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To: Charles R who wrote (69335)	8/20/1999 1:02:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Respond to of 1584071

Chuck - RE: "And, while you are at it, do you have spec numbers for HP8500-440MHz? "in recent HP tests, the net integer performance of a simulation of the first Merced chip was 90% of HP's current 440-MHz PA-RISC 8500, and 85% of the 8500's ability to calculate floating-point operations" ebnews.com " specbench.org Taking 90% of the SPECint_base score (that is the number we have of the Athlon) gives you 27.2, or only 2% faster than the 600MHz Athlon! Granted we don't know the MHz of this simulation, and that this IS a simulation ("The tests were conducted to eliminate factors such as bus speed, using software that would isolate the performance of the CPU."), but the Athlon still holds it own!