Slightly OT: SUN Ultra 30 Workstation equivalence

[George Toft]

Read a performance comparison a few months ago in LJ.  The author, with
many disclaimers, showed the same code on a Sun E250 running about 1/2
as fast as a Pentium 800.  Similar amounts of RAM and Hard Drives.

With that "benchmark" all you need to do is equate a Sun Ultra 30 to an
E250.  In my experience, and E250 or an E450 would make a good desktop
machine :)

George



AZ_Pete wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know roughly what a SUN Ultra 30 workstation (with 256Mb ram)
> would be equivalent to on an x86 architecture.
> Is it about the same as a P3-800Mhz, or P2-400Mhz, or P4???
> 
> I know that the SUNs use RISC chips and there is no "direct conversion"
> between the two, but a rough guideline would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
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