AMD -K5™ Processor Performance Brief free download

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Application Note 20084B/0--Jul1996 AMD-K5 Processor Performance Brief AMD-K5TM Processor Performance Brief This document contains information on measuring the perfor- mance of the AMD-K5TM processor. The methodology described here demonstrates that the AMD-K5 processor attains compa- rable performance to the Pentium processor. A description of the benchmark, the methodology used to rate processor perfor- mance, and tips to ensure optimal performance when evaluat- ing processors are included. What is the P-Rating? In order to more clearly report processor performance, AMD, Cyrix, IBM Microelectronics, and SGS-Thomson jointly devel- oped the P-Rating system. The P-Rating system reports a pro- cessor's equivalent Pentium-level performance using a combi- nation of actual applications for the Microsoft