CPU Clock Speed Debate
Discussions focus on the limitations of clock speed as a measure of CPU performance, comparing historical processors like the 486, Pentium, i860, and others while highlighting factors such as IPC, architecture, and software efficiency.
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Better CPU arches were never faster, definitely not by much.
yeah transmeta c1 had the same claim. turns out there's a lot more to cpu speed than executing math operations in a straight line.
Aren't the processor speeds different now?
What made it faster than a Mac? Clock speed, low wait states, or something else?
The important part:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_i860#Performance ;)
Chip speed isn't as important as good software
Clock speed doesn't matter.
Could be as basic as clock speed differences.
on a 486 or a pentium, i think it used to take longer before that.
"most people do not fully max out their their pentium-133Mhz cpus. therefore we should not speed up computers"said no one ever.this is the same line of argument