How fast is the 440EP comparitively?

[amiface]

Ok guys, the news is really killer! But Im wondering how fast it is comparatively in terms of cpu horsepower. Will it for instance be faster than my Sony Vaio TX 1.2 Ghz Centrino? Or challenge my Mac Mini? I guess its slow by todays standards, but Ive been looking for some sort of simple bar chart that shows where the cpu speed is in modern terms, perhaps comparing to 68060, 603e, g3, g5 etc and the latest pentiums :-)

I know it really doesnt matter since the OS is so fast, but its a must know thing for me! I will buy one regardless though.

[Kronos]

All gadgets you've listed will whack the SAM for raw power. If you want to have something comparble, look for HW realeased at the beginning of the century.

[Hans_]

It's faster than both the 68060 and 603e by a long shot. It'll probably be similar to a G3 with the same clock-speed. The G5 and latest pentiums will leave it in the dust. My A1-G4 is faster in processing power terms, but the SAM440's memory bandwidth is higher, so in some tests (memory speed limited ones), the SAM will probably beat any Amigaone regardless of CPU speed.

I thought that ACube had done some benchmarks, or was that only memory speed tests?

Hans

[jorkany]

Since you plan to buy one regardless, you can do a Linux comparison against other systems when yours arrives. But it's really meaningless to compare it to anything other than OS4 on AmigaOne and the old PPC add-on cards running OS4. Clearly it's a slower processor than the A1, but apparently the SAM has some advantages in memory bandwidth. Overall I'd guess that the SAM is probably faster since it doesn't have a history of burning up like the A1 is prone to do, resulting in weeks/months of lost time while waiting for reapairs.

[amiface]

shame they didnt make it with a bit more of a modern cpu - is there a good reason for this? I guess g3 etc is not compatible? but what is the fastest possible PPC that would be compatible?

Anyway since it outperforms 68060 and 603e, that alone is a good enough reason for me to "upgrade" to it, that and the immense portability + non hackedness. I will try to build it into a gamecube case maybe :-)

[Hans_]

Seeing as they can't survive on sales to Amiga fans alone, the board is designed for use by industrial customers. They used an embedded PowerPC chip and the particular one chosen was probably the best chip for a reasonable price that they could get at the time. Amiga OS 4.x is compatible with PowerPC G3, G4 because thats what Amigaones have. However, those would require not just the G3/G4 chip, but a northbridge chip, southbridge chip, etc. Whereas embedded chips have all essential peripherals (minus graphics) onboard (e.g., USB, SATA, etc.).

Hans