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Application Note 116 Performance Rating the Cyrix M II-300 Processor


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Application Note 116
Performance Rating the Cyrix M II-300 Processor





APPLICATION NOTE 116           Performance Rating the
                               Cyrix M II-300 Processor




                      Megahertz and Performance
                      In the past, performance of a processor has been measured in megahertz (MHz).
                      The MHz rating simply refers to the clock speed of the processor. If the clock speed
                      is increased, the performance increases for the same type of processor.
                      For different types of processor architectures, clock speed is not a good indicator of
                      comparative performance. For example, one could imagine two processors
                      operating in parallel as one device, and an other device with only a single processor.
                      With both operating at same clock speed, their performance would be markedly
                      different.
                      The best way to compare processors is to directly measure their performance. In a
                      real world situation, this can be done by running the same popular business
                      programs on all processors under test. To ensure consistency, an application bench-
                      mark program should be used that runs these programs using a fixed script. The
                      script should model the steps a typical user would use in the real world. As the
                      benchmark runs, it should navigate through several types of applications, exercising
                      the computer-system components for about an hour. In Cyrix's opinion, an excel-
                      lent program for performing this type of application benchmark testing is Winstone
                      98 as it conforms to the criteria mentioned above.


        Application Note 116     - Performance Rating the Cyrix M II-300
                                                               Examples of Different Processor Architectures




                  Examples of Different Processor Architectures
                  The table below lists current Intel and Cyrix processors and their different
                  architectural features.

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                  Synthetic Benchmarks
                  Synthetic benchmark programs are small programs found in popular utility pro-
                  grams. These benchmark programs are called "synthetic" in that they merely loop
                  through an arbitrary set of instructions and do not accurately indicate real world
                  performance. Depending on the instructions chosen, they can be very misleading.




                  The Cyrix Performance Rating
                  A "Performance Rating" has been defined so one can compare Cyrix processors
                  with Intel



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