Re: Power Mac Performance
- To: MathGroup at talmanl.mscd.edu
- Subject: [mg270] Re: [mg247] Power Mac Performance
- From: Lou Talman <me at talmanl.mscd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 2 Dec 94 08:35:49 -0700
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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 13:19:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: BOSS at PMEL.NOAA.GOV
Subject: [mg247] Power Mac Performance
> I had the opportunity to compare the performance of the native version
> of MMa (2.2.2) running on a Power Mac 7100/66 with that of a Quadra 700
> running
> version 2.2.1.
> .
> .
> .
> I also ran a simpler test with the following results:
>
> Quadra 700
>
> Timing[Inverse[Table[Random[],{100},{100}]];]
> {7.95 Second, Null}
> Timing[N[Pi,500];]
> {0.55 Second, Null}
> Timing[10000!][[1]]
> 57.6833 Second
>
> Power Mac 7100/66
>
> Timing[Inverse[Table[Random[],{100},{100}]];]
> {0.966667 Second, Null}
> Timing[N[Pi,500];]
> {0.05 Second, Null}
> Timing[10000!][[1]]
> 9.16667 Second
>
> I would be interested in seeing the results of this simple test from
> other platforms such as the Sparc workstations and the Pentium-based PC.
>
> Ed Boss
> NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
NeXTStation Turbo
NeXTStep 3.1, 16 MB Ram,
33 MHz 68040
Mathematica v2.2
Timing[Inverse[Table[Random[],{100},{100}]];]
{2.25 Second, Null}
Timing[N[Pi, 500];]
{0.15 Second, Null}
Timing[10000!][[1]]
31.05 Second
--Lou Talman
Metropolitan State College of Denver