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286, 386, 486 chips where are we now?

  • 15-10-2010 3:54pm
    #1
    Liberalbrehon
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭


    Back in the day, we all got excited by the new processors that came out from intel in the mid-90's. I've completely lost track on chip technology, based on the processing power of a 386 chip where are we now with a new chip from Intel?


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  • #2
    maglite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭maglite


    moores law is a good start


  • #3
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    A Core-i7 is over 9000 times faster than a 386.


  • #4
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,400 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    You could search for benchmarks http://hwbot.org/browseHardwareProcessors.do?cpuSubFamilyId=196

    super pi 1M calculation
    Modern processor
    http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/superpi/world_records
    1. 5sec 781ms Hicookie Intel Core i7 980X @ 6930MHz »

    vs

    1991 50mhz amd
    http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/am386dx_40?tab=2drankings#/manufacturer.rankings.do?applicationId=3&manufacturer=amd&hardwareTypeId=CPU_2204&hardwareType=CPU&tabid=cpubenchmarks
    1. 2days 21h 36min 32sec 992ms WoOx3r[Pt] AMD Am386DX-40 @50MHz Air 2.0

    the two days does sound a bit extreme, here are some 486 times
    1. 1min 44sec 609ms DrSwizz AMD i486DX-33Mhz @40MHz Air 0.0
    2. 36min 0sec 20ms orange AMD Am5x86-P75 @162MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    3. 40min 59sec 260ms orange AMD i486DX4-100Mhz @121MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    4. 44min 1sec 200ms orange AMD 486DX4-120Mhz @121MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    5. 56min 7sec 100ms orange AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @80MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    6. 56min 15sec 0ms Badrig AMD i486DX4-100Mhz @100MHz Air 0.0 AwardFabrik
    7. 56min 22sec 500ms orange AMD i486DX2-80Mhz @80MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    8. 57min 12sec 436ms DrSwizz AMD i486DX2-50Mhz Overdrive @80MHz Air 0.0
    9. 58min 7sec 655ms DrSwizz AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @80MHz Air 0.0
    10. 1h 0min 42sec 908ms Turrican AMD i486DX4-100Mhz @100MHz Air 0.0 Team OCX
    11. 1h 2min 24sec 0ms Mickael AMD i486DX4-100Mhz @100.6MHz Stock 0.0
    12. 1h 2min 49sec 991ms Turrican AMD i486DX2-80Mhz @80MHz Air 0.0 Team OCX
    13. 1h 8min 21sec 0ms Badrig AMD i486DX4-75Mhz @75MHz Stock 0.0 AwardFabrik
    14. 1h 9min 17sec 680ms RemiKo AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @67MHz Stock 0.0 United Team of Poland
    15. 1h 10min 14sec 890ms Thomas Olivaux AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @67.2MHz Stock 0.0
    16. 1h 12min 33sec 0ms Ginner AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @67.2MHz Stock 0.0
    17. 1h 15min 36sec 503ms Turrican AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @66MHz Air 0.0 Team OCX
    18. 1h 22min 11sec 570ms orange AMD i486DX-50Mhz @50MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    19. 1h 26min 16sec 0ms kwaz2 AMD i486DX2-66Mhz @67.2MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz
    20. 1h 26min 38sec 0ms kwaz2 AMD i486DX4-100Mhz @100MHz Stock 0.0 warforum.cz


  • #5
    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    Even Intel don't understand there own naming scheme now - they've called so many different unrelated chips "Pentium" at this stage.

    But basically, it went 286, 386, 486, Pentium, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Core 2 Duo/Quad, and now i3/5/7.

    That's only for desktop computers though, laptops had a somewhat different system after the Pentium 3, with the Pentium M, the Core Solo/Duo, Core 2 Duo, and now i3/5/7.

    Also, Intel have used Celeron and Pentium as names for budget laptop and desktop chips, which are usually cut down versions of whatever is the current main line.


  • #6
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    Ghost Train wrote: »
    You could search for benchmarks http://hwbot.org/browseHardwareProcessors.do?cpuSubFamilyId=196

    super pi 1M calculation
    Modern processor
    http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/superpi/world_records
    1. 5sec 781ms Hicookie Intel Core i7 980X @ 6930MHz »
    SuperPi is single-threaded, so it doesnt utilize the mutliple cores and multiple threads-per-core that many modern processors have.


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  • #7
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,400 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Voodu Child wrote: »
    SuperPi is single-threaded, so it doesnt utilize the mutliple cores and multiple threads-per-core that many modern processors have.

    true, but is there a multicore benchmark tool with data for a 386


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