Re: Timing and Pi
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg84310] Re: [mg84308] Timing and Pi
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:05:52 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
$Version
6.0 for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)
Timing[N[Pi, 1000000];]
{2.68925,Null}
Mac OS 10.5.1
Mathematica 6.0.1.0
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac6,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Bob Hanlon
---- peter <glassymeow at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i wish to see other people results in running the code:
> Timing[N[Pi,1000000]]
> i am using mathematica 6 ,windowsXp
> i have tried the code on two machines:
> 1- celeron 2.6GHZ-256kb cash, memory DDR-512MB-400Mhz
> the timing result is 4.281 seconds
> 2- pentium D-925 dual processor 3GHZ-4MB cash , memory DDR2-2GB-667Mhz
> the timing is 3.218 seconds
> i am astonished that there is not much difference between the two values, even the second machine are speedier in cpu frequency and have more cash and the memory frequency.
> thanks for all
> peter