Slightly OT: SUN Ultra 30 Workstation equivalence

Tom Jones plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Tue, 14 May 2002 23:28:11 -0700 (MST)


Funny you should say that, in my experience, an E450 would make a pretty
good nightstand.

TJ


On Tue, 14 May 2002, George Toft wrote:

> 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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