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CPU History Tour (1995 - 1999)

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See how various processors perform in application and gaming tests. This article is the first part of a large benchmark project. Part one covers CPU development starting with Pentium Classic and up to Pentium III and Athlon.




SuperPI mod XS 1.5

Compute of 1 milion digits of PI.


SuperPI 1M [s] (Lower is Better)


Pentium III 600EB
189.5
Athlon 600
215.7
Pentium III 500
243.8
Pentium II 450
272.1
Celeron 533
289.7
K6-III+ 577
304.7
2 × Celeron 433
315.4
Celeron 433
315.9
K6-III 450
363.6
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
366.0
Celeron 333
366.7
Pentium 300 MMX
442.5
Celeron 300
468.1
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
472.5
Pentium II 233
481.9
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
486.7
K6-2 450
500.4
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
508.0
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
511.4
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
569.0
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
571.0
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
576.7
Pentium 233 MMX
608.2
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
612.1
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
623.1
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
636.8
MII-333GP
682.6
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
690.5
Pentium 166 MMX
750.6
K6 233
782.9
K6-2 233
831.2
Pentium 166
835.6
MII-233GP
899.6
K6 166
958.8
6x86L PR166+
1 306.3
WinChip C6 200
1 435.0
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CPUmark 99

CPUmark measures raw performance using x86 and x87 instructions. Memory and cache performance also influences the score.


CPUMark 99 [points]


Athlon 600
57.9
Pentium III 600EB
56.5
K6-III+ 577
55.4
K6-III 450
48.5
Celeron 533
39.3
Pentium III 500
38.2
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
34.7
2 × Celeron 433
34.3
Celeron 433
33.9
Pentium II 450
33.6
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
29.3
K6-2 450
28.9
Celeron 333
27.4
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
24.3
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
24.1
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
22.3
MII-333GP
21.5
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
19.9
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
19.8
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
19.5
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
19.0
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
19.0
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
19.0
Pentium II 233
18.6
Pentium 300 MMX
18.4
K6 233
17.3
K6-2 233
17.3
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
17.1
MII-233GP
16.7
K6 166
14.6
Celeron 300
14.4
Pentium 233 MMX
12.8
WinChip C6 200
12.6
6x86L PR166+
11.5
Pentium 166 MMX
11.2
Pentium 166
10.4
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wPrime v1.55 32M

Multi-threaded benchmark. Calculates prime numbers.


Wprime 32M [s] (Lower is Better)


2 × Celeron 433
221.0
Athlon 600
264.5
Pentium III 600EB
317.5
Celeron 533
358.3
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
360.1
Pentium III 500
386.1
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
409.5
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
417.0
Pentium II 450
428.4
Celeron 433
443.1
K6-III+ 577
490.8
Celeron 333
576.4
K6-III 450
623.5
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
627.4
Pentium 300 MMX
631.1
Celeron 300
670.6
K6-2 450
774.7
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
779.6
Pentium 233 MMX
815.0
Pentium II 233
828.7
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
836.9
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
871.1
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
973.5
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
978.3
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
998.7
MII-333GP
1 036.6
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
1 076.3
Pentium 166 MMX
1 147.6
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
1 161.1
Pentium 166
1 242.6
MII-233GP
1 390.3
K6 233
1 435.2
K6-2 233
1 450.9
WinChip C6 200
1 567.6
6x86L PR166+
1 798.6
K6 166
1 914.0
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UCBench 2011

UCBench measures speed of password cracking of RAR archive. This application is multithreaded and also can make use of modern instruction sets.


UCBench 2011 [points]


2 × Celeron 433
11.8
Athlon 600
10.5
Pentium III 600EB
8.1
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
7.3
Celeron 533
7.2
Pentium III 500
6.8
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
6.4
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
6.1
Pentium II 450
6.1
Celeron 433
5.8
K6-III+ 577
5.0
Celeron 333
4.5
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
4.0
K6-III 450
4.0
Celeron 300
4.0
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
3.9
K6-2 450
3.9
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
3.9
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
3.2
Pentium II 233
3.1
Pentium 300 MMX
2.8
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
2.8
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
2.6
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
2.6
MII-333GP
2.6
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
2.6
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
2.6
Pentium 233 MMX
2.2
K6 233
2.0
K6-2 233
2.0
MII-233GP
1.9
Pentium 166 MMX
1.6
6x86L PR166+
1.5
Pentium 166
1.5
K6 166
1.4
WinChip C6 200
1.2
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HWBOT Prime

Multiplatform Java-based benchmark. Supports multithreading.


HWBOT Prime [points]


2 × Celeron 433
654.6
K6-III+ 577
555.0
Pentium III 600EB
537.3
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
510.7
Athlon 600
499.0
Celeron 533
498.0
K6-III 450
490.3
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
490.0
Pentium III 500
484.6
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
482.5
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
479.7
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
476.6
K6-2 450
464.6
Pentium II 450
458.6
Celeron 433
452.3
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
441.8
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
414.8
Celeron 333
387.6
MII-333GP
378.9
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
372.1
K6-2 233
341.3
MII-233GP
339.9
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
339.6
Pentium II 233
330.9
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
328.0
Celeron 300
323.7
K6 233
311.2
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
300.6
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
293.2
Pentium 300 MMX
283.5
Pentium 233 MMX
254.4
K6 166
251.0
Pentium 166 MMX
209.0
WinChip C6 200
206.1
Pentium 166
197.8
6x86L PR166+
0.0
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Summary – Synthetic Benchmarks [%]


Athlon 600
87.32
2 × Celeron 433
83.86
Pentium III 600EB
83.58
Pentium III 500
66.52
Celeron 533
66.41
K6-III+ 577
66.01
Pentium II 450
60.20
Celeron 433
57.33
K6-III 450
56.02
2 × Pentium II 266 (EDO)
54.59
K6-III 450 (MVP3)
51.14
2 × Pentium II 233 (SDR)
50.97
2 × Pentium Pro 233 (256k)
48.52
Celeron 333
46.94
K6-2 450 (MVP3)
44.75
K6-2 450
44.07
MII @ 300 MHz (PR433)
38.07
K6-2 450 (non-cacheable)
37.46
Celeron 300
36.33
Pentium 300 MMX
35.33
Pentium Pro 233 (1024k)
35.16
Pentium II 233
34.99
K6-2 300 (FSB 100)
34.91
MII-333GP
33.23
Pentium Pro 200 (1024k)
31.36
K6-2 300 (FSB 66)
30.64
Pentium Pro 200 (256k)
29.74
Pentium 233 MMX
27.58
K6-2 233
27.40
K6 233
26.79
MII-233GP
26.77
Pentium 166 MMX
21.87
K6 166
21.35
Pentium 166
20.27
WinChip C6 200
18.14
6x86L PR166+
11.87
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