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> Yeah, from the numbers it looks as if it would be dependent on the |
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> purpose of the cluster whether OS X or Gentoo would do better. On ppc, |
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> Gentoo does poorly on the first two benchmarks and also on context |
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> switching. On x86, the first two are more comparable with RH, but the |
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> others, Gentoo has a small to large advantage over RH, just as on ppc. |
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First and second benchmarks are dhrystone and whetstone, synthetic benchmarks. |
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I'd be wary of these types of benchmarks; they've been cheated before. I'd like |
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to see some real-world computation benchmarks. |
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Brandon Edens |
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