re x x how do they compare rvenkate ux cso uiuc edu ravikuma venkateswar writes ray netcom com ray fischer writes how about some numbers here some kind of benchmark benchmarks are for marketing dweebs and cpu envy ok if it will make you happy the is faster than the bfd both architectures are nearing then end of their lifetimes and especially with the x architecture good riddance besides for wait state performance you d need a cache anyway i mean who uses a processor that runs at the speed of ns simms note that this memory speed corresponds to a clock speed of mhz the point being the processor speed is only one of many aspects of a computers performance clock speed processor memory speed cpu architecture i o systems even the application program all contribute to the overall system performance and roughly the is twice as fast at a given clock speed as is the numbers look them up yourself ray fischer convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth ray netcom com than lies friedrich nietzsche
