[parisc-linux] bogomips?

Grant Grundler grundler@dsl2.external.hp.com
Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:43:06 -0700


Tom wrote:
> As a rough guess, my 715/100 feels like a Pentium chip of roughly twice
> the speed, while my C180 feels like a P2 of roughly twice the speed. Don't
> know if the bogomips back that up, but that's the way they feel.

I've heard that from a bunch of people and seems like a good rule of thumb.

Someone once told me: "bogomips is just a dick waving contest".
(apologies to any female readers who are offended).
But that statement accurately  sums up how useful bogomips
is for comparing perf.

grant