I have a K6-2/300, and it is much slower than a Pentium. I actually
use it for RC5 because it is so slow at LL testing, though I have a
K6/233 doing factoring work. The K6 suffers because a) it can't do
FXCH at the same time as another FP instruction (which Pentium's can),
and also it can only do 1 FP instruction per 2 clocks at full load.
I'd guess the performance is about the same as a P150 (I know coz that
the K6/233 is about the same speed as a P100).
It's a shame that the K6 can't compete with the Pentium here, because
otherwise I find it to be fine for everything I use it for (games esp.)
Michael.
>On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Bob Margulies wrote:
>> I have just discovered that my wife is about to be presented with a new
>> computer which contains a K6-2/333 processor, 64K L1, 512K L2, 64MB of
>> SRAM. I would be willing to invest a few $$$ of my own in an upgrade to
>> a Pentium if it made a substantial difference in running Prime95. My
>> understanding is that the program has been optimized for the Pentium.
>> The question is - how well does it run on the K6?
>>
>> Can someone please give me a comparison of the merits of the K6 vs. the
>> Pentium? Also, please withhold comments on the domestic implications of
>> the problem.
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