VAX vs. Alpha for OpenVMS

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Fri May 23 20:55:54 2003

On Thu, 22 May 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:

> > The Alpha will be perhaps 2-3 times faster (at least going by the SPEC
> > numbers I can find for related models and guessing a little based on
> > frequencies).
>
> Really? The Alpha has about twice as much MHz, but the 21064 is known to
> need a lot of MHz per MIPS.

Of course any NVAX-based VAX would stomp all over a 21064, but the 4k60 is
significantly slower than a 4k90.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri May 23 2003 - 20:55:54 BST