Calculator Speed Benchmark (Add Loop)

[Thomas Chrapkiewicz]

I've taken Gene Wrights original work, put it in an XL sheet and added a few items:

There's a link to the file at the bottom of the page here:

https://sites.google.com/site/tchrapkiewicz2/calculating-devices

I'll try to maintain it and add some more benchmark columns to it.

TomC

[Tim Wessman]

39gII: Sept 04, 2012 firmware

LOOP1()

BEGIN

 A:=0;

 REPEAT

 A:=A+1;

 UNTIL 0;

END;

Run for 1 minute, stop, recall A. Averaged 5 runs.

~582,000

LOOP2()

BEGIN

 FOR A FROM 0 TO 1E9 DO

 END;

END;

Run for 1 minute, stop, recall A. Averaged 5 runs.

~1,640,000

For an exact comparison with same program as 39gs.

LOOP3()

BEGIN

 1 STO A

 REPEAT

 A+1 STO A;

 UNTIL A <=0;

END;

Run for 1 minute, stop, recall A. Averaged 5 runs.

~440,000

TW

Edited: 20 Jan 2013, 11:37 a.m. after one or more responses were posted

[Thomas Chrapkiewicz]

Tim:

Nice work, process and documentation; I'll update the sheet soon.

Regards,
TomC