[Zope] Python performance of SPARC vs Intel (was: [Zope] contrasting Zope vs.

[Tony.McDonald@newcastle.ac.uk]

> I would be much interested on the performance of python on some high-end 
> SPARC box.
> 
> >From my limited testing (using pystone.py), the SPARCs appear to be
> _much_
> slower for python code.
> 
> my home Celeron450 runs at
> 
> [hannu@kodu hannu]$ /usr/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py
> Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 1.71
> This machine benchmarks at 5847.95 pystones/second
> 
> and dual PentiomIIIXeon 500/512 IBM Netfinity at:
> 
> [hannu@nf hannu]$ /usr/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py
> Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 1.65
> This machine benchmarks at 6060.61 pystones/second
> 
> It would be nice to get some comparison numbers from other chip
> architectures.
> 

I have two data points.

iMac 266MHz
Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 2.41667
This machine benchmarks at 4137.93 pystones/second
>>> 

(preliminary data - I'll get processor data etc tomorrow).

Solaris 2.6 - Sparc
103 % bin/python /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py
Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 4.17
This machine benchmarks at 2398.08 pystones/second

Another Solaris (2.7) box
102 % python /usr/local/lib/python1.5/test/pystone.py
Pystone(1.1) time for 10000 passes = 3.85
This machine benchmarks at 2597.4 pystones/second

I'm gobsmacked!

Tone.