Thomas Esser wrote: > My experience is that CPU (and compilers / compiler flags) matter a lot > and the rest does not matter much. Memory performance helps as well > and having a lot of RAM is a good idea, too (so that the OS can cache > format files, macro packages, fonts etc.).
Thanks for replying. > For a benchmark, you can try > time tex texbook >/dev/null 2>&1 Well, I think texbook.tex is not the best file for benchmarking. It must be one with more complicated (output) routine(s), IMHO. Not to mention the permission to complie this file. All my teTeX sites were compiled with gcc, and -O3 -march options. Here are the results from my "garbage collection": DEC Alphastation 233 MHz 128 MB SCSI 2 -------------------------------------- Linux alpha 2.4.27 #5 Sun Sep 26 11:50:12 CEST 2004 alpha EV45 GNU/Linux TeX (Web2C 7.5.2) 3.14159 kpathsea version 3.5.2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgt $ time tex texbook > /dev/null real 0m27.523s user 0m26.665s sys 0m0.491s Siemens Primergy Dual PentiumPro 200MHz 256MB SCSI 2 ---------------------------------------------------- Linux primergy 2.6.8.1 #9 SMP Sat Oct 2 00:03:44 CEST 2004 i686 Pentium Pro GenuineIntel GNU/Linux TeX (Web2C 7.5.3) 3.141592 kpathsea version 3.5.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgt $ time tex texbook > /dev/null real 0m9.997s user 0m9.798s sys 0m0.191s AMD K62/333MHz 384MB udma2 -------------------------- Linux linxi 2.4.27 #12 Fri Sep 17 22:49:07 CEST 2004 i586 unknown TeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159 kpathsea version 3.4.5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ time tex texbook > /dev/null real 0m12.922s user 0m11.750s sys 0m0.180s So, the dual CPU machine seems to be the fastest, even with less MHz. The Alpha is pretty slow, I will try next week to compile teTeX with the Compaq compiler. At work: AMD Athlon 1200MHz 512MB udma5 ------------------------------ Linux pc6 2.6.5-7.108-default #1 Wed Aug 25 13:34:40 UTC 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux TeX (Web2C 7.5.3) 3.141592 kpathsea version 3.5.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> time tex texbook > /dev/null real 0m1.561s user 0m1.487s sys 0m0.070s BUT: ConTeXt, 3 column, 23MB data: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> time texexec --once ida-temp.tex > /dev/null 2>&1 real 4m25.464s user 4m22.775s sys 0m1.042s Best regards, P.
