#68030
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If you have access to a Usenet node, look in net.micro.68k for a set of
benchmarks run by the University of Rochester comparing the 68xxx family
with the 80xxx family. It shows relative performance for several
benchmarks (the ones from EDN) written in assembly for each processor. In
each benchmark, the fastest cpu was rated 1.0. The only benchmark that the
80386 outperformed the 68020 (with cache enabled) was the string
manipulation benchmark. In that one the 80386 was 1.00 and the 68020 rated
1.02. In all the rest (bit manipulation, indirect addressing, qsort, etc)
the 68020 rated 1.00 to the 80386's 2.nn or greater! The overall average
showed the 68020 at 1.02 and the 80386 at 1.89. Timings in seconds were
also posted but I don't have them handy. If anyone is interested I can
upload the article. Rick Schaeffer