dnetc benchmarks

[yakumo9275]

I'm starting to wonder if the compilers for the pa6t are just crap and its hitting cache misses/branch misses etc and nuking its pipelines. I'd expect similar results of x1000 to the other g4's when it comes to raw cpu tasks...

and it may just be the pa6t really isnt all that fantastic and meeting the hype....

[yakumo9275]

PA6T is not a G4. Its core is an independent design. And for sure it is not the 8-th wonder of the world.

did I say it was? I said It expected its raw compute power to be on par with the other g4s, meaning the 3 g4's cpu's in the benchmark.

my only thought is the g4 compiler pipeline is mature, the pa6t is not, and I just wonder if poor compiler support is more to blame for the initial showing of low benchmarks in areas I'd expect it to be on par with g4 class cpu's.

[yakumo9275]

*) Someone doing some linux benchmarking would easily be able to tell if the issue is a software one.

not if the issue is GCC related.