From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB482BB84 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k47K4pol001306 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:52 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA00205 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr (smtp6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.25]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k47K4oYn001303 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:51 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0609.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AED8E2400101 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pegasos (LAubervilliers-151-12-84-108.w193-252.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.252.63.108]) by mwinf0609.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 872792400107 for ; Sun, 7 May 2006 22:04:50 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20060507200450553.872792400107@mwinf0609.wanadoo.fr Received: from sven by pegasos with local (Exim 4.50) id 1FcpRX-0008Ly-5A; Sun, 07 May 2006 22:01:27 +0200 Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 22:01:22 +0200 To: Jon Harrop Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Performance on PPC Message-ID: <20060507200122.GA31951@powerlinux.fr> References: <200604290029.20792.jon@ffconsultancy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200604290029.20792.jon@ffconsultancy.com> "From: sven.luther@wanadoo.fr" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Sven Luther X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 445E52E4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 445E52E2.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 ocaml:01 compares:01 ocaml:01 lambda:01 lambda:01 powerpc:01 2006:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 calculus:01 debian:02 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 12:29:20AM +0100, Jon Harrop wrote: > > Has anyone done any OCaml benchmarks on x86/AMD64 and PPC? I'd like to know > how PPC compares specifically on OCaml programs. It does pretty well. I had done some tests some time ago, using a lambda calculus interpreter calculating the fibonacci numbers reducing lambda expressions, and i was very agreeably surprised comparing a G4 cpu to and AMD box. I don't remember the details though. Mmm, it is well possible that it was still with 240Mhz 603e cpu even, compared to a 600-700 AMD box. The same goes for building the debian ocaml powerpc package, compared to building it on a x86 box. > I assume Intel-based Macs are equivalent to Intel-based PCs. Probably yes, provided you compare ones with similar cpus. Friendly, Sven Luther