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English: Performance measurements of the Acorn R-series and other Unix workstation systems as reported by various sources in approximate chronological order of introduction of these systems. |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | PaulBoddie |
| Source code | Gnuplot codeset terminal svg enhanced size 1280 960 font "DejaVu Sans,24"
set output 'RISCiX_performance.svg'
set title "Performance of the Acorn R-series and various competitors\nin approximate chronological order of introduction"
set xlabel "Product"
set yrange [0:*]
set style data histogram
set style histogram cluster gap 1
set style fill solid border -1
set key top left reverse Left
set boxwidth 0.8
set xtic right rotate by 45 scale 0
plot 'RISCiX_performance.dat' using 2:xtic(1) ti col linecolor rgb "#800000", '' u 3 ti col linecolor rgb "#000080"
Data# Performance of the Acorn R-series and various competitors in approximate chronological order of introduction
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System "Integer (Dhrystone)" "Floating-point (KWhetstone)"
"Acorn R140" 5972 769
"Digital DECstation 3100" 22438 11050
"Sun SPARCstation 1" 21739 7813
"Olivetti CP486" 25456 5847
"Acorn R260" 22425 2788
"Compaq Deskpro 486" 24336 9843
"Digital DECstation 5000/200 CX" 38168 16978
"HP 9000/425t" 38941 4417
"Sun SPARCstation 2" 35587 19920
"Digital DECstation 5000/240" 60700 27000
"Sun SPARCstation 10" 67000 43300
#
# Sources:
#
# Acorn R140 (5972 Dhrystones, based on the A3000 score)
# https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=286141#p286141
#
# Acorn R140 (769 kWhetstones, estimated from the 96153 Whetstones reported
# for single-precision arithmetic under floating-point emulation
# on the Archimedes multiplied by an eight-fold performance
# improvement estimate, 96153 * 8)
# Taylor, Gordon (September 1987). "Aiming High". A&B Computing. pp. 58-62.
# https://archive.org/details/risc-user-vol-3-iss-02-dec-89/page/49/mode/1up
#
# Digital DECstation 3100 (22438 Dhrystones, 11050 kWhetstones)
# Digital DECstation 5000/200 CX (38168 Dhrystones, 16978 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_unix-review_1990-12_8_12/page/n76/mode/1up
#
# Sun SPARCstation 1 (21739 Dhrystones, 7813 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_unix-review_1989-11_7_11/page/n114/mode/1up
#
# Olivetti CP486 (25456 Dhrystones, 5847 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_personal-workstation_1990-01_2_1/page/41/mode/1up
#
# Acorn R260 (22425 Dhrystones, 2788 kWhetstones)
# https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=286141#p286141
#
# Compaq Deskpro 486 (24336 Dhrystones, 9843 kWhetstones)
# HP 9000/425t (38941 Dhrystones, 4417 kWhetstones)
# Sun SPARCstation 2 (35587 Dhrystones, 19920 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_unix-review_1991-05_9_5/page/63/mode/1up
#
# Digital DECstation 5000/240 (60700 Dhrystones, 27000 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_unix-review_1993-01_11_1/page/n58/mode/1up
#
# Sun SPARCstation 10 (67000 Dhrystones, 43300 kWhetstones)
# https://archive.org/details/sim_unix-review_1993-03_11_3/page/43/mode/1up
#
# Remarks:
#
# Single-precision Whetstone scores are used where available.
# Dhrystone 2.1 scores are used where available.
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