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From:	Laurence Darby <ldarby@mips.com>
To:	Alex Gonzalez <linux-mips@packetvision.com>
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Subject: Re: Benchmarking RM9000
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Alex Gonzalez wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am doing some basic benchmarking tests on our RM9000 based platform,
> running on just one of the two cores (non-smp kernel).

<snip>

> TEST                : Iterations/sec.  : Old Index   : New Index
>                     :                  : Pentium 90* : AMD K6/233*
> --------------------:------------------:-------------:------------>
> NUMERIC SORT        :          360.48  :       9.24  :       3.04


I'd expect a K6 to be able to do more Iterations per second than a
Pentium 90, not fewer. 


Laurence