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From: djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson)
Subject: Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ?? (How do they compare?)
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1993 05:55:59 GMT
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The 486 at the same CLOCK is NOT as fast as the 040 at the same
clock speed.  The '040 also has much better floating point unit.
Now the DX2-66 is faster than the '040 at 33Mhz.  But for your
reference the 486 at 33 mhz gets ~14MIPS while the '040 at
33mhz gets ~20MIPS.
