Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Intel 386SX chip & its applications Message-ID: <11390@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 27 Jun 88 16:05:55 GMT References: <206900116@prism> <6734@cup.portal.com> <6859@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 15 In article <6859@cup.portal.com> mslater@cup.portal.com writes: | As for 286 vs 386 speed, I've seen a number of benchmarks that show that for | 16-bit code (8086 or 286 code) the 286 runs very nearly the same speed, and | sometimes slightly faster, than a 386. There are many instructions that | require fewer clocks on a 286 than on a 386. I checked 25 instructions at random in the manuals without finding these instructions. I can't say that you're incorrect since I haven't check every one, but I really would like to know which instructions are slower... -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me