Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 1997 17:44:18 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: Off Topic (MMX Overdrive performance) |
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> The net result is that the MMX Pentium is almost as fast as the Pentium > Pro at the same clock rate while dissipating much less heat.
the PPro has an on-chip L2 cache (which runs at CPU clock speed), which is a huge advantage in SMP setups, considering the limited (66MHz, 64 bit) memory bandwith, plus the large and inevitable latencies associated with accessing the memory bus.
-- mingo
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