
[generic]                14488   47846  30.3% -lh5- a23a Jul  3  1996 CPU-Sheet.IFF
[generic]                 3171    8026  39.5% -lh5- db90 Jul  3  1996 CPU-info.wks
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 Total         6 files   30934  143262  21.6%            Jul  5  1996