Stan writes:
 
>Wirt writes:
>>
>> If the 917, 927, 937, 947, 918 series processors are taken to be 10 on the
>> performance scale, then the 9x9KS series are as follows:
 
>...
>but, 917 and 918 are measurably different.
 
>My timings of the two machines show the 918 about 18% faster.
>(This is strictly CPU hog timings, with no OS calls of any kind, and
>no floating point usage.)
 
>Note that the 918 (without superscalar) vs. 917 is about what
>would be predicted from the ratio of their respective clock speeds.
 
I, like Will Rogers, only know what I read in the newspapers :-). The numbers
I quoted are HP's published ratings. However, I too would have expected at
least a slightly faster processor, exactly as Stan measured, based on their
published clock speeds.
 
Wirt Atmar