TroyW
Experienced Member
Ok, I remembered recently reading a long time ago that someone claimed that a 68000 and a 80386DX - at the same clock speed (say 16MHz) performed identically. That got me thinking, has anyone got any speed comparisons between different CPUs? Say 6502 Vs Z80, AMD 386DX Vs Intel 80386 Vs 68000, or 6502 Vs 8088?
I know that a straight speed comparison between different platforms isn't usually valid, due to many things - Operating system (where applicable), supporting hardware, differences in the CPUs themselves, etc., but even a rough idea of where they all fit in against each other would be interesting, wouldn't it?
Perhaps if we could find out the Instructions Per Clock for the majority of instructions for each CPU, then take into account what clock speeds they ran at, and work it out that way?
Any ideas, suggestions, opinions?
I know that a straight speed comparison between different platforms isn't usually valid, due to many things - Operating system (where applicable), supporting hardware, differences in the CPUs themselves, etc., but even a rough idea of where they all fit in against each other would be interesting, wouldn't it?
Perhaps if we could find out the Instructions Per Clock for the majority of instructions for each CPU, then take into account what clock speeds they ran at, and work it out that way?
Any ideas, suggestions, opinions?