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Re: Re: "2p" in BenchmarkReport[] ?

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• Subject: [mg58835] Re: [mg58808] Re: [mg58786] "2p" in BenchmarkReport[] ?
• From: "Yasvir A. Tesiram" <tesiramy at omrf.ouhsc.edu>
• Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:29:35 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi,
This Benchmark test has had me intrigued for some time, especially in 
Linux systems where system libraries change continuously. And I was 
especially amused when my little 2.0GHz Pentium M laptop (Debian 
Linux kernel 2.6.12) outdid a Redhat 9 Pentium4 3.2GHz and the Athlon 64 
3200+ (Suse Linux) when it came to Transposing matrices. I guess thats 
where the buck stopped, because it was thoroughly thrashed on all other 
accounts.

Cheers
Yas


On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Murray Eisenberg wrote:

> That's plausible -- but a bit surprising to me given benchmark results
> for my machine vs. some of the reference systems:
>
>         2p 2.4 GHz Opteron 250 (Sun Solaris 10):            1.45
> mine -> 3.2 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Windows XP Pro): 1.42
>         2p 2.5 GHz G5 Apple Mac OS 10.41):                  1.15
>
> I guess raw processor speed really makes a difference with these benchmarks.
>
>
> Sseziwa Mukasa wrote:
>> My guess would be dual processor.  With the option for more, eg 4p  for
>> a quad processor.
>>
>> On Jul 18, 2005, at 3:21 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>>
>>> Mathematica's version 5.2 StandardPackages Utilities`Benchmark`
>>> identifies several of the reference systems as "2p" -- e.g., "2p  1.4 GHz
>>> Itanium 2", "2p 2.5 GHz G5".
>>>
>>> What does the "2p" mean?
>>> --
>>> Murray Eisenberg                     murray at math.umass.edu
>>> Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Murray Eisenberg                     murray at math.umass.edu
> Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
> Lederle Graduate Research Tower      phone 413 549-1020 (H)
> University of Massachusetts                413 545-2859 (W)
> 710 North Pleasant Street            fax   413 545-1801
> Amherst, MA 01003-9305
>

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  • "2p" in BenchmarkReport[] ?
    • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>