Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ncar!ames!haven!uvaarpa!babbage!mac3n From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: 80386 vs. 68030 Summary: ?MHz / cache / etc... Message-ID: <436@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 6 Dec 88 14:04:40 GMT References: <18266@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <3283@mipos3.intel.com> Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 12 > >So, as regards the 80386/68030 -- Which is better? Which is faster? uh... You gotta say whether you want a 16, 20, or 25MHz 80386. How fast is the memory system? cache? Besides, what do you want it for, FLOPS or context switches/second (is there a clever acronym for that?)? The support hardware probably makes at least as much difference as the CPU. Since most program(mer)s don't see it (directly), it's easy to forget. $include(:inc:disclaimer.lit)