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So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 1:51:44
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| A little while ago I had the idea to test old pc hardware from the 386/486/pentium1 era against 68k amigas to see at what point pcs caught up in what areas, and in what areas the amiga couldremain competitive the longest. As it turned out I wasnt as prepared hardware wise as Id initially thought, with the slowest working machines in my posession being too fast for a fair comparison.
I do however have many 10-20 year old pcs (and newer) so thought "lets see how the AmigaOne and especially Sam systems compete". When put on a similar playing field (sata drives, radeon 9200, and other like for like comparisons) where does the "new" ppc Amiga stand. Over the next few weeks I'll be testing about half a dozen platforms on a few different OSes, using both "official" drivers and gallium/mesa. Hopefully this will give people a rough idea of what to expect, performance wise out of OS4 hardware, as well as maybe a few ideas of what to expect once gallium3d is available to OS4.
On top of that it gives me another excuse to fool around with old computers, which is something Ive been enjoying lately :)
And before anyone bothers to point it out, yes, we all know general responsiveness on an amiga-oid system is very good even on low spec gear, but some (many) things are a matter of raw computational resources. |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 1:58:28
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| @fishy_fis
Sounds like a intresting and fun project :) |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 2:28:26
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Boy did your post bring back a memory. I had picked up the Amiga dealership when Commodore still owned it. I worked in a electronics/computer shop and the owner allowed me to sell the Amiga500's alongside our Tandy, Packard Bells and other stock. One day a customer was standing in front of my demo A500 looking despondent. "I have a question" he said. "How come this $600 computer is running circles around my $2500 386?" The Amiga was running NewTek's demo reel. Ahh those were days!
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 2:59:07
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 3:22:28
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I beg to differ. Surely running real, everyday software is representative of real world tests? :) Given that a "modern" Amiga is pretty much the same as a pc, running the same software on both is a very fair method of comparison. The only thing different is the instruction set. To make it even more like for like Im even using the same hardware. |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 4:35:02
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 11:32:49
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Give me real World s/w tests that have real meaning, something you can't do between Amiga & a PC. |
Yes you can. Benchmark Firefox vs Timberwolf._________________ Support AROS sponsor a developer.
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 13:29:51
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That isn't even a valid test, as Firefox on windows will have all sorts of optimisations and hardware acceleration that we don't (yet) have for Timberwolf. Even something simpler like NetSurf has vast frontend differences between platforms, and is not a fair comparison.
A better real world comparison will be to install Debian on the PC and the Amiga, and *then* run some real world software on both. Same OS, same software, direct hardware comparison (notwithstanding any PPC-specific drivers probably being a bit rubbish)
Last edited by Chris_Y on 22-Jul-2014 at 01:30 PM.
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 13:32:18
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In a wholly ridiculous thread, your comment is the only one with a glimmer sense! First rule of experimentation - Minimise the variables. |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 14:17:06
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 14:34:40
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Then fix the OS.
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 15:30:53
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Huh?
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 15:34:05
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but the only one available everywhere |
dnetc suite is also available nearly on all platforms. However, it is not "benchmark" in classic sense.
Doom and Quake can be used for benchmarking and there are probably even more examples of multiplatform application benchmarks. |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 15:36:30
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460EX 1 GHz is comparable at best to Pentium III 1 GHz (I bet it is closer to 800 MHz). G3 and G4 CPUs deliver similar performance/clock as Pentium III (except AltiVec of course). |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 15:55:13
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We should remind ourselves, PIII, G3, G4 CPUs didn't get slow. The OSes that ran on them got bloated...
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 16:14:42
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If you're going to test different system's get timings for stuff people actually want... eg.
Time to install the OS.
Time to install a browser
Boot time from power on and reboot time
Time between when the desktop opens and it's actually usable.
Time to start a program, browser for example.
Years spent watching eggtimers and spinning balls.
Time how long it takes to boot, run a word precessor, type a one page letter, save it and shutdown.
Time (de)archiving lha, zip etc. eg: > lha x -q Downloads:Dopus5_91_dev_os4_debug-13-06-14.lha ram: > get _RunTime 1.253443 Shutdown Times _________________ OS4 Rocks X1000 beta tester, Sam440 Flex (733)
Visit the Official OS4 Support Site for more help.
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 22-Jul-2014 17:06:18
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| I feel I must share my graph of a benchmark we did at amigaos.se. It's a bit old, but I think it still holds.
The phrase "högre är bättre", only means that a higher value is better, whereas for the other values lower is better.
Pay extra attention to the yellow bar!
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 23-Jul-2014 5:23:57
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Yes you can. Benchmark Firefox vs Timberwolf. |
Seriously?! You've obviously never used Timberwolf then, it can be considered an Alpha release at best, barely useable on anything less than an X1000. It takes over 2 mins to even load up on my A1XE and then consumes 100% of the CPU while loaded, certainly not at the stage it's ready for benchmark tests, it's a proof of concept really IMHO. |
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 23-Jul-2014 6:53:54
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Xmas87 wrote: We should remind ourselves, PIII, G3, G4 CPUs didn't get slow. The OSes that ran on them got bloated...
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Re: So, how fast/slow *is* OS4 hardware? Posted on 23-Jul-2014 9:51:55
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And aside from the Windows optimisations: Timberwolf is based on FF4. FF for Windows is on version 31 now.
If anything, the only browser test that could be done is Odyssey vs something like Safari. But instead of focussing on the browser, just focussing on the engine (WebKit) instead. But even that won't be too fair unless the test is done on an X1000. Last edited by Vistaus on 23-Jul-2014 at 09:53 AM.
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