Here are a few results comparing exhaust's simulator speed to those of pmars 0.8.6 and pmars 0.8.5. All tests were made with simulator options -bkF 4000 -r 1000, with the pmars' compiled with options -DSERVER and -DEXT94 at the highest optimisation level. Times are in seconds. * AMD K6-2 233 MHz. Compiler and options: gcc 2.7.2.3 -O4 exhaust-1.7 pmars-0.8.5 pmars-0.8.6 W L T Fixed vs Fixed 47.88 62.92 52.62 277 324 399 Jaguar vs Fixed 55.00 62.28 49.97 248 219 533 Jaguar vs Jaguar 70.42 69.57 56.83 125 143 732 Stalker vs Fixed 39.72 38.25 32.58 300 525 175 Stalker vs Jaguar 42.64 39.30 34.62 366 407 227 Stalker vs Stalker 34.74 30.86 27.65 470 458 72 nPaperII vs Fixed 68.71 89.01 73.52 215 173 612 nPaperII vs Jaguar 76.65 89.11 74.97 142 90 768 nPaperII vs Stalker 48.57 44.46 40.18 401 415 184 nPaperII vs nPaperII 87.78 109.13 97.70 86 94 820 avg. relative speed: 1.058 1.174 1.000 * Pentium III 500 MHz. Compiler and options: gcc 2.95.2 -O4 exhaust-1.7 pmars-0.8.5 pmars-0.8.6 W L T Fixed vs Fixed 20.27 22.26 20.84 277 324 399 Jaguar vs Fixed 23.52 23.47 22.36 248 219 533 Jaguar vs Jaguar 30.24 27.63 26.67 125 143 732 Stalker vs Fixed 16.23 15.01 14.24 300 525 175 Stalker vs Jaguar 17.27 15.34 14.63 366 407 227 Stalker vs Stalker 13.85 12.30 11.56 470 458 72 nPaperII vs Fixed 30.57 33.53 31.26 215 173 612 nPaperII vs Jaguar 33.97 34.05 32.50 142 90 768 nPaperII vs Stalker 20.50 18.66 17.60 401 415 184 nPaperII vs nPaperII 37.22 39.51 37.12 86 94 820 avg. relative speed: 1.065 1.057 1.000 * Alpha 21264 500 MHz. Compiler and options: Digital Unix 4.0F cc -std1 -O4 -tune ev6 -arch ev6 exhaust-1.7 pmars-0.8.5 pmars-0.8.6 W L T Fixed vs Fixed 7.3 16.2 16.1 277 324 399 Jaguar vs Fixed 10.3 19.8 19.8 248 219 533 Jaguar vs Jaguar 14.9 26.4 26.3 125 143 732 Stalker vs Fixed 8.3 14.3 14.3 300 525 175 Stalker vs Jaguar 9.0 15.3 15.2 366 407 227 Stalker vs Stalker 7.3 12.1 12.1 470 458 72 nPaperII vs Fixed 11.6 24.0 24.0 215 173 612 nPaperII vs Jaguar 15.5 28.8 28.9 142 90 768 nPaperII vs Stalker 10.5 17.3 17.4 401 415 184 nPaperII vs nPaperII 16.5 31.9 32.0 86 94 820 avg. relative speed: 0.540 1.000 1.000 * HP-PA 8500 350 MHz. Compiler and options: HP-UX 10.20 cc -Aa +O4 +Oall exhaust-1.7 pmars-0.8.5 pmars-0.8.6 W L T Fixed vs Fixed 10.6 16.2 10.6 277 324 399 Jaguar vs Fixed 14.7 22.5 14.7 248 219 533 Jaguar vs Jaguar 19.6 30.3 19.6 125 143 732 Stalker vs Fixed 10.1 15.9 10.1 300 525 175 Stalker vs Jaguar 11.1 17.7 11.1 366 407 227 Stalker vs Stalker 8.6 13.9 8.6 470 458 72 nPaperII vs Fixed 16.3 24.8 16.3 215 173 612 nPaperII vs Jaguar 20.2 31.5 20.2 142 90 768 nPaperII vs Stalker 12.3 19.6 12.3 401 415 184 nPaperII vs nPaperII 21.1 33.4 21.1 86 94 820 avg. relative speed: 1.000 1.562 1.000