Re: Mathematica performance improvements
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- Subject: [mg89907] Re: Mathematica performance improvements
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:28:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <g3kuol$7eo$1@smc.vnet.net> <g3nhac$fi$1@smc.vnet.net>
� wrote:
> Syd Geraghty wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Some may be interested in the three successive benchmarks below run on
>> my MacBook Pro starting with Mathematica 5.2 in Jan 2007.
>>
>>
>> {
>> {"Machine Name:", "syd-geraghtys-computer"},
>> {"System:", "Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)"},
>> {"Date:", "January 8, 2007"},
>> {"Mathematica Version:", "5.2.2"},
>> {"Benchmark Result:", "1.76"}
>> }
>>
>> {
>> {"Machine Name:", "syd-geraghtys-computer"},
>> {"System:", "Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)"},
>> {"Date:", "May 7, 2007"},
>> {"Mathematica Version:", "6.0.0"},
>> {"Benchmark Result:", "1.67"}
>> }
>>
>> {
>> {"Machine Name:", "syds-macbook-pro"},
>> {"System:", "Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)"},
>> {"Date:", "June 19, 2008"},
>> {"Mathematica Version:", "6.0.3"},
>> {"Benchmark Result:", "1.94"}
>> }
>>
>
> What kind of benchmark did you use and what do the numbers mean?
I believe the above results come from the *Benchmarking* package
(standard add-on).
Evaluate,
Needs["Benchmarking`"];
BenchmarkReport[]
then, look for the section [Plain Text Version] at the bottom of the
generated report.
Regards,
-- Jean-Marc