results of mathematica speed tests well here are the results of the mathematica test which i posted to this newsgroup the test was the following command plot d x y x y x y x y plotpoints i was just curious how fast the plot command would be executed on various macintosh machines as well as other personal computers and workstations the results are posted below machine system math vers of trials time min pb with tuneup mb ram mb for mathematica dec ultrix v a for dec risc iisi cache mb f enh mhz mb ram mb for math w c mb ram q mb cache mb for math sparc sunos station mb ram sgi iris d r risc processor version sparc sunos station iisi next nextstep cube based w coprocessor next nextstep ave cube mhz mb ram iisi mb mb for enha math w next mb ram mhz workspace manager funny how the iisi running at mhz is slower than other equivalent machines lots slower in fact perhaps the version of mathematica makes a difference or the fact that not much ram was allocated another interesting thing is how fast the sgi did it wow basically though i wouldn t draw any conclusions from this data it seems that mathematica s speed is dependant on a lot of variables i was just curious how different machines would measure up well if you have any questions or if i forgot something just drop me a line at cmmiller iastate edu chad ps if the spacing of the above table doesn t come out right on your machine tell me and i ll mail you a copy of this in a binhexed word document
