X86 vs. Broadcom: Competition

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Who will win?
i286: Austria: born 1982
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
i386: Malaysia: born 1985
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
AMD-K5: Malaysia: born 1996
65%
 65%  [ 25 ]
BCM4702 - Broadcom: Taiwan: born 2002
2%
 2%  [ 1 ]
BCM4712 - Broadcom: Taiwan: born 2004
28%
 28%  [ 11 ]
Total Votes : 38

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Eko
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:52    Post subject: X86 vs. Broadcom: Competition Reply with quote
Hi, lets have some fun: lets have little competition here: Who will route faster?

Contestant list: there is a nice group photo available!

1.) i286: Austria: born 1982
2.) i386: Malaysia: born 1985
3.) AMD-K5: Malaysia: born 1996
4.) Linksys - Broadcom: Taiwan: born 2005

Bets are on..... please vote!

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
First result: BCM4702 @ 125 MHz: 15.7 Mbps max
Code:
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type             : Broadcom BCM4710 chip rev 0
processor               : 0
cpu model               : BCM4710 V0.0
BogoMIPS                : 82.94
wait instruction        : no
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : no
hardware watchpoint     : no
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available
~ # free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        14176        10104         4072            0         1268
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        14176        10104         4072


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
2nd result: BCM4712 @ 200 MHz: 16.6 Mbps max (ADM switch)
Code:
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type             : Broadcom BCM4712 chip rev 1
processor               : 0
cpu model               : BCM3302 V0.7
BogoMIPS                : 199.47
wait instruction        : no
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : no
hardware watchpoint     : no
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available
~ # free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        14176         8728         5448            0         1160
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        14176         8728         5448


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:18    Post subject: Reply with quote
3nd result: BCM4712 @ 216 MHz: 18.4 Mbps max (5325 switch)
Code:
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type             : Broadcom BCM4712 chip rev 2
processor               : 0
cpu model               : BCM3302 V0.7
BogoMIPS                : 215.44
wait instruction        : no
microsecond timers      : yes
tlb_entries             : 32
extra interrupt vector  : no
hardware watchpoint     : no
VCED exceptions         : not available
VCEI exceptions         : not available
~ # free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        30384        14708        15676            0         1872
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        30384        14708        15676


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
4th result: AMD K5 PR100 @ 100 MHz: 28.5 Mbps
Code:
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 5
model           : 0
model name      : 05/00
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 100.247
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge up
bogomips        : 200.94

~ # free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        27536        15652        11884            0         2128
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        27536        15652        11884
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 15:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
5th result: AMD K5 PR133 @ 100 MHz: 33.8 Mbps
Code:
~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 5
model           : 1
model name      : AMD-K5(tm) Processor
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 100.236
cache size      : 24 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge up
bogomips        : 200.89

~ # free
              total         used         free       shared      buffers
  Mem:        27536        14996        12540            0         2004
 Swap:            0            0            0
Total:        27536        14996        12540
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 20:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
amd fpu helps Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 20:56    Post subject: Reply with quote
a fpu wont help. dd-wrt doesnt use floating point so much. especially within the network stuff. all fpu stuff is only gui related
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 21:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
Somehow I get the feeling that a very old Celeron@366MHz will be like a monster Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent. Still a far cry from the 92mbps of the previous system, but the K5 impressed me.

I'm willing to test it for ya. Got plenty of old computers here.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:14    Post subject: Reply with quote
u3gyxap wrote:
Somehow I get the feeling that a very old Celeron@366MHz will be like a monster Smile

Yep, see my Celeron 400 here http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6430
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
What about an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1Ghz? Is that over kill?? That should smoke!
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
Since the Celeron 400 pretty much saturates 100mb network, the Athlon will give you overhead to run other processes.

I've been pricing some parts, it is cheaper to build a Sempron 2600+ than an Athlon XP right now, Sempron CPU and motherboard for about $100 USD.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 21:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
0ldman wrote:
Since the Celeron 400 pretty much saturates 100mb network, the Athlon will give you overhead to run other processes.

I've been pricing some parts, it is cheaper to build a Sempron 2600+ than an Athlon XP right now, Sempron CPU and motherboard for about $100 USD.


I got a Athlon 1Ghz just laying around, so all I would need is a cheap motherboard with alot of PCI slots, RAM, and a smallish hard drive.

I am also thinking bigger ( but still cheap) by grabbing a spare 760MP board and 2 Athlon MP processors. I think this board has 64-bit PCI slots too...

Oh the possibilities...
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yea, I got a couple of PIII 1GHz systems on the way, couple of 1.2GHz Durons, just need some free time.
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