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Trying to compare IBM 360-95 to modern quad core

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I'm trying to get a feel for how fast the IBM 360-95--released as a supercomputer in 1968--was compared to a modern Q6600 processor.

From IBM, it says "The Model 95s are capable of computing 14-digit multiplications at a rate of over 330-million in a minute. "

However, I have no idea how I can use that to compare to a quad core processor. Anyone have some idea?
 
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With a quick and dirty script (PHP), I multiplied two 14-digit numbers 650,000,000 times in a minute, on a single core.

Using a very (very) informal benchmark, I can say that a Q6600 is at least 7.1 times faster than a 1968 supercomputer :D :laugh:
 
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in raw power, that is probably correct, dont forget that CPUs today have instruction sets used to speed up, not to mention other non-number crunching technologies.
 
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Oh yeah, some distributed computing clients get a couple GFLOPS out of a Q6600 making it incredibly faster than that IBM.
 

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With a quick and dirty script (PHP), I multiplied two 14-digit numbers 650,000,000 times in a minute, on a single core.

Using a very (very) informal benchmark, I can say that a Q6600 is at least 7.1 times faster than a 1968 supercomputer :D :laugh:

Awesome!! So I guess you got the 7.1 number by converting your processor to the Q6600, then multiplying by 4?
 
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