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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.alpha From: clagman@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Alpha 21264 vs. AMD K7 Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 06:21:27 GMT > In the latest issue of the german computer magazine c't > (http://www.heise.de/ct/inhalt.shtml) > there is a cpu-power-test which shows that this is true only for the > Compaq-fortran compiler and not for the other compilers used to do the > spec95-benchmarks. Hmmm I just checked on the spec website and using a standard fortran 77 and fortran 90 compiler the 21264 525Mhz hits a specfp95 of 45, I seriously doubt the 600Mhz K7 will touch it considering its (as of yet unoptimized) base score of 21. >In all the other benchmarks the K7 was faster. Uhhh what benchmarks? Give me specifics. I know that the integer capabilities of the Athlon are indeed wonderul. >The test was also between a 500MHz 21264 and a 600MHz K7, >since the Alpha-cpu isn't available with other speeds >yet. So we have to wait for a real showdown. And by the >way, do you know how much you have to pay for an Alpha >compared to the K7? I cant seem to find any info on that page about what you are talking about....I guess my German isn't very good. The cost of a dual 500Mhz system with 2 21264 500 MHz CPUs 4MB Cache per CPU 6 PCI/1 ISA, 2 Serial/1 Parallel 512MB of SDRAM (up to 4 GB maximum) Full-size Chassis with 10 drive bays or 8u Rack Mount 630 Watt Power Supply 9.1 GB Ultra2 Wide SCSI Drive (7200 RPM) and ITI 6100 Ultra2 SCSI Controller 80 MB/sec 10/100 PCI Ethernet ELSA GLoria Synergy 8MB Graphics Accelerater 40X IDE CD-ROM Drive 1.44 MB Floppy Drive, Keytronics Keyboard and Logitech 3-button PS/2 Windows NT Workstation (CD) or Red Hat Linux (CD) (configured for two processors) Also available with Compaq Tru64 UNIX $13,500 including 19" mon. This might seem expensive to the layman but to me its a super cheap mainframe or render engine (or good for the occasional Gaussian or Nastran sim) considering that a 16 R12k processsor SGI Orgin 2000 probably costs over a million bucks and scores close the the same in this bench. You could actually sell CPU time to people with a machine like that (or 2 heh). By the way the Alpha's 21264 version is already hitting 667Mhz now :o) ===