Latest EMME/2 Benchmarks

Since the last published EMME/2 benchmarks (October 1989 and April 1990 EMME/2 News) many new machines have appeared on the market. A year and a half ago, we were marveling at desktop computers approaching mainframe CPU throughput. It is now a standard feature for personal workstations to act like little bombs. Even tiny notebook computers, such as the Chicony NB5620, give impressive results. Just take a look at the following benchmarks!

Computer Model Processor Speed Date Auto Assignment Trans.

CPU/FPU MHz 1 it. Total Ass.

HP 9000-720 HP RISC 50 11/91 3.0 32.7 6.15

IBM 6000/320h IBM RISC 25 10/91 5.4 59.0 12.73

SUN IPX SPARC 40 11/91 6.7 74.1 15.91

SUN SPARCstation2 SPARC 40 01/91 6.9 76.2 20.00

IBM 6000/320 IBM RISC 20 11/90 7.1 78.3 16.73

SUN SPARCserv.470 SPARC 33 02/91 7.5 82.5 19.61

SUN ELC SPARC 33 11/91 8.1 88.6 19.05

IBM 3090 NEC AS/EX90 n/&a 09/89 8.4 92.7 19.15

HP9000-835 HP RISC 30 09/89 10.3 113.6 23.38

Compaq 486-33 (DOS) i486 33 02/91 10.6 119.7 31.70

Siltron 486 i486 33 05/91 10.8 124.3 37.50

SUN SPARCserv.330 SPARC 25 01/90 11.1 121.8 23.50

Compaq 486-25 (SCO) i486 25 11/91 11.3 122.4 27.43

DELL 433E i486 33 09/90 11.5 135.2 40.80

VAX 6410 DEC n/&a 06/91 12.5 138.0 33.19

Chicony NB5620 386SX 20 11/91 53.8 599.2 147.91

At this pace, within a year, we will have to change our benchmarks if we want to have the time to see them run...

Two years ago, we defined a graphic benchmark with a very small hatchwidth parameter to ensure a sufficiently long display time (see EMME/2 News of June 1991). With the top three machines from the above table, the display times are 1.8, 3.3 and 3.6 seconds respectively. Barely enough to time it.

As you will read these lines, HP will have announced its 9000/710 computer which is a low cost version of the 720 and approximately 70% as fast. Also, SUN will announce a new generation of SPARC chips in a few weeks.