Re: What microprocessor is more powerful, the Z80 or 6502?

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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2018 04:48

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On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:17:46 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach
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>Back in the late 70s and mid 80s you could chose between a Z80 and 6502,
>when it came to 8-bit home computers. Sure there where some micros using
>a M6809 (almost 16-bit) and some 8080 CPUs. But most of the micros then
>ran a 6502 or Zilog Z80.
>
>Which one is more powerful, not regarding custom chips taking load off the
>CPU, like early "GPUs" chips in the Commodore 64?
>
>I say the Z80 was. It could pair some 8bit registers to 16bit
>entities. It also already had some kind of primitives like the later 8086
>and all future microprocessors had the 6502 lacked, speeding up things
>and made programming in assembly easier.

     I am inclined to agree.  I did a bit of programming both, and it
seemed that more instructions were needed to make a 6502 go.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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