Re: CPU Speed

[koffiejunkie <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

Telly Williams wrote:
> > On 07/21/07 20:08, Telly Williams wrote:
> > > 	The HP, under cpuinfo, has:
> > >
> > > 		model name: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
> > > 		cpu MHz: 367.497
> > > 		stepping: 0
> > > 		cache size: 64 KB
> > >
> > > 		ram: 256 MB
>
> Am I seeing things?
>
> 	I just looked in the BIOS under the Advanced section and under the CPU Speed (366 MHz) it shows:
>
> 		Cache RAM: 512 KB

This cache ran much much slower than the cache on the PII.

Comparing a K6 (not even a K6-II/III) and a PII is a bit like comparing 
a Pentium4 and an Athlon with the same clock speed.  The PII was just a 
more powerful processer, and could do more per clock cycle.