Mathematica 3 speed on a Sun Ultra1/200e ?
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- Subject: [mg14328] Mathematica 3 speed on a Sun Ultra1/200e ?
- From: jenningsj at mail.utexas.edu (Jim Jennings)
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 01:21:40 -0400
- Organization: University of Texas at Austin
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Is anybody out there running Mathematica 3 on a Sun Ultra1/200e ? I have been running Mathematica on an old PowerMac 7100/80 and I am looking for a way to get more speed. We have a Sun Ultra1/200e running Solaris 2.5.1. I am considering buying Mathematica for it but I would like to get some idea of how much faster things will be. I have checked Karl Unterkofler's Mathematica benchmak web page <http://smc.vnet.net/mathkarl3.html> and see an entry for... Machine: SUN Ultra 1, 200MHz, 196MB RAM Version = Solaris 3.0 (November 22, 1996) Benchmark = 0.975 I ran the benchmark on my Mac and got... Machine: PowerMac 7100/80, 104MB RAM, 105MB Virtual Version = Power Macintosh 3.0 (May 6, 1997) Benchmark = 0.422 So it looks like the Sun will be only 2.3 times faster. Can this be right? Our Sun has 384MB RAM, will that make a significant difference? It looks like I could do much better by just adding an upgrade card to my Mac... Machine: Power Macintosh 7100/66, Newer MAXpowr G3 PDS, 88 MB, MacOS 7.5.5 Version = Power Macintosh 3.0 (October 5, 1996) Benchmark = 2.27 ... 5.4 times faster! Can somebody explain to me what is going on here? Are the benchmarks missleading? Can someone running Mathematica 3 on a Sun Ultra1/200e with a memory configuration closer to mine tell me about their experience? Could you run the benchmark for me & email me the result? Thanks! ......................................................... Jim Jennings Research Associate jenningsj at mail.utexas.edu Bureau of Economic Geology (512) 471-4364 (voice) University of Texas at Austin (512) 471-0140 (fax) .........................................................