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Re: Re: Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers

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• Subject: [mg64327] Re: [mg64299] Re: [mg64287] Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers
• From: Renan <renan.birck at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:32:56 -0500 (EST)
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On 2/10/06, fizzy <fizzycist at knology.net> wrote:
> Can someone explain why AMD does so well on this test and Pentium does so
> poorly by comparison??
> I am planning to buy a new  computer and these tests seem to indicate that a
> Mathematica user should buy an AMD machine.

I'd guess that an Athlon 64 CPU is faster than a Pentium 4
(32-bit).(most AMD CPU's that I see in the benchmark are 64-bit)

Does Mathematica support special instructions like SSE?

• References:
  • Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers
    • From: karl unterkofler <karl.unterkofler@fhv.at>
  • Re: Comparison of Mathematica on Various Computers
    • From: "fizzy" <fizzycist@knology.net>