VAX vs. Alpha for OpenVMS

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Fri May 23 11:27:01 2003

>On 2003.05.23 06:17 Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
>> >The data I have for the VS4000-90 is about 32 SPECmarks
>> >and similar numbers for SPECint/fp89.
>[DEC 3000-400 ]
>> It's about 71-75 SPECint, and I think around 110 SPECfp.
>Surprising for me. I thought that the gap was smaler.
>Maybe I should run a benchmark (== building the NetBSD world) on my
>machines.

I was in a hurry last night, here are the actual SPEC92 numbers from:
ftp://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/jdd/spectable

For VUPS see (unfortunatly the later VAXen have SPECmark89, and the Alphas have SPECint92/SPECfp92):
http://anacin.nsc.vcu.edu/~jim/mvax/vax-perf.html

Amazingly my memory was very close. My VMS server was originally a 3000/300LX, unfortunatly I can't remember if it acted as a mailserver, or if it was just serving up disks at that time.

I've included numbers from the 'spectable' file for most of the Alpha's that are listed, and are likely to be in hobbyist hands. I've also listed the smaller VAXen in that list.

                        Zane


System CPU ClkMHz Cache SPECint SPECfp Info Source
Name (NUMx)Type ext/in Ext+I/D 92 92 Date Obtained
================= ========== ======= ========== ======= ======= ===== =========
DEC VAX4000/60 KA46 22.2 ? 11.1 12.6 Mar93 DECinfo
DEC 3000/400 A21064 27/133 512+8/8 74.7 112.2 Apr93 c.arch

DEC VAX3100/38 ? ? ? 3.5 3.8 Mar93 DECinfo
DEC VAX3100/76 REX520 ? 128 7.1 6.6 Mar93 DECinfo
DEC VAX4000VLC SOC ? 25 5.8 6.3 Mar93 DECinfo
DEC VAX4000/90 NVAX 71 2/8 ? 30.2 Sep92 SPEC news

DEC 3000/300 A21064 30/150 256+8/8 66.2 91.5 Apr93 c.sun.mc
DEC 3000/300L A21064 20/100 256+8/8 45.9 63.6 Apr93 c.sun.mc
DEC 3000/300LX A21064 25/125 256+8/8 63.5 75.5 May94 SPEC news
DEC 3000/300X A21064 35/175 256+8/8 84.4 100.5 May94 SPEC news
DEC 3000/500 A21064 30/150 512+8/8 84.4 127.7 Apr93 c.arch
DEC 3000/500X A21064 40/200 512+8/8 110.9 164.1 Apr93 c.sun.mc
DEC 3000/600S A21064 35/175 2M+8/8 114.1 162.1 Oct93 c.arch
DEC 3000/700 A21064A 38/225 2M+16/16 162.6 230.6 Jul94 Digital
DEC 3000/800S A21064 40/200 2M+8/8 138.4 187.6 May94 c.sun.hw
DEC 3000/900 A21064A 39/275 2M+16/16 189.3 264.1 Jul94 Digital

DEC 200/4/100 A21064 ??/100 512+8/8 74.6 95.2 Feb95 Digital
DEC 250/4/266 A21064A ??/266 2M+16/16 198.6 262.5 Apr95 www.dec
DEC 255/233 A21064A ??/233 1M+16/16 180.0 210.0 Mar96 Digital
DEC 255/300 A21064A ??/300 1M+16/16 215.0 245.0 Mar96 Digital
DEC 500/266 A21164 43/266 2M+96+8/8 329.0 405.0 Mar96 Digital
DEC 500/333 A21164 46/333 2M+96+8/8 389.6 480.1 Mar96 Digital
DEC [24]00/4/166 A21064 33/166 512+8/8 116.2 134.8 Jul95 Digital
DEC [24]00/4/233 A21064A 39/233 512+16/16 157.7 183.9 Apr95 Digital
DEC 600/5/266 A21164 38/266 2M+96+8/8 289.0 405.0 Jul95 Digital
DEC 600/5/266 A21164 38/266 4M+96+8/8 292.8 433.5 Jul95 Digital
DEC 600/5/300 A21164 75/300 4M+96+8/8 337.8 502.1 Jul95 Digital
DEC 600/5/333 A21164 83/333 4M+96+8/8 412.4 545.2 Jan96 Digital

System CPU ClkMHz Cache SPECint SPECfp Info Source
Name (NUMx)Type ext/in Ext+I/D 95 95 Date Obtained
================= ========== ======= ========== ======= ======= ===== =========
DEC 200/4/100 A21064A ??/100 ?+16/16 1.88 2.79 Aug96 Digital
DEC 200/4/166 A21064A ??/166 ?+16/16 2.95 3.64 Aug96 Digital
DEC 200/4/233 A21064A ??/233 ?+16/16 4.28 4.32 Aug96 Digital
DEC 250/4/266 A21064A ??/266 2M+16/16 5.18 6.27 Apr95 www.dec
DEC 255/233 A21064A ??/233 1M+16/16 4.27 5.09 Mar96 Digital
DEC 255/300 A21064A ??/300 1M+16/16 5.23 5.81 Mar96 Digital
DEC 500/266 A21164 43/266 2M+96+8/8 7.93 11.1 Mar96 Digital
DEC 500/333 A21164 46/333 2M+96+8/8 9.82 12.5 Mar96 Digital
DEC 500/400 A21164 53/400 2M+96+8/8 12.3 14.1 Jun96 Digital
DEC 500/500 A21164 48/500 8M+96+8/8 15.0 20.4 Aug96 Digital
DEC 600/5/266 A21164 38/266 4M+96+8/8 7.91 11.8 Sep95 Digital
DEC 600/5/300 A21164 75/300 4M+96+8/8 9.78 13.4 Sep95 Digital
DEC 600/5/333 A21164 83/333 4M+96+8/8 9.23 13.2 Feb96 Digital
DEC 600A/5/500 A21164 ??/500 8M+96+8/8 14.8 17.4 May97 www.dec
DEC PW433AU A21164 ??/433 2M+96+8/8 13.9 18.1 Jul97 www.specb
DEC PW500AU A21164 ??/500 2M+96+8/8 15.7 19.5 Jul97 www.specb
DEC PW600AU A21164 ??/600 2M+96+8/8 18.4 21.3 Jun97 www.specb
DEC 3000/500 A21064 30/150 512+8/8 2.15 3.65 Sep95 Digital
DEC 3000/700 A21064A 38/225 2M+16/16 3.66 5.71 Sep95 Digital
DEC 3000/900 A21064A 39/275 2M+16/16 4.24 6.29 Sep95 Digital




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