SGI Performance Comparisons

Inventor Objects: rotation speed (single-buffered)

Last Change: 02/Apr/2023, 1041hrs

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These tests give the frames-per-second rates whilst spinning various 3D Inventor objects. Some of the models are my own, created over the years; others are from various SGI demos, eg. the 'Underwater Camera' and 'Huge Engine Model'.

NOTE: The frame rate figures given here are for single-buffered tests, ie. no attempt is made to synchronise the drawing of the 3D image with the display refresh of the monitor. Thus, a system's graphics hardware renders a model as quickly as possible, which means observed frame rates will usually be an obscure fraction of the monitor refresh rate, but can also be many times the refresh rate if a particular graphics system is sufficiently powerful or if the model is simple.

By contrast, double-buffered tests involve waiting for a monitor refresh event to synchronise the drawing of the object with the frame-by-frame display of pixel data on the screen. Thus, frame rates for double-buffered tests can never be more than the monitor refresh rate, are usually an integer divisor of the monitor rate, and usually do not represent the maximum capabilities of a graphics system. I present results of both types of test in order to offer as broad a range of information as possible, and also to show very clearly how different these two types of test can be. For full details on this issue, see my page on The Effects of Double-Buffering on Animation Frame Rates. I dedicate all effort to single-buffered tests now though since they are far more meaningful.


MAJOR UPDATE (29/Jan/2009): in recent weeks I took a closer look at all these results, after learning some new things about SGI gfx hardware and studying the CPU usage of various configurations. Firstly, I finally found out how to force an SGI to run any application in single-buffer mode, including any Performer application, namely by setting the environment variable, "DECOUPLE_SWAPBUF" to 'y'. Even though ivview has a menu option to use single buffer mode, that's just the rendering method within the Inventor application rather than the raw hardware setting. Using the above environment variable turns on true single buffer mode, giving more accurate results. Often this does not make too much of a difference, but it can do in some cases. Note however the setting is not applicable to O2 systems as it induces screen corruption in 3D windows such as Inventor.

Next, by using osview to monitor CPU usage, it is very clear that a great many of the SGI systems tested here are CPU-bound when running these tests. That is, the results are limited by the CPU speed, revealed by osview showing the CPU running at or near 100% usage. This is made worse by the fact that Inventor only uses one CPU to run ivview, so on any multi-CPU system the potential of all the other CPUs is wasted. Whether or not a system will be CPU-bound for any individual test depends on the window size, the precise graphics configuration, the nature of the 3D model, the application/libraries used to render the model (eg. Performer, Inventor, Maya, Alias), and to what extent the gfx hardware being used is applicable or not for the particular render mode being tested, eg. textured vs. wireframe.

These factors all mean that the results here should be taken with a major pinch of salt. For example, the Huge Engine Model 'MW' (Maximum Window) test gives 10.76 fps on my Fuel 900MHz V12 (with 94% CPU usage), but if I load the model into perfly instead then the frame rate rockets up to 68 fps and only 78% CPU usage! (or 88fps with textures turned off, giving almost 10M tris/sec, more inline with what one expect V12 to be able to do, at least on a single-CPU system anyway). In other words, using ivview to display the model means the bottleneck is often the main CPU, not the gfx, and note that the ivview numbers show Inventor is particularly slow at coping with textures.

The difference can be even larger on any multi-CPU system since perfly can utilise all available CPU resources. Testing various systems and models has shown that in many cases using a more optimised application such as perfly can give absolute performance results (triangles/sec I mean) that are an order of magnitude faster (or more) than the data shown here. This is especially true of high-end systems, any system with fast graphics (eg. desktop VPro) or tests that have their own inherant bottlenecks (eg. large landscape models).

I can only assume Inventor's internals must involve a rather top-heavy way of handling the 3D data, perhaps the high-level scene graph description is to blame. perfly accesses the graphics hardware more directly using a more optimised scene graph and so is much faster. Where things get complicated is when, for a particular test, a system may be CPU-bound with a large size window but gfx bound for a small size window, or it may be CPU bound in one rendering mode but gfx bound in another mode. Or a combination of these possibilities. Onyx2 reveals this strongly, with good results for shaded mode, but slow results for wireframe (CPU usage maxed out for wireframe, ie. CPU is the bottleneck); on the other hand, having 2 RMs vs. 4 RMs can muddle this up, ie. MW tests may or may not be CPU or gfx bound depending on the test, CPU, gfx mode, model complexity, etc.

For example, consider the chromeskins results for two of the Onyx2 systems:

                                             MW     MW/SH   MW/W     SW      SW/SH   SW/W

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      231.27  390.50  220.82  349.62   447.59  221.00    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      321.26  323.04  216.53  322.11   322.72  217.58    [hinv]

When the window is large, pixel fill is more important when textures are turned on, so the 4RM system is faster (probably caused by Inventor's poor handling of texture data). With textures off, the gfx hardware can go much faster (because of how poorly Inventor handles textures), so performance is now limited more by CPU speed - this is why the MW/SH and SW/SH results are almost the same for the R10K/250 system, but quite different for the R12K/400 system, ie. the /SH tests on the R12K/400 system are less dependent on CPU speed. But in wireframe mode, the bottleneck may be a combination of both factors: the R12K/400 eases any CPU bottleneck which might be present in the R10K/250 system, but its smaller number of RMs may cancel out the benefit of using a faster CPU, in both cases perhaps made worse by the way Inventor draws lines.

So, what to conclude? Well, these test results always were supposed to be 'real-world' tests, an example of what real work might involve for ordinary users, but to be fair to SGI's systems, it's unlikely users of mid-range and high-end systems would be using Inventor that much. As such, the data on this page is gravely understating how fast SGIs can be.

SGI's preferred library/API suite for obtaing maximum performance is IRIS Performer; most major 3D applications aimed at SGI high-end systems use Performer, eg. Vega/MultiGen. Alas, at the moment I don't know how to use perfly to display a model in exactly the way I want for a repeatable test, but I shall look into this. For now, it is safe to assume that whatever numbers you see here, in reality SGIs are capable of operating at significantly higher performance levels.

Now back to the original text on this page...


The objects I've used for these tests vary in their nature, but they do share one aspect in common: they're not 'perfect' objects, ie. they're often inefficient in their definition. This is entirely deliberate, because in the real world that is exactly how many 3D object files are constructed, eg. a landscape data set may have a huge number of triangles wastefully used to represent a flat area, but someone working with the model might not be allowed to alter it, or may not know how even if they could. Thus, although I always use the command 'ivview -p' to run these tests, I do not use ivview's object-optimisation options. Sometimes of course, it's possible to use software such as Optimizer to improve performance, but I don't deal with such issues here.

For each object, a brief description, the number of polygons it contains and a link to a screenshot are provided. Feel free to browse the screenshots page, which has most of the object models available for download.

Caveats:

Key:

   MWin (MW) = Maximum Window (click top-right button)
   SWin (SW) = Small Window (default size of ivview)
   /xx       = xx is the rendering mode; if none is given then the mode is
               'default', ie. texturing is ON if the model contains texture.
               Otherwise, see SH, W, T or HL below.
   SH        = shaded mode
   W         = wireframe mode
   T         = transparent
   HL        = hidden-line mode


Test A: Underwater Camera (42650 polygons). This model [screenshot] is from SGI's own demonstration collection. High-Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6: quality transparency was turned on for this test.

                                               MWin   MWin/SH   MWin/W   SWin   SWin/SH   SWin/W

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:        166.10   182.74    82.48  166.17   183.01    83.38    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:        133.47   134.06    82.75  133.33   133.80    82.75    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:               100.15   206.38    77.50  111.00   271.19    86.65    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:               100.03   205.59    77.42  110.78   270.19    86.65    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:               100.00   204.29    77.34  110.83   270.05    86.65    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:               100.03   205.12    77.23  110.70   269.17    86.60    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:              97.00   183.14    76.81  103.47   215.25    86.42    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                     98.62   194.61    76.13   98.46   194.50    75.17    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                     96.24   182.05    73.55  109.95   263.64    86.04    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:              88.79   143.24    52.36  101.60   195.90    69.81    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:               82.30   123.64    50.90   91.45   146.37    67.81    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:        77.46    77.87    61.15   77.48    78.10    62.17    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 SSE:              5.93    57.25    34.15   14.30    65.60    36.52    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:              47.96    55.71    27.27   53.68    63.53    28.56    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:              47.42    55.02    30.87   52.20    61.82    32.45    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:                3.98    53.97    32.56   10.33    63.20    35.20    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:             49.75    53.74    27.55   51.24    54.88    28.33    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           48.16    52.28    25.58   51.34    56.20    28.26    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:        47.66    49.15    26.14   48.66    51.36    27.91    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:             46.16    47.01    26.95   46.91    47.98    28.09    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:             44.90    46.48    25.49   46.65    48.21    28.10    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:        40.66    40.63    26.14   40.24    41.21    27.45    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:             34.77    34.86    24.90   35.07    35.21    27.17    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:             34.69    35.10    27.01   35.07    35.18    28.26    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:        33.50    38.00    23.30   35.50    40.43    24.11    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:        32.42    36.41    23.07   34.42    39.00    23.99    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:        28.88    35.53    20.71   31.59    36.07    22.09    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:              31.44    32.54    21.29   31.63    32.65    21.30    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:              31.46    32.37    20.80   31.30    32.37    21.27    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:              31.27    32.39    20.33   31.82    32.65    21.65    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:        30.44    34.45    22.28   32.70    36.79    23.08
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:               29.00    42.00    19.12   30.56    45.50    19.70    [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                         26.20    31.26    23.89   29.76    36.38    27.78    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:             25.96    30.01    25.25   29.96    35.32    31.29    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:        27.67    29.23    22.25   29.06    30.82    23.09    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:                3.42    44.05    20.14    8.54    48.17    20.61    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:        24.94    30.13    13.94   28.04    34.95    14.62
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:        24.24    29.31    16.21   26.93    33.93    17.17
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:        22.89    27.53    13.59   25.66    31.78    12.72
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 2MB HighIMPACT-AA 1MB:    21.98    24.98    15.90   24.35    28.36    16.10    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT:           21.18    24.35    15.53   23.76    28.05    16.60
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 HighIMPACT 4MB:       23.64    23.80    13.33   24.11    28.13    14.33
Octane R10000 175MHz 1MB L2 SI+Texture:       20.28    23.66    13.47   22.37    26.60    14.27
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                       19.70    23.03    19.08   21.57    25.71    21.75    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:              19.53    19.62    19.75   19.52    19.64    20.51
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:              19.33    19.50    19.60   19.45    19.54    20.50
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                         17.56    20.81    18.85   18.85    22.73    21.36    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                         16.15    19.18    18.77   17.16    20.72    22.03    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                        14.88    17.76    20.62   15.81    19.00    24.14    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:                 3.84    31.67    18.82   10.17    39.53    20.64    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:        14.64    14.90    18.79   15.03    15.19    19.35    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                       13.66    16.38    18.05   14.33    17.47    20.69    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                        11.98    13.70    15.84   11.33    14.47    17.08
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:      2.54    27.39    15.21    6.56    30.68    16.05    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 150MHz 1MB:                       10.67    12.74    14.47   11.02    13.29    15.87    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 175MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:      2.26    26.70    15.14    5.50    29.93    15.81    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:     1.48    23.92    14.39    2.80    28.55    15.70    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                        9.28    11.35    13.83    9.40    11.87    15.04
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):      3.07    11.39    12.71    5.87    11.79    13.88    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):     2.11    11.25    12.43    4.06    11.63    13.67    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):     1.68    10.74    12.04    3.55    11.15    13.30    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):     1.45    10.75    12.02    2.84    11.04    13.11    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:                5.09     5.13     7.80    5.10     5.13     8.11
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:                 3.02     4.80     3.80    4.83     6.54     4.98
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):        1.80     5.78     6.03    3.25     5.94     6.43
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):             1.96     5.73     6.00    3.68     5.90     6.36    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):              1.53     5.72     5.92    2.60     5.90     6.40
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):        1.29     5.75     5.84    2.13     5.98     6.38
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):          1.21     5.71     5.94    2.05     5.85     6.35    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                  1.60     5.61     5.68    2.89     5.85     6.22    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):      0.79     5.54     5.82    1.54     5.66     6.17    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                  0.90     5.36     5.65    1.63     5.56     5.96    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                  2.66     3.70     3.79    3.69     5.40     4.83
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                      2.37     3.67     3.08    3.79     5.01     4.06
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):             0.35     4.91     5.60    0.62     5.00     5.89    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):          1.39     3.85     4.14    2.47     3.95     4.43
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):          1.22     3.80     4.21    2.08     3.87     4.37    [hinv]
Indigo R4400SC/150 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):        0.98     1.85     2.05    1.58     1.84     2.08    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):        0.61     1.83     2.04    1.10     1.84     2.06    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                     2.12     3.40     3.13    3.17     4.50     3.93
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):               0.33     3.11     3.50    0.60     3.15     3.57    [hinv]
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                  1.45     2.39     2.49    2.00     2.94     3.09
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                         1.18     1.97     1.89    1.41     2.37     2.34
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                         0.88     1.59     1.70    1.34     2.06     2.15
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):                0.32     1.80     2.01    0.56     1.81     2.02    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                      0.52     0.76     0.69    0.64     0.86     0.81    [hinv]


Test B: Huge Engine Model (111638 polygons). This model [screenshot] is also from SGI's own demonstration collection. High-quality transparency has a different effect on this model and so is shown as a separate metric.

                                             MW   MW/SH   MW/W   MW/T    SW   SW/SH   SW/W   SW/T

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      24.60  36.66   7.45  45.63  25.20  36.66   7.83  46.72    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      22.19  23.55   7.01  41.67  23.00  23.63   7.63  42.18    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     13.53  13.75   7.53  24.01  13.51  13.76   7.35  24.90    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             10.79  43.80  15.48  21.33  10.97  50.10  16.65  21.72    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             10.77  42.46  15.25  21.28  10.97  49.98  16.65  21.65    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             10.78  42.87  15.35  21.20  10.97  49.85  16.64  21.60    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             10.77  42.27  15.16  20.97  10.96  49.81  16.64  21.38    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                    ?    40.93  14.82    ?      ?    49.72  16.59    ?      [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  10.75  40.00  15.42  20.71  10.96  42.80  16.63  20.89    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:           10.74  32.37  15.40  20.93  10.95  35.01  16.64  21.00    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           10.50  27.76   9.48  20.06  10.90  32.54  12.20  20.38    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            10.46  23.37   9.03  19.31  10.88  25.95  11.93  19.81
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            7.62  11.68   4.03  13.90   7.94   7.94  12.48  15.30    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            7.38  11.33   4.46  13.83   7.64  11.96   4.55  14.79    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           6.62   8.91   3.01  12.59   6.70   9.30   3.12  12.69    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           6.61   8.51   3.04  12.43   6.69   8.69   3.11  12.57    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      6.57   8.85   3.04  12.53   6.65   9.15   3.11  12.57    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         6.49   8.48   2.93  12.62   6.70   9.35   3.09  12.94    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           6.46   7.98   2.93  12.26   6.67   8.59   3.10  12.48    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      6.55   7.31   3.04  12.18   6.59   7.22   3.11  12.18    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           6.19   6.34   3.05  11.18   6.20   6.34   3.11  11.21    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           6.06   6.23   2.86  11.02   6.13   6.27   3.08  11.09    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      5.37   7.40   2.94  10.13   5.50   7.63   2.98  10.47    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      5.34   7.33   2.94  10.10   5.46   7.51   2.97  10.46    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      5.10   6.34   2.94   9.53   5.22   6.49   2.99   9.75    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      4.75   5.46   2.94   8.75   4.84   5.57   2.97   8.88    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      4.48   6.25   2.94   8.55   4.70   6.39   2.98   8.78
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            4.53   5.93   2.39   8.38   4.54   5.96   2.41   8.42    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            4.52   5.93   2.39   8.38   4.54   5.95   2.41   8.42    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            4.46   5.73   2.34   8.30   4.54   5.90   2.41   8.42    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             4.05   8.23   2.85   7.72   4.12   8.53   2.87   7.89    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      3.58   6.05   2.00   6.80   3.71   6.55   2.05   7.22
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      3.55   5.90   2.29   6.78   3.67   6.28   2.33   7.14
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 2MB HighIMPACT-AA 1MB:  3.30   4.31   2.50   6.42   3.39   4.45   2.54   6.42    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      3.28   5.50   1.76   6.20   3.39   5.86   1.81   6.54
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB L2 HighIMPACT:      3.02   4.83   1.99   5.73   3.08   5.06   2.02   5.90
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            3.47   3.49   2.38   6.29   3.46   3.52   2.39   6.22
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            3.45   3.53   2.34   6.29   3.48   3.55   2.39   6.29
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           2.96   4.86   3.53   5.76   3.12   5.17   3.94   6.10    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            2.88   4.47   1.80   5.55   2.96   4.77   1.84   5.68
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       2.64   4.47   3.10   5.12   2.72   4.70   3.31   5.32    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      2.55   2.70   2.81   4.71   2.59   2.70   2.81   4.72    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     2.14   3.59   2.72   4.18   2.21   3.75   2.93   4.32    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       1.81   3.08   2.56   3.50   1.86   3.21   2.70   3.61    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 300MHz 256K:                     1.67                                                     [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       1.64   2.80   2.73   3.17   1.68   2.88   3.02   3.24    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      1.47   2.54   3.17   2.78   1.50   2.60   3.40   2.82    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     1.34   2.33   2.73   2.61   1.35   2.39   2.95   2.65    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             1.67   1.77   2.25   2.92   1.67   1.77   2.31   2.92
O2 R5000SC 250MHz 1MB:                      1.18                                                     [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 150MHz 1MB:                     1.07   1.84   2.06   2.09   1.08   1.86   2.15   2.09    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz:                          1.05   2.01   2.37   2.05   1.06   2.05   2.46   2.07
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 SSE:           0.44  11.95   4.85   0.85   0.93  12.73   5.04   1.61    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz:                          0.90   1.64   2.06   1.76   0.91   1.66   2.16   1.78
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             0.29   8.80   2.91   0.55   0.57   9.20   2.94   1.01    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.24   2.06   2.17   0.50   0.53   2.08   2.27   1.09    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   0.26   5.35   1.80   0.41   0.47   5.66   1.83   0.85    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 175MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   0.20   5.27   1.79   0.35   0.43   5.56   1.81   0.80    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):          0.19   0.90   0.93   0.40   0.38   0.91   0.96   0.74
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:              0.26   0.65   0.44   0.35   0.67   0.88   0.55   0.69
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.16   2.03   2.14   0.33   0.29   2.05   2.25   0.60    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.14   2.01   2.12   0.30   0.25   2.02   2.21   0.49    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  0.11   4.88   1.76   0.22   0.20   5.29   1.82   0.39    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.10   1.97   2.06   0.21   0.17   1.99   2.15   0.35    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     0.17   0.90   0.92   0.30   0.28   0.91   0.96   0.55
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):               0.15   0.88   0.92   0.31   0.26   0.89   0.95   0.54    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                   0.23   0.50   0.39   0.29   0.38   0.69   0.49   0.57
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     0.14   0.90   0.94   0.28   0.25   0.91   0.96   0.49
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:               0.22   0.61   0.41   0.29   0.33   0.74   0.57   0.55
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       0.14   0.64   0.71   0.28   0.25   0.65   0.70   0.49
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):           0.13   0.90   0.93   0.26   0.22   0.91   0.95   0.44
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):       0.10   0.90   0.93   0.19   0.15   0.91   0.96   0.31    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       0.10   0.63   0.69   0.22   0.18   0.63   0.70   0.38    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):               0.07   0.86   0.90   0.15   0.11   0.87   0.92   0.25    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):   0.06   0.87   0.91   0.12   0.10   0.89   0.94   0.18    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 XL24:                      0.17   0.44   0.33   0.12   0.25   0.51   0.40   0.42
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:               0.12   0.34   0.33   0.18   0.17   0.42   0.41   0.34
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                      0.08   0.26   0.26   0.06   0.11   0.34   0.35   0.11
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                      0.07   0.20   0.20   0.05   0.10   0.25   0.26   0.09
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):          0.02   0.86   0.90   0.02   0.04   0.87   0.93   0.03    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):            0.02   0.52   0.58   0.02   0.03   0.52   0.58   0.02    [hinv]


Test C: chromeskins (7156 polygons). ChromeSkins [screenshot] is a reflective model of the O2 chassis. O2 users will find the full demo in /usr/demos/General_Demos/chromeskins. This test is strongly affected by the available pixel fill rate, so mult-RM Onyx systems scale well.

                                             MW     MW/SH   MW/W     SW      SW/SH   SW/W

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      231.27  390.50  220.82  349.62   447.59  221.00    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      321.26  323.04  216.53  322.11   322.72  217.58    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     111.48  199.78  140.61  240.04   240.26  166.67    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:              94.91  194.50  128.31  138.43   464.27  213.89    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:              94.86  194.11  127.81  138.09   463.50  213.89    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:              95.46  194.11  128.94  138.00   462.50  212.00    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:            93.37  187.20  126.05  137.54   448.82  212.00    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:              95.46  192.75  128.47  138.01   458.00  213.96    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                   92.13  183.66  123.81  124.00   442.26  210.92    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                   91.55  174.20  107.60  136.05   440.30  215.21    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:            86.06  135.23   79.81  133.14   328.85  140.88    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:             81.35  126.79   72.79  131.56   298.29  128.06    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           94.38   95.95   61.96  116.82   139.65   79.26    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           94.09   92.01   62.72  113.85   120.09   80.48    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      88.92   89.14   60.34  112.89   128.12   80.03    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      92.02   92.51   60.29   98.59    98.65   78.31    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           87.21   87.59   69.56   87.89    87.61   77.55    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            61.31   80.80   63.71   96.36   142.46   80.70    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            74.98   81.38   57.83   76.19    83.27   60.75    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 SSE:            1.47   80.35   68.65    5.32   146.30   91.90    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            60.89   78.28   56.73   97.89   141.05   70.14    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:              1.33   79.63   64.10    4.15   140.81   86.89    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            70.85   76.60   52.59   76.05    83.59   59.79    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         60.32   60.17   48.67  117.32   139.27   75.62    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           60.00   60.13   48.62  109.17   118.76   73.65    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           59.40   58.70   45.64   92.73    94.30   70.04    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      52.92   70.79   52.96   72.75   101.75   62.63    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      50.30   67.51   51.02   71.92   101.52   61.10    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      48.65   62.54   50.18   68.33    90.24   59.70    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      47.55   62.75   50.15   66.14    87.62   59.22
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            60.86   59.53   43.39   75.45    80.80   57.66    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      47.03   55.72   49.02   64.48    75.45   57.83    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            49.09   49.12   50.74   49.37    49.22   56.33
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             38.89   68.33   42.67   48.35   105.04   48.85    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            48.10   48.31   41.33   48.31    48.12   52.82
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           25.46   38.68   39.91   51.41    80.43   69.86    [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       25.85   39.43   39.23   48.15    76.01   64.32    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:              0.94   70.54   44.28    3.38   109.26   51.17    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      30.32   32.44   42.10   35.50    37.05   48.50    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:               1.30   44.20   35.91    4.21    83.13   50.95    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      29.64   39.45   29.12   48.71    73.29   36.02
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      28.40   39.63   32.78   44.55    72.62   42.40
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      28.41   37.62   25.76   45.08    67.52   31.31
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 2MB HighIMPACT-AA 1MB:  27.99   36.48   34.36   43.59    58.52   45.73    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     27.53   36.50   32.00   43.44    62.20   41.42
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:    0.62   38.46   32.15    2.32    67.53   40.55    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            27.90   37.60   29.40   41.29    60.20   36.90
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     22.60   33.81   34.85   39.51    61.02   54.51    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       21.08   31.91   33.27   34.37    54.00   50.02    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       20.68   31.04   33.54   31.98    49.95   51.72    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      19.43   29.01   34.74   29.44    45.76   54.78    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     18.56   27.91   31.86   27.33    42.87   47.99    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             23.58   23.38   33.38   23.59    23.38   36.37
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      17.50   25.28   30.22   22.44    36.60   42.50
O2 R10000SC 150MHz 1MB:                     16.12   23.67   27.49   22.27    33.12   38.08    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     14.46   21.78   27.16   18.50    29.17   36.40
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   0.40   29.19   27.07    1.33    57.58   37.93    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    1.19   23.61   26.76    3.73    29.20   33.69    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.66   23.25   26.10    2.01    28.63   32.76    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.59   22.50   25.60    1.71    27.74   31.76    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.42   22.02   24.86    1.33    26.72   30.95    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.53   11.76   12.89    1.75    14.56   15.77
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.54   11.82   13.08    1.65    14.47   15.72
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            0.55   11.66   13.04    1.69    14.40   15.58
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        0.46   11.58   12.66    1.31    14.25   15.35    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                0.74   11.53   12.65    1.89    13.90   15.06    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    0.24   11.36   12.55    0.83    13.82   14.91    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                0.28   10.94   12.04    1.14    13.20   14.29    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           0.08   10.00   11.64    0.23    11.82   13.63    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                1.21    7.50    7.88    3.20    13.62   11.60
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           2.14    5.71    6.03    3.62     5.93    6.33    ????
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               1.22    6.13    6.77    3.56    12.61   10.57
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.55    8.75   10.09    1.69     9.90   11.40
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   1.02    5.89    5.95    2.78    10.07    9.12
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.42    8.54    9.77    1.34     9.66   11.11    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    1.02    5.21    5.62    2.91     9.51    8.46
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             0.11    7.13    8.34    0.33     7.75    8.82    [hinv]
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                0.72    4.15    4.72    1.91     7.11    7.22
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       0.63    3.32    3.94    1.45     5.39    5.89
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              0.12    4.50    5.11    0.31     4.70    5.34    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.52    2.96    3.22    1.18     4.55    4.75
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.29    1.68    1.98    0.46     2.11    2.36    [hinv]


Test D: angus.iv (3459 polygons). Angus [screenshot] is a non-textured model of an unmanned underwater vehicle. For this test, I rotate the model so that it is in a normal upright position, then spin it horizontally.

                                             MW     MW/W    MW/HL     SW     SW/W     SW/HL

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      282.30  198.85  276.48   282.26  276.26   452.95    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      281.95  276.35  434.85   282.75  255.10   419.11    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             154.11  121.50  176.91   259.74  275.50   393.80    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             154.85  120.38  176.12   258.37  273.23   393.61    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             154.44  119.26  176.00   257.74  277.05   394.28    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             154.33  119.23  175.32   257.18  272.91   393.36    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:           146.33  109.41  170.11   246.25  268.87   373.20    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  145.00  108.30  159.99   251.59  260.04   365.66    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 4MB L2 1RM:              155.00     ?       ?     228.00     ?        ?      [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     150.31  109.79  136.02   208.99  201.65   281.55    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           111.63   68.75   95.47   217.43  132.67   187.34    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            101.41   67.26   93.49   200.94  128.86   174.70    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            85.30   65.91   93.96   138.11  111.76   169.08    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            80.26   62.02   87.62   128.71  105.21   158.76    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:             71.85   62.04   83.04   125.38  103.41   157.23    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             69.37   59.49   84.78    96.77   91.98   134.93    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             69.10   59.01   84.51    96.68   90.44   137.31    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      65.89   53.67   77.11    97.28   81.23   125.48    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      62.85   56.02   77.00    94.33   80.90   120.59    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      67.11   52.77   76.39    92.92   78.42   120.72    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      65.87   51.62   74.55    91.95   77.35   115.55    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      58.55   52.73   71.36    88.34   76.30   112.28
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      58.95   48.19   68.97    80.10   68.75   102.96    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      59.18   59.88   65.89    60.76   67.07    92.02    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      59.19   59.47   49.91    60.70   60.78    66.35    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           58.97   57.65   79.10    59.72   70.35    96.52    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           59.58   49.07   63.57    61.07   67.20    92.41    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           59.97   48.51   65.54    60.92   66.62    91.52    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           50.97   37.16   50.68    60.91   58.60    88.27    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         50.36   37.39   50.38    60.62   58.51    83.29    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           44.75   36.19   46.37    59.51   59.98    83.25    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            43.36   48.33   68.18    43.63   53.78    75.81    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            43.05   44.23   61.12    43.69   52.37    73.81    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            41.17   42.05   59.46    42.34   50.72    71.63
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            40.53   36.56   47.48    42.15   47.01    66.50
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      40.79   33.70   47.91    72.60   60.71    89.18
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      40.88   33.80   47.46    68.50   58.63    85.24
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:              36.79   33.72   45.20    69.07   60.16    86.79    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      35.86   33.83   46.60    63.56   58.12    77.86
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            38.63   33.81   40.98    43.69   49.61    68.98    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     37.70   31.41   46.50    58.95   52.04    78.20
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   38.31   30.40   43.66    59.97   48.08    75.11    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            34.14   32.35   51.49    57.35   50.50    73.67
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  37.51   30.04   42.90    58.02   47.15    72.40    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             34.32   33.70   45.02    35.38   39.86    55.30
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           32.84   30.38   41.96    74.01   61.12    89.63    [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       32.56   31.59   44.38    70.57   60.70    89.22    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       28.16   27.81   38.98    52.32   50.90    76.05    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       27.28   27.80   38.80    48.23   52.39    75.75    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      26.26   28.57   39.28    44.92   55.57    77.53    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     24.84   28.02   38.22    41.40   51.74    72.15    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      21.05   28.90   38.27    32.40   50.30    66.98
O2 R10000SC 150MHz 1MB:                     22.14   25.40       [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     17.68   26.80   35.60    26.23   45.25    57.00    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   17.71   22.57   30.71    19.87   41.02    50.30    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  17.44   21.47   26.80    19.60   35.01    44.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  16.93   21.01   26.92    19.01   34.14    43.32    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  16.81   20.50   25.96    18.21   33.02    41.41    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      9.16   11.85   14.93    10.42   19.83    25.27
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      9.12   11.89   14.70    10.22   19.62    25.13
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           9.06   11.75   14.71    10.27   19.58    25.02
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            8.95   11.76   14.61    10.19   19.38    24.76
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                8.72   11.54   14.42     9.74   18.81    23.78    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    8.39   11.27   13.80     9.35   18.05    22.58    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                7.85   10.81   13.35     8.69   28.19    28.01    [hinv]
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        7.62   10.80   13.70     8.42     ?      23.16  ? [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        7.00   10.64   13.46     7.63   17.33    21.48
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        6.81   10.70   13.18     7.45   16.70    20.83    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           7.26    9.33   11.51     8.04   14.14    17.85    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             5.40    8.96   10.68     5.72   12.57    15.03    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                5.86    6.79    6.95     9.58   10.79    12.80
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               5.48    5.86    6.55    10.51   10.95    12.50    [hinv]
Indigo R4400SC/150 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      3.17    7.67    9.16     3.27   10.27    11.72    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      3.09    7.44    8.70     3.19    9.68    10.82    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              2.93    6.77    8.03     3.00    8.62     9.93    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 XL24:                       4.60    4.91    5.56     7.55    8.59     9.83
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    4.47    4.42    5.02     7.92    8.22     9.58
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                3.57    3.56    4.41     5.59    7.26     8.25
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       2.38    3.18    3.43     3.90    5.74     6.27
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       2.24    2.64    3.00     3.57    4.76     5.59
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    1.40    1.81    1.98     1.73    2.52     2.80    [hinv]


Test E: e.iv (1568 polygons, complexity value 0.7). e.iv [screenshot] is a simple model of Earth using a single small Earth texture on an Inventor sphere node. This test is strongly affected by the available pixel fill rate, so mult-RM Onyx systems scale well.

                                             MW      MW/SH   MW/W    MW/HL     SW     SW/SH     SW/W    SW/HL

Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      717.55   876.27  687.30  919.70  1320.02  3153.05   621.07  1142.86    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      386.22   520.02  461.58  555.67  1233.78  1667.75   718.49  1215.56    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             255.50   271.00  275.86  363.27   942.50  1084.00   800.10  1106.00    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             255.12   267.73  273.36  360.82   932.00  1110.00   796.77  1101.45    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             254.64   267.66  272.85  359.74   926.98  1109.94   794.54  1095.34    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             254.04   264.87  267.37  353.12   912.00  1084.00   793.50  1084.00    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:           248.22   260.11  263.60  346.97   910.39  1075.10   778.11  1076.10    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                  239.06   247.72  250.12           905.18  1072.99   767.58             [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  242.80   253.60  257.78  340.89   878.78  1040.50   762.43  1045.58    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     174.08   256.98  245.84  291.92   597.16   888.19   504.98   700.65    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           181.52   187.14  138.87  194.67   574.48   630.34   382.46   513.61    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            180.12   185.25  137.66  192.62   558.95   599.47   369.02   494.81    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:           114.55   125.33  144.78  175.56   379.27   457.23   301.35   418.10    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:          207.14   207.07  133.80  199.33   349.78   362.99   178.78   270.10    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:           108.12   119.07  137.07  166.30   330.50   408.42   286.13   389.48    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:            105.81   125.34  137.49  169.69   292.37   428.34   223.44   328.92    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:              2.32   119.20  132.23  164.71     7.52   403.59   254.69   385.05    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:              1.89   125.62  137.74  170.01     6.07   428.24   222.92   328.53    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:          136.82   136.79  115.56  158.58   357.21   381.31   169.61   253.58    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:          137.25   136.59  115.52  158.09   356.63   377.02   169.79   258.14    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE 4RM:    197.68   201.27  119.35  178.04   262.68   278.63   133.88   206.04    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:     137.12   136.74  115.60  158.96   356.12   377.29   170.03   257.38    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:     137.06   137.14  115.56  158.92   330.38   351.13   169.33   257.16    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE 2RM:    137.85   137.76  114.46  158.56   268.03   274.64   134.50   202.56    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:     103.12   115.85  118.56  150.74   300.20   352.21   190.19   272.28    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:     100.49   114.62  119.01  150.70   312.38   369.50   186.79   278.54    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      97.47   108.74  113.00  143.48   269.07   315.78   171.27   251.24
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      95.78   108.17  111.59  141.90   257.84   305.81   168.75   246.67    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      95.02   106.55  110.31  140.79   251.34   294.38   166.29   242.76    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 1MB L2 RE 2RM:    137.62   138.01  105.51  154.01   211.80   222.36   117.99   181.17
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      85.59    95.25   98.24  124.14   180.67   213.43   138.41   195.86    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         78.50    78.23   82.06  103.91   278.29   277.75   156.71   229.48    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           78.46    78.21   81.99  104.12   277.50   276.98   156.65   229.20    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           76.04    75.82   79.82  101.95   264.22   268.01   154.56   201.48    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 1MB L2 RE 1RM:     77.83    77.68   78.42  103.69   179.33   192.48   114.48   171.79
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      53.85    59.78   69.72   86.01   190.46   225.90   147.98   206.40
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      52.91    59.88   70.22   85.57   179.50   227.18   149.04   204.95
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      52.18    59.75   69.68   85.55   168.07   225.02   147.62   197.90
POWER Series R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE 1RM:     54.94    54.91   71.36   75.51   213.78   228.28   127.76   189.89
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:               2.28    60.17   70.91   86.71     7.50   211.53   135.23   199.94    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            52.97    60.16   68.68   83.55   171.91   222.86   124.66   178.46
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     54.53    57.75   65.60   81.46   174.04   191.81   117.60   168.80
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             52.98    78.01   71.75   93.08   100.38   121.15    81.10   117.94
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       38.20    59.61   66.64   83.90   121.94   196.72   153.52   205.67    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           35.93    55.11   62.07   78.52   117.68   186.01   149.82   205.17    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     35.80    54.23   60.42   76.75   111.19   169.84   135.02   182.16    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       35.48    54.09   59.44   76.24   110.61   162.18   128.55   172.65    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 270MHz 1MB:                     36.10    54.03   59.44   76.45   110.25   162.05   128.99   178.30    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       35.03    52.71   58.67   73.97   103.29   152.01   124.09   170.94    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      35.08    52.39   58.57   74.68    99.00   147.69   133.44   180.65    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     34.93    52.33   58.44   72.69    96.27   142.33   122.40   169.66    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      35.65    51.77   57.48   72.70    88.10   125.31   123.23   160.84
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:    1.21    59.08   64.26   81.33     4.19   205.94   106.42   159.69    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   0.72    57.52   62.37   79.01     2.35   178.29    99.30   148.70    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     33.16    48.68   54.22   69.01    75.50   105.63   110.72   142.44    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    0.33    61.75   61.25   65.64     1.40   152.60   123.83   156.96    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.32    58.26   57.68   61.68     1.36   140.61   114.02   140.49    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.31    56.28   55.86   60.26     1.32   130.60   108.88   132.63    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.29    55.00   55.25   58.21     1.22   124.75   103.50   127.75    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.35    31.45   32.95   33.75     1.47    70.64    66.83    77.84
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.34    32.10   33.55   34.39     1.44    70.00    68.23    78.34
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           0.36    30.70   32.63   33.44     1.52    68.72    65.06    75.46
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            0.34    30.85   32.46   33.38     1.41    69.21    65.64    75.37
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        0.28    31.18   32.57   33.54     1.17    65.52    62.31    72.75    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.41    30.44   32.13   33.08     1.69    49.33    51.16    58.50
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    0.25    30.84   31.80   32.90     0.98    63.01    60.80    69.59    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                0.34    30.76   32.12   33.01     1.44    63.85    62.35    71.27    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.37    28.92   30.60   31.63     1.54    48.08    49.30    56.30    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                0.26    28.73   30.03   30.95     1.01    58.08    55.48    64.07    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           0.13    26.89   27.94   29.27     0.40    50.38    48.27    57.29    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             0.14    25.68   27.03   28.24     0.44    34.50    35.73    41.70    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                1.21    12.83   16.28   15.13     3.96    25.55    25.25    27.33
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               1.20    10.11   13.66   12.73     3.99    26.56    24.34    27.50
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      0.36    19.35   20.61   22.66     1.14    22.77    24.33    27.96    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              0.14    18.01   19.22   21.02     0.44    20.71    22.02    25.51    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   1.00    10.03   12.19   11.54     3.12    20.50    20.44    22.10
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    0.98     8.22   11.10    9.86     3.12    18.78    17.82    18.95
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                0.62     7.82    9.75    9.26     1.81    16.45    16.32    18.04
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       0.52     5.79    7.89    7.34     1.57    11.88    12.94    13.75
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.40     5.15    6.47    6.37     1.30    10.59    10.78    11.95
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.30     3.56    4.50    4.32     0.63     5.06     5.54     5.85    [hinv]


Test F: stars3.iv (0 polygons, 16666 points). This model [screenshot] is a point data set made to resemble a simple galaxy. The model file actually contains several sub-models and as such is deliberately inefficient.

                                            MW      SW

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      179.15  154.15    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      156.43  175.89    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 1-CPU 1RM:               150.00  130.00    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:      81.18   81.66    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:              78.61   94.41    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:              78.23   92.95    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:              77.92   94.41    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:              77.98   92.72    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                   75.39   96.51    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                   71.54   84.27    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:            74.76   84.85    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            47.66   54.92    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:             46.79   53.79    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            46.44   52.99    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:            46.05   52.78    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:             45.84   52.42    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             44.12   50.36    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             44.01   49.90    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      42.26   48.48    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      39.95   45.30
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:              38.69   50.80    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      38.55   50.80
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      38.25   50.37
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      37.67   40.84    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      37.67   40.61    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           37.60   40.02    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           37.18   40.80    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      35.58   45.69
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       35.12   42.78    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      34.96   39.13    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      34.53   38.28    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      34.08   37.97    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         33.58   39.40    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  33.52   42.10    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 2MB HighIMPACT-AA 1MB:  33.28   43.54    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     33.07   41.60
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           32.72   33.85    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           32.57   38.10    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           32.45   42.51    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            32.24   39.70
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           31.13   36.48    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   31.12   39.51    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            29.48   30.62    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            28.60   30.50    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            28.00   29.21
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            27.39   30.49    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            26.51   29.13
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     25.19   29.09    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             23.40   24.79
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      23.34   25.14    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      22.67   26.10    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       22.48   25.27    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       20.08   22.54    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     19.62   22.01    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   17.91   19.08    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  17.40   18.58    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  17.01   18.04    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  16.70   17.57    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      15.05   16.48
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     13.20   14.25    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     11.08   12.05
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     10.96   11.91
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):          10.91   11.87
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):           10.86   11.82
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):       10.82   11.80    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):               10.78   11.65    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):   10.43   11.27    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):               10.23   11.02    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           7.29    7.63    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        6.97    7.35
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        6.82    7.20    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             5.68    5.86    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                5.32    6.03
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               5.03    5.87
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   4.49    4.91
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    3.68    4.16
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      3.00    3.08    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              2.96    3.01    [hinv]
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                2.84    3.15
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       2.02    2.24
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       1.84    2.01
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.91    0.96    [hinv]


Test G: ss78ne_d30.iv (1682 polygons). This is an inefficient landscape model [screenshot] with a different colour value for each vertex (30x30 grid). The full version of this model is a 500x500 grid - I wrote my own program to 'extract' simpler versions from the complete model. The colouring algorithm is also my own. The dataset is actually part of England, but I don't know which part. Data supplied by Ordnance Survey. For all of these ss78ne_d*.iv tests, the model is rotated to give a downwards view, ie. 90 degree vertical forward tilt; the spin is then imposed clockwise or anticlockwise, resulting in maximum fill strain. At lower polygon counts this test can be fill rate limited, such as on Onyx systems with fewer RMs, but as the mesh size increases the test becomes more dependent on the main CPU to feed the graphics pipe fast enough.Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5: 86.23 83.67 233.28 140.54 [hinv]

                                             MW      MW/W      SW     SW/W

Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      716.60   634.16  1219.54   603.26    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      577.31   473.41  1306.64   654.09    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             308.50   326.50  1105.05   792.55    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             306.19   326.34  1110.00   798.10    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             305.00   326.67  1093.00   791.50    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             304.69   324.86  1098.61   794.64    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:           297.19   317.42  1076.87   781.36    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                  322.38   304.90  1057.00   778.46    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  290.52   308.31  1066.00   771.20    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 1-CPU 1RM:               321.00      ?     875.00      ?      [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     295.18   267.11   805.81   482.39    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            212.85   163.44   780.04   464.69    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           186.50   143.57   687.50   422.83    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:           135.93   144.26   408.17   248.05    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB l2 SSE:            141.37   139.66   382.04   238.14    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:           128.17   131.25   377.65   209.67    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:            133.51   123.41   298.95   188.82    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:            133.24   123.32   282.10   182.62    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:          190.88   122.75   211.33   157.51    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:     126.75   117.58   294.46   180.65    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:     124.12   117.78   282.40   176.24    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:          155.21   108.24   251.70   151.17    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:          154.31   108.02   245.04   148.63    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:     153.63   108.23   237.41   151.01    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:     153.42   108.19   246.22   150.77    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:           146.87   113.89   152.99   132.38    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:     119.20   112.75   256.01   169.08
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:     116.70   111.78   256.74   167.12    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:     115.97   109.80   239.04   159.25    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:           138.51   103.83   154.17   132.36    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:     101.74    96.88   188.51   134.62    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:           121.86    95.41   131.89   115.09
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         86.40    83.91   253.40   140.66    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           86.23    83.67   233.28   140.54    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            86.11    82.60   152.73   127.42    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            92.00    81.70   133.54   116.12
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           84.84    81.53   204.86   135.74    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:              70.12    72.31   204.68   136.74    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      64.58    70.71   202.80   137.03
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      63.88    67.81   185.52   116.81
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      62.84    64.17   181.72   105.92
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   64.20    63.76   165.53   100.96    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT:         62.72    66.77   162.70   115.57
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           62.67    66.33   187.72   150.72    [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       61.43    68.05   181.07   150.46    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            63.84    65.78   158.64   107.56
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             75.32    65.30    75.68    79.56
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  61.95    61.88   163.07    99.95    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   61.80    63.87    80.00   128.02    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     55.32    61.18   145.75   128.31    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       55.32    61.19   128.87   128.31    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       54.25    59.67   120.92   126.03    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      53.32    59.46   111.34   131.72    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     55.28    58.35   106.12   119.43    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  59.07    60.20    76.61   115.42    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  57.34    59.07    72.16   109.65    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      54.41    58.72    91.69   114.50
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  56.09    57.31    70.23   103.67    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     51.16    56.20    75.50    95.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     28.35    37.06    35.38    72.10
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     28.14    36.56    34.95    70.96
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):           28.04    34.31    35.00    71.56
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):          27.92    34.48    34.78    68.68
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):       27.45    34.20    33.97    67.65    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):               27.21    33.31    33.03    64.34    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):   26.82    33.19    32.72    62.55    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):               25.64    31.27    30.70    56.47    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):          24.30    29.02    28.14    48.33    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       19.66    34.28    22.72    51.30
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       19.12    32.00    22.22    49.28    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):            15.63    27.90    17.01    34.39    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:               11.54    15.74    22.49    25.81
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               9.04    13.90    21.87    23.81
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   9.48    11.76    18.08    17.13
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      9.01    19.73     9.63    22.86    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              8.71    18.38     9.21    20.61    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    7.94    11.02    18.75    18.43
Indy R4600SC/133 512K L2 XL8:                6.81     9.44    14.40    16.04
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       5.11     7.20     9.51    11.08
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       4.70     6.43     8.47    10.02
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    2.92     4.38     3.91     5.42    [hinv]


Test H: ss78ne_d100.iv (19602 polygons). This is a more complex 100x100 grid version of the landscape model [screenshot].

                                             MW      MW/W      SW      SW/W

Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             132.10    85.96   160.84    97.71    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             132.10    85.91   160.63    97.71    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             132.01    85.85   160.57    97.71    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             132.00    85.91   160.42    97.66    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:           130.75    85.12   160.26    97.16    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  130.03    84.77   159.80    97.50    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                  128.24    84.21   157.23    93.00    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           128.52    55.60   159.98    73.30    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            125.64    56.31   159.52    73.93    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      150.12    41.60   149.66    41.36    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      148.44    41.90   148.61    41.15    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 1-CPU 1RM:               116.00      ?     116.00      ?      [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     113.39    42.78   113.98    43.56    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            45.65    21.22    52.86    22.67    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            44.95    24.34    51.23    26.13    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:             44.33    24.05    50.85    26.00    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      33.09    18.00    36.54    19.01    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      32.93    18.08    36.42    19.16    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      32.73    18.10    36.10    19.09    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      32.41    17.95    35.59    18.94    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             32.23    18.18    35.14    19.10    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      32.22    18.09    35.35    19.01
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             32.08    18.17    35.20    19.08    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      29.39    17.09    32.29    17.96    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           24.77    19.28    28.66    23.23    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           25.94    13.59    26.63    14.05    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      25.89    13.58    26.22    14.05    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      25.78    13.56    26.46    14.02    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:              22.74    13.76    26.31    15.01    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           25.76    13.56    26.28    14.05    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           25.62    13.76    25.62    14.12    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         25.59    13.15    26.30    13.97    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           25.24    13.11    25.77    13.96    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           24.85    13.06    25.73    13.94    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      22.40    11.25    26.15    12.18
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      22.34    13.89    26.01    15.23
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      20.98    10.38    24.19    11.16
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       20.95    17.47    23.40    19.37    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     18.66    12.09    21.06    13.10
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   18.71    10.24    20.99    10.89    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  18.46    10.14    20.95    10.81    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            18.11    11.32    20.25    12.12
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     16.90    15.53    18.61    17.44    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            17.56    13.51      ?        ?      [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            17.33    12.77    17.61    13.44    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            17.25    12.95    17.55    13.59    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/100 RE 2RM:            17.12    13.16    17.15    13.16
POWER Series R4400SC/100 RE 1RM:            16.88    12.79    17.15    13.18
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       14.25    16.47    15.42    19.71    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       13.20    16.50    14.22    20.90    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      11.81    18.51    12.61    21.11    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             12.10    12.28    12.07    12.36
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     11.07    14.80    11.80    16.87    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      10.13    13.51    10.65    14.61
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                      9.66    11.37    10.24    12.18    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    7.61    15.54     7.89    18.75    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   7.63    15.07     7.82    18.28    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   7.57    14.75     7.71    17.95    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   7.43    14.26     7.59    17.56    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      3.34     8.09     3.43     8.56
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      3.32     8.05     3.41     8.52
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           3.33     7.99     3.42     8.49
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            3.33     8.01     3.41     8.48
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        3.32     7.98     3.42     8.47    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                3.31     7.94     3.39     8.33    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    3.27     7.81     3.32     8.24    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                3.25     7.62     3.31     8.06    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           3.21     7.53     3.25     7.86    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               2.81     2.64     3.76     3.42
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                2.45     2.41     2.97     2.73
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    2.16     2.19     2.98     2.77
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        2.09     5.05     2.13     5.26
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        2.06     5.01     2.08     5.20    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   2.03     2.15     2.77     2.54
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             1.73     4.14     1.75     4.22    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       1.11     1.21     1.37     1.43
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.95     1.14     1.21     1.37
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      0.88     2.17     0.88     2.20    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              0.87     2.12     0.88     2.16    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.49     0.66     0.53     0.70    [hinv]


Test I: ss78ne_d300.iv (178802 polygons). More complex again [screenshot], now a 300x300 grid. Notice how the more powerful systems become very much CPU-bound since this test only uses one CPU.

                                              MW     MW/W     SW      SW/W

Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:              18.32   10.93    18.77   11.10    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:              18.30   10.94    18.77   11.10    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:              18.30   10.94    18.75   11.10    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:              18.27   10.93    18.74   11.10    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                   18.26   10.92    18.26   10.94    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                   18.24   10.91    18.74   11.09    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:            18.22    8.65    18.72    9.20    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:             18.12    8.70    18.57    9.25    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:       17.05    4.28    17.06    4.27    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:       16.93    4.79    16.93    4.79    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 1-CPU 1RM:                13.60     ?      13.50     ?      [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:      13.02    4.40    13.01    4.43    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:             5.99    2.47     6.11    2.47    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:             5.81    2.92     5.88    2.94    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:              5.81    2.91     5.90    2.93    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       4.22    2.15     4.27    2.16    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:       4.22    2.13     4.28    2.14    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       4.21    2.14     4.26    2.16    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:       4.15    2.11     4.22    2.13    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:       4.06    2.13     4.13    2.16
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:              3.93    2.13     3.97    2.14    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:              3.93    2.11     3.88    2.12    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       3.51    2.08     3.54    2.08    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:            3.11    2.63     3.18    2.62    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:               3.03    1.68     3.04    1.69    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:       3.02    1.48     3.08    1.49
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:       2.94    1.65     3.00    1.68
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:       3.01    1.53     3.05    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:            2.97    1.57     2.88    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:            2.94    1.53     2.98    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:          2.94    1.53     2.95    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:            2.94    1.53     2.92    1.54    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:       2.92    1.53     2.95    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:            2.91    1.53     2.95    1.54    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:            2.76    1.52     2.95    1.54    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:       2.77    1.26     2.81    1.27
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                        2.47    2.17     2.50    2.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:    2.42    1.21     2.46    1.22    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:      2.39    1.47     2.44    1.48
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   2.41    1.21     2.44    1.22    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:             2.31    1.35     2.36    1.38
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:             2.04    1.51     2.01    1.51    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:             2.02    1.52     2.01    1.51    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:             2.00    1.50     2.01    1.51    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:             2.01    1.48     2.01    1.48
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:             2.01    1.48     1.98    1.50
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                      1.92    2.26     1.95    2.35    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                        1.72    2.37     1.74    2.45    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                        1.57    2.45     1.58    2.54    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                       1.51    2.32     1.54    2.35    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:              1.45    1.48     1.45    1.48
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                      1.29    2.01     1.30    2.05    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                       1.34    1.65     1.21    1.67
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                      1.16    1.40     1.17    1.41    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    0.88    2.15     0.88    2.23    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.88    2.14     0.88    2.21    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.87    2.09     0.87    2.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.86    2.09     0.87    2.17    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               0.41    0.36     0.53    0.40
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.38    0.96     0.38    0.97
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           0.38    0.96     0.38    0.97
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            0.38    0.96     0.38    0.97
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        0.38    0.96     0.38    0.97    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                0.38    0.96     0.38    0.96    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      0.38    0.95     0.38    0.97
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    0.38    0.94     0.38    0.95    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                0.37    0.94     0.37    0.94    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           0.37    0.93     0.37    0.94    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                0.36    0.32     0.41    0.35
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    0.35    0.26     0.39    0.31
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   0.29    0.27     0.33    0.31
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.24    0.59     0.24    0.59
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        0.23    0.57     0.23    0.57    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             0.20    0.48     0.20    0.49    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       0.15    0.15     0.16    0.17
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.13    0.15     0.13    0.17
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              0.10    0.24     0.10    0.24    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.06    0.07     0.06    0.08    [hinv]


Test J: lothian400.iv (318402 polygons). This is a different landscape model [screenshot], 400x400 grid, of the area of Lothian region, Scotland (East coast). I live on this mesh somewhere! 8) NOTE: for O2, R4K/250 HighIMPACT Indigo2, Onyx2 and other fast systems, this test is CPU-limited, ie. the bottleneck is not in the graphics pipe (the extra three CPUs in the Onyx2 are not used by ivview, so the gfx system is not going as fast as it could if more than one main CPU could be utilised, or if a better CPU were present). In fact, the R4K/250 HighIMPACT I2 becomes CPU-bound at the 100x100 stage. Landscape data supplied by the Radar Research Lab at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

                                             MW     MW/W     SW     SW/W

Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             10.44    6.19   10.59    6.25    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             10.43    6.20   10.58    6.25    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             10.43    6.20   10.57    6.25    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             10.42    6.19   10.57    6.25    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                  10.41    6.19   10.58    6.25    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  10.41    6.19   10.57    6.24    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           10.40    5.02   10.56    5.22    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            10.39    5.05   10.47    5.23
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:       9.57    2.40    9.62    2.41    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:       9.48    2.40    9.48    2.40    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR R10K/195 1-CPU 1RM:                7.50     ?      7.50     ?      [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:      7.35    2.43    7.35    2.54    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            3.41    1.41    3.45    1.41    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      2.40    2.15    4.27    2.16    [hinv] [not convinced these are correct!]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            3.29    1.60    3.32    1.61    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      2.39    1.21    2.41    1.21    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      2.38    1.21    2.40    1.21    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      2.33    1.20    2.38    1.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      2.31    1.21    2.33    1.21
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             2.21    1.19    2.23    1.19    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             2.19    1.19    2.23    1.19    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      1.99    1.18    2.00    1.18    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           1.77    0.86    1.77    0.86    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      1.71    0.82    1.73    0.83
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      1.67    0.97    1.69    0.97
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           1.67    0.86    1.68    0.86    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         1.67    0.86    1.67    0.86    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           1.67    0.86    1.66    0.86    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           1.66    0.86    1.66    0.86    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      1.64    0.84    1.67    0.87    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      1.64    0.85    1.64    0.85    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           1.63    0.85    1.68    0.86    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           1.61    1.39    1.62    1.41    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      1.57    0.71    1.59    0.72
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       1.38    1.27    1.39    1.28    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:     1.37    0.83    1.38    0.83
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   1.37    0.68    1.38    0.69    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  1.36    0.68    1.37    0.69    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:            1.31    0.77    1.32    0.77
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            1.13    0.83    1.13    0.84    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            1.12    0.83    1.12    0.83    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            1.11    0.83    1.12    0.84
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            1.11    0.83    1.11    0.83    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            1.10    0.83    1.13    0.83
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     1.04    1.31    1.10    1.38    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       0.98    1.39    0.98    1.46    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       0.89    1.40    0.89    1.50    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      0.82    1.11    0.83    1.12    [hinv]
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             0.80    0.83    0.80    0.83
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     0.73    1.14    0.73    1.15    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      0.63    0.86    0.63    0.86
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     0.61    0.80    0.61    0.80    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   0.49    1.24    0.49    1.27    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.49    1.23    0.49    1.25    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.49    1.23    0.49    1.25    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  0.49    1.21    0.49    1.23    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:              0.28    0.24    0.33    0.29
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):       0.21    0.55    0.22    0.55    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     0.21    0.54    0.21    0.55
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):     0.21    0.54    0.22    0.54
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):          0.21    0.54    0.21    0.55
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):           0.21    0.54    0.21    0.55
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):               0.21    0.54    0.21    0.54    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):          0.21    0.54    0.21    0.54    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):   0.21    0.53    0.21    0.53    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):               0.21    0.53    0.21    0.53    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:               0.21    0.20    0.23    0.24
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                   0.21    0.16    0.24    0.19
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                  0.17    0.16    0.19    0.19
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       0.13    0.33    0.13    0.33
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):       0.12    0.32    0.12    0.32    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):            0.11    0.27    0.11    0.27    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                      0.09    0.11    0.10    0.13
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                      0.08    0.09    0.08    0.11


Test K: arm2.iv (810 polygons). This is a simple but highly accurate model of a robot arm [screenshot]; the model file actually contains Inventor constructs to allow the joint angles to be altered. The real arm [129K JPEG Photo] resides in the Ocean Systems Research Laboratory at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, where I conducted undersea modeling research during early 1995.

                                              MW      MW/W    MW/HL      SW      SW/W    SW/HL

Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      1365.38  1183.68  1794.30  1448.64  1252.46  2006.00    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:       963.05   895.28  1238.12  1472.32  1246.00  1990.25    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:              410.29   408.09   647.35  1295.00  1088.50  1629.00    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:              410.29   409.00   647.00  1286.00  1088.00  1623.00    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:              407.80   408.30   645.00  1283.50  1103.13  1622.00    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:              407.63   407.07   636.81  1280.54  1087.21  1620.25    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:      439.08   458.88   615.01   886.13   766.39  1190.88    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                   384.79   386.50   609.96  1241.15  1060.49  1510.08    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                   366.86   377.82           1244.79  1036.19             [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:            333.50   296.53   441.80  1123.47   773.81  1051.71    [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:             314.25   286.27   406.04   960.41   742.32   968.74    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           252.87   207.09   324.62   268.88   297.01   385.20    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            187.90   183.55   287.43   499.79   412.98   637.60    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            175.67   172.54   271.90   415.10   358.60   565.72    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SSE:             167.31   171.97   253.23   412.58   358.46   553.97    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           191.61   167.50   255.01   276.21   285.21   370.38    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           189.89   166.22   252.47   278.46   284.01   369.82    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      187.82   165.99   257.43   276.62   284.12   367.37    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      188.54   165.83   257.36   272.98   274.21   363.53    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            177.55   171.74   248.33   183.31   197.22   267.55    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             165.50   159.92   252.57   354.76   304.42   464.65    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             168.58   160.04   249.03   334.17   290.28   442.11    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      165.13   149.92   236.23   406.43   283.24   437.78    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      161.91   150.36   233.00   396.38   284.11   436.55    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            176.34   163.51   222.31   183.58   195.96   265.95    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      155.23   143.16   221.63   345.55   254.91   385.09    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      141.93   140.51   205.53   322.52   251.17   375.40
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      148.24   136.57   207.47   313.40   235.16   343.01    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            150.30   143.23   198.50   158.81   164.51   222.40
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         119.72   114.27   176.41   287.46   259.74   363.52    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      128.11   118.34   175.68   224.79   182.85   256.90    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           118.83   114.90   176.39   275.45   260.36   362.40    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           108.24   109.30   162.45   270.01   256.67   356.99    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            109.78   107.29   157.00   176.27   178.82   249.18    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            103.39   104.42   168.21   161.98   160.10   222.06
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                        96.96   100.72   147.41   284.57   239.95   348.09    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:            89.90    95.61   143.67   277.45   247.75   358.66    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:       87.47    88.77   138.46   257.65   217.23   329.30
Octane R12000SC/300 2MB L2 SE:               85.30    87.98   134.57   246.75   211.55   312.05    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                      86.20    89.47   133.88   230.46   204.09   293.84    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:       83.73    85.95   135.20   222.22   199.00   297.41
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:    86.81    82.17   130.27   247.51   169.67   268.32    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB HighIMPACT 1MB:      83.30    81.71   126.80   221.61   174.19   262.21
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 2MB HighIMPACT-AA 1MB:   80.00    83.08   125.37   214.00   186.31   274.18    [hinv]
Octane R10000/175 1MB L2 SI+Tex:             80.72    82.50   125.80   216.21   176.50   260.56
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:       79.73    81.64   129.06   183.62   167.18   249.80
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   84.03    78.71   123.90   212.94   151.67   237.22    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                        83.38    87.33   131.31   214.82   199.40   284.36    [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 270MHz 1MB:                      79.51    87.64   124.38   212.03   198.40   206.14    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                        80.96    87.44   130.01   196.36   198.97   283.36    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                       78.11    87.34   127.94   181.36   197.57   267.89    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                      78.90    86.18   126.72   182.43   192.15   262.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    75.69    97.23   101.83   118.57   169.05   185.49    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                       72.45    81.25   118.97   153.45   165.13   222.73
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:              97.09    91.36   118.21    99.09    96.00   128.95
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   72.75    91.21    95.39   110.40   154.81   168.47    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   70.04    87.42    91.36   105.03   145.12   160.44    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                      68.30    75.36   108.34   131.50   142.54   188.71
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   68.19    83.97    88.59    98.85   135.06   150.95    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      39.80    50.86    52.41    62.34    89.88    98.61
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            39.17    49.69    51.98    62.64    89.78    99.47
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           38.90    49.40    50.84    62.63    89.85    99.43
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      38.90    48.20    48.80    60.93    88.55    97.37
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        37.17    47.06    49.40    56.59    82.12    90.04    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                37.11    47.32    48.67    55.94    79.62    86.74    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        33.72    46.65    48.16    50.58    77.49    86.15
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    36.54    46.33    48.01    55.67    76.65    84.70    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        33.29    44.63    45.83    48.58    73.39    80.24    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                34.13    42.78    44.02    49.51    67.72    75.27    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                29.72    37.59    37.10    52.32    55.57    60.30
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           30.47    36.75    38.55    41.17    52.19    60.15    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               29.46    36.38    37.86    56.06    53.53    61.22
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             26.32    34.22    36.00    33.00    45.48    52.86    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   23.52    27.65    27.90    42.10    43.05    48.67
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      19.27    29.59    31.54    23.04    39.36    43.13    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    20.04    26.52    26.15    39.23    37.55    42.87
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              17.49    25.74    27.67    20.24    32.23    36.40    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       13.10    19.00    17.72    20.33    26.28    27.93
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       12.01    15.21    15.20    19.12    21.08    23.78
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                     7.26     9.34     9.61     9.90    11.89    12.54    [hinv]


Test L: stars4.iv (0 polygons, 300000 points). This model is a simple, very large point data set [screenshot], constructed by placing random points in a spherical volume, which was then squashed vertically. Unlike Test F, this test is a single defined Inventor object; there is no screenshot available since the object just resembles a white blob when shown in an Inventor window (one must zoom-in to see the individual points). For the maximum size window (MW), I zoomed the object so that it just filled the ivview window area (this is only reliably possible to do because the object is circular). Note that a system needs more than 64MB RAM to run this test properly.

                                              MW      SW

Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:       39.87   24.50    [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:       37.40   38.00    [hinv]
Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:              20.20   23.08    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:              20.14   22.81    [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:              20.09   22.72    [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:              20.08   22.66    [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 V12:             20.07   21.78    [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                   18.24   22.66    [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                   17.55   20.57    [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:      15.42   15.44    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            12.53   13.03    [hinv]
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            11.95   12.35    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             11.40   11.75    [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             11.36   11.73    [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:            10.53   11.56    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:       9.38    9.62    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:            9.36    9.56    [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:       9.33    9.55    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:            9.23    9.40    [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:          8.82    9.18    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:            8.74    9.11    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:            8.48    8.38    [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:            8.43    8.70    [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:            7.87    8.53    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:       7.76    7.93    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:       7.74    7.92    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000 195MHz 1MB L2 SolidIMPACT:    7.64    8.20    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       7.64    7.83    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       7.36    7.53    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:   7.16    7.51    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:             7.24    7.30    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:             7.23    7.30    [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                        7.08    7.46    [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:             6.93    7.02    [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:             6.71    6.75
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:             6.65    6.69
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:              6.14    6.23
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                      5.88    6.14    [hinv]
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                        6.06    6.27    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:       5.18    5.26    [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                      5.03    5.22    [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                        4.85    5.03    [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                       4.83    5.01    [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):    4.35    4.43    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   4.28    4.32    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   4.25    4.31    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   4.20    4.25    [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                       3.63    3.76
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                      3.25    3.32    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      2.74    2.80
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        2.73    2.80    [hinv]
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           2.73    2.78    [hinv]
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            2.73    2.78
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      2.72    2.78
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                2.71    2.77    [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    2.65    2.69    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                2.62    2.64    [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           1.85    1.89    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        1.66    1.69
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        1.64    1.65    [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                1.10    1.20
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               1.06    1.20
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   0.81    1.02
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             1.38    1.39    [hinv]
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    0.79    0.87
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              0.69    0.69    [hinv]
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       0.43    0.68
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.40    0.44
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.19    0.20    [hinv]


Test M: spacestation.iv (10237 polygons). This is the famous model from the /usr/share/data/models/vehicles directory [screenshot].

                                              MW    MW/W    MW/HL    SW     SW/W    SW/HL

Tezro R16000 1GHz 16MB L2 V12:             201.20  115.54  250.47  401.30  165.57  197.90   [hinv]
Fuel R14000 600MHz 4MB L2 V12:             199.25  115.10  149.23  396.74  166.08  198.60   [hinv]
Fuel R16000 900MHz 8MB L2 V12:             198.70  114.00  148.22  398.63  165.42  197.25   [hinv]
Fuel R16000 800MHz 4MB L2 V10:             195.90  113.94  147.48  397.50  165.17  197.21   [hinv]
Fuel R16K/700 4MB L2 V10:                  194.81  112.44     ?    400.30  162.59     ?     [hinv]
Fuel R14K/500 2MB L2 V10:                  190.76  111.50  144.72  388.26  165.17  197.00   [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R12K/400 8MB L2 2RM9/64MB:      332.83   96.45  176.82  333.83   78.96  131.41   [hinv]
Onyx2 IR2E R10K/250 4MB L2 4RM9/64MB:      223.79  102.42  159.78  223.93  103.79  150.37   [hinv]
Onyx R10000SC/195 1MB L2 IR 1RM6/64MB:     161.99  130.17   87.49  162.87  127.78   82.98   [hinv]
Octane2 R12000 400MHz 2MB L2 V6:           125.24   63.70   85.26  271.86  108.09  129.50   [hinv]
Octane R12000 300MHz 2MB L2 V6:            123.04   62.95   84.39  255.32  107.10  129.38
Octane2 R14000SC/600 2MB L2 MXE:            77.61   43.61   62.76  118.15   51.23   76.06   [hinv]
Octane2 R12000SC/400 2MB L2 MXE:            75.47   41.12   59.85  118.38   47.88   72.50   [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/250 4MB L2 RE2 2RM4:           68.69   31.13   46.93   87.06   35.66   54.27   [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/90 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      68.13   31.13   47.02   84.67   35.48   53.92   [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:           66.68   31.16   46.75   82.59   35.42   53.93   [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 4RM4:           59.68   32.31   48.52   62.19   35.48   53.68   [hinv]
POWER Onyx R8000SC/75 4MB L2 RE2 2RM5:      62.94   30.67   45.93   68.74   34.94   53.35   [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/195 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      54.20   28.99   42.93   76.19   32.78   51.76   [hinv]
Onyx R10000 195MHz 2MB L2 RE2 1RM5:         52.29   26.90   39.49   84.79   34.40   52.11   [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/200 4MB L2 RE2 1RM5:           52.20   26.74   39.66   78.92   33.95   51.59   [hinv]
Indigo2 R10K/175 1MB L2 MaxIMPACT 4MB:      48.46   28.88   40.38   77.88   32.84   50.29   [hinv]
Onyx R4400SC/150 1MB L2 RE2 1RM4:           48.70   26.01   38.35   62.35   33.53   50.48   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      42.70   28.49   39.02   61.29   33.27   49.24   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB MaxIMPACT 1MB:      41.01   28.01   38.57   62.66   32.50   49.57
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      40.38   28.23   38.54   53.18   31.96   46.60   [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 SSI:             39.60   26.72   34.30   79.10   30.70   47.41   [hinv]
Octane R10000SC/250 2MB L2 MXI:             40.65   26.75   34.76   78.13   30.51   46.55   [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 4RM:            57.90   25.72   38.36   54.88   26.96   40.49   [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 2RM:            51.62   25.16   38.21   56.48   26.97   40.34   [hinv]
POWER Series R4400SC/150 RE 1RM:            42.48   23.13   33.89   52.99   26.44   39.29   [hinv]
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 2RM:            33.78   24.94   35.56   34.27   25.78   36.73
POWER Series R4000SC/100 RE 1RM:            33.09   22.51   32.90   33.88   25.92   36.58
Indigo2 R4000SC/100 1MB MaxIMPACT 4MB:      23.76   27.26   32.38   26.08   30.22   34.83   [hinv]
O2 R12000 400MHz 2MB:                       22.37   19.25   24.73   44.20   30.95   43.47   [hinv]
O2 R7000SC 600MHz 256K/1MB L2/L3:           21.14   20.40   23.83   43.40   31.65   44.61   [hinv]
O2 R12000SC 300MHz 1MB:                     21.11   17.31   23.26   35.07   25.94   36.62   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC 250MHz 2MB L2 SolidIMPACT:  20.66   19.35   15.36   45.41   28.10   18.50   [hinv]
Octane R12000SC/400 2MB L2 SE+Texture:      19.88   17.72   20.63   49.87   23.82   34.23
Octane R10000SC/250 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      20.11   16.44   19.70   49.37   20.66   30.69
Octane R10000SC/195 1MB L2 SE+Texture:      19.06   14.48   17.80   42.67   17.38   25.95
POWER Series R3000SC/33 RE 1RM:             16.61   19.35   22.73   16.59   22.66   23.95
O2 R12000 270MHz 1MB:                       17.28   15.82   20.12   29.84   23.74   33.45   [hinv]
O2 R10000 250MHz 1MB:                       15.43   15.90   19.28   25.96   25.02   33.22   [hinv]
O2 R5200SC 300MHz 1MB:                      15.13   16.40   19.95   24.84   27.62   35.36   [hinv]
O2 R10000SC 195MHz 1MB:                     14.43   15.29   18.72   23.58   27.29   34.65   [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 200MHz 1MB:                      12.85   14.60   17.35   20.03   24.26   30.73
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  13.26   14.68   12.22   19.49   23.13   19.08   [hinv]
O2 R5000SC 180MHz 512K:                     11.88   14.44   17.18   15.94   20.66   25.63   [hinv]
Indigo2 R10000/195 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):   12.50   12.17   13.66   18.47   17.08   20.02   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  12.84   11.79   14.13   15.97   16.67   18.32   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GU1-Extreme (8GE):  11.40   10.48   12.23   16.98   16.54   19.51   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      6.22    6.12    6.87    8.95    9.29   10.80
Indigo R4000SC 100MHz 1MB GR2-Elan (4GE):    6.16    6.53    5.72    7.70    8.61    7.63   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-Elan (4GE):      6.13    6.12    6.90    7.85    7.88    9.20
Indy R4400SC 200MHz 1MB XZ (4GE):            6.05    6.09    6.70    7.97    7.90    9.13
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XZ (4GE):           6.05    5.95    6.75    7.83    7.84    9.13
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XZ (4GE):                6.04    5.97    6.63    7.55    7.63    8.53   [hinv]
Indy R4600PC 133MHz XZ (4GE):                6.04    5.61    6.48    8.07    7.81    9.10   [hinv]
Indy R4600SC 133MHz 512K L2 XZ (4GE):        5.97    5.63    6.45    7.83    7.57    8.63 ? [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-Elan (4GE):           5.64    5.38    6.19    7.35    7.47    8.53   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/200 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        5.33    5.75    6.51    6.50    7.17    8.05
Indigo2 R4400SC/150 1MB GR3-XZ (2GE):        5.22    5.57    6.33    6.33    6.89    7.91   [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz GR2-XZ (2GE):             4.59    4.89    5.62    5.17    5.60    6.62   [hinv]
Indigo R4000SC/100 1MB GR2-XS24Z (1GE):      2.82    3.24    3.65    3.04    3.43    4.09   [hinv]
Indigo R3000 33MHz XS24Z (1GE):              2.80    3.30    3.70    2.90    3.56    4.05   [hinv]
Indigo2 R4400SC/250 2MB XL24:                2.44    2.63    2.63    4.21    4.68    5.17
Indy R5000SC 180MHz 512K XL24:               2.14    2.34    2.36    4.72    4.20    5.10
Indy R4400SC/200 1MB XL24:                   1.60    2.21    2.32    5.58    4.49    5.92
Indy R5000PC 150MHz XL24:                    1.61    1.81    1.77    3.50    3.25    3.73
Indy R4600PC/133 XL24:                       1.03    1.31    1.33    2.81    3.02    3.50
Indy R4600PC/100 XL24:                       0.95    1.13    1.14    2.34    2.44    2.88
Indigo R3000 33MHz Entry:                    0.67    0.84    0.82    0.84    1.09    1.00   [hinv]


I may add further tests of other models at a later date. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email me.

Info on the R3000SC POWER Series RE system, from Simon Pigot:

Here are some tests for 8 x 33MHz R3000 256k/SC with 256Mb RAM and
RealityEngine with 1 x RM4. The tests were all done under Irix 5.3xfs
with the Open Inventor 2.1.1 eoe plus the 5.3xfs Recommended patches.
Certainly lags behind the R4000 and R4400 RE but still isn't too bad....

BTW: Tried quake on 6.2 RE with R4400/150 the other day - seems to work
just fine. In fact it looks to me to be somewhere between O2 and Octane
in its performance - not bad.

Speaking of Quake, an Onyx2 R10K/250 (4MB L2) IR2E 4RM/64 system I tested gives 30fps at 3840x1024 (3-screen RealityCentre).

A note about the V12 results compared to V6: from what I can gather, only the power of the GE subsystem was increased from V6/8 to V10/12. Thus, please make careful note of the following table when looking at the V6 and V12 numbers:

                     CAD-oriented, fewer    GIS, imaging, heavy texture
                     hw features, not so    oriented, complex animation,
                     much VRAM or TRAM.     more features, dual-head, etc.

Old Series VPro         V6 (32MB RAM)               V8 (128MB RAM)
Original GE speed

New Series VPro         V10 (32MB RAM)              V12 (128MB RAM)
2X Faster GE speed

Some observations which result from the above:

So if you're a V6 user, do you need V10? If you're a V8 user, do you need V12? Well, it depends on what you're doing. This is definitely a case of try before you buy. One should also analyse main CPU issues before considering a gfx upgrade - maybe the main CPU is the bottleneck. What does osview say when an application is active? The models tested here don't cause much in the way of dynamic data transfer between main RAM and the graphic board, so more complex applications may behave differently, eg. Octane MXI should perform much better than Indigo2 MaxIMPACT for a RAM intensive 3D task.


Curiosities:

Comments welcome! :)