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Erik <vik...@kozi.com> wrote in article <33A07A...@kozi.com>...

> > In article <339DF2...@pe.net>, scott <cha...@pe.net> wrote:
> > >does ne 1 know how many MIPS a mac 300 mhz prosessor does
> > >the pentuim II 300mhz can do up to 700-800 MIPS in optimal performance
> > 
> > Yes, but the comparison is meaningless.
> > 
> > Later,
> > Blake.
> 
> MEANINGLESS!?  What is wrong with you?  MIPS is THE best way to compare
> processor power!  Not Mhz, not architecture, not number of diodes, not
> how many you can shove in your ass at one time, but MIPS because that's
> what it all boils down to.  You fool.

Never call someone a fool and then proceed to behave as one. 

MIPS is not what it boils down to. As I have posted previously, different
architectures, especially RISC vs. CISC, can yield identical performance
with vastly difference MIPS ratings. RISC chips will have very high MIPS
ratings due to their nature, but because of the reduced set, need to
perform several instructions to perform a complex instruction that is
native to the CISC computer. A task that takes 50 instructions on a RISC
may take 12 on a CISC, so a 40 MIPS RISC will perform identically to a 10
MIPS CISC. 

Comparing MIPS is useless. As has been mentioned, testing software suites
is normally the best benchmark of real world performance. 

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