Timing results
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1938] Timing results
- From: maddog at cybernet.com (MD Squiers)
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 22:32:56 -0400
- Organization: Cybernet Systems Corporation
I am in the process of evaluating Mathematica, both in terms of
functionality and performance. This message deals with performance
issues:
I am trying to decide which platform is best suited to run Mathematica. I
received timing tests from Wolfram Research and am interested in other
people's experiences. A surprising (then again, maybe not) feature of these
tests is that the PowerMac 9500/132 either outperformed or was at the top
of each performance test. Some examples:
Timing[N[Sin[1/2],2500]][[1]]
PowerMac 9500/132 1.46 sec
DEC 3000/600 1.83
Pentium 100 Mhz 5.33
Timing[N[Pi,10001]][[1]]
DEC 3000/600 2.1
PowerMac 9500/132 3.06
Pentium 7.96
First[Timing[Eigenvalues[Table[Random[],{200},{200}]]]]
IBM RS/6000 3.45
PowerMac 4.61
DEC 3000/600 8.07
f[x_]:=4x-4x^2;
Timing[ Nest[f,0.6,5000]][[1]]
HP9000/735 1.74
PowerMac 1.94
DEC 3000/600 3.2
This is by no means as exhaustive as the list I have. In each category, I
have listed the best performance, along with the PowerMac and DEC
3000/600. Since I can potentially put Mathematica on any platform - I'd
like verifications of these timings, if possible.
Thank you,
MD Squiers,
Research Engineer,
Cybernet Systems Corporation