Messages in this thread |  | | From | Mailing List Reader (Steve Roberts) <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix anyone? | Date | Sat, 22 Jun 1996 11:04:14 -0700 (PDT) |
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> > I am running linux on the 120Mhz Cyrix-6x86 (P150+). THe Cyrix gives > > me bogomips of 119.6 which about reflects the 4-5x speedup I see > > compared to my old 486dx2-66. (Sorry I have no Pentiums to compare it > > to.) The compilation of a kernel setup whose final zImage is ~500k > > (compiled with "make dep clean zImage") takes ~11 minutes on the > > otherwise mostly idle system with 32Mb ram and no swap. > > My Pentium-166 with 32Mb EDO and 512kb PB cache gets 66.15 BogoMips > and does 'make dep clean zlilo modules modules_install' in under > 10 minutes (approx 9:30). > > I think this shows how BOGUS BogoMips are :-) Like the multiplier for the i486's is x2 (a DX4/100 will get roughly 50 bogomips) I have found the penitums get a x2.5 (a 166MHZ pentium gets around a 66 bogomips rating). BoboMips are just for a timing loop. I would suggest a real benchmark for benchmarking purposes.
Steve
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