Frequently Asked Questions
1. My browser does not show anything meaningful. What is wrong?
This site heavily relies on CSS and Javascript. With older
browsers, which not support these features, the site cannot be viewed
correctly. Sorry.
2. I found a new system, which is not on market. When will it be
available?
Manufacturers can send data of upcoming systems to SPEC. They have
to bring them to market 6 month after submission at the latest.
3. How can I print a plot.
You can print plots using the print function of your browser. If our
page is to wide, try printing in landscape mode.
4. What do the CPU categories, that you use, mean?
We classify the systems by their type of CPU. The following
list shows the most important types of CPUs and into which
category they fall:
- alpha:
- DEC Alpha 21264A
- DEC Alpha 21264B
- DEC Alpha 21264C
- athlon:
- AMD Athlon
- ia64:
- Intel Itanium
- Intel Itanium 2
- mips:
- R12000
- R14000
- nehalem:
- Intel Core i7
- opteron:
- AMD Opteron
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- parisc:
- PA-8600
- PA-8700
- PA-8700+
- pentium3:
- Intel Pentium III
- pentium4:
- Intel Pentium 4
- Intel Pentium 4 Xeon
- pentium5:
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- Intel Xeon 51xx
- pentiumm:
- Intel Pentium M 755
- Intel Pentium M 780
- Intel Core Duo T2600
- powerpc:
- PowerPC 970
- PowerPC 970MP
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- power3:
- IBM Power3
- IBM Power3-II
- power4:
- IBM Power4
- IBM Power4+
- power5:
- IBM Power5
- IBM Power5+
- power6:
- IBM Power6
- sparc:
- UltraSparc II
- UltraSparc III
- UltraSparc IV
- Sparc 64v
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5. You do not plot all systems that are listed at SPEC. Which
systems are visible and which are not?
Due to the large amount of systems listed at SPEC, plotting all of
them would overload the plots. We therefore just plot systems which
outperform earlier systems of the same CPU category. This provides
a good impression of the improvements made to a certain hardware
architecture over time.
