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Computer Speed Claims 1980 to 1996

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  • UK Government

Abstract

In 1980 I created a database to contain information about mainframes, minicomputers, supercomputers and workstations. The information came from manufacturers’ publications and press reports. Performance numbers are claims, based on benchmarks or manual calculations. They are not likely to be particularly accurate but are probably suitable for historic comparisons. Further data was added until 1996 and lately for Intel and AMD CPUs (based on Dhrystone benchmark results) and IBM’s larger mainframes up to 2004. Data comprises more than 2000 claims of MIPS and MFLOPS from some 120 computer manufacturers.
Computer Speed Claims 1980 to 1996
By Roy Longbottom
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Summary
This document contains performance claims and estimates for more than 2000 mainframes, minicomputers,
supercomputers and workstations, from around 120 suppliers and produced between 1980 and 1996. Speed
is given as MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second). Maximum MFLOPS (Millions of Floating Point
Instructions Per Second) are also provided, usually for systems with supercomputer vector processing
capabilities. Where available, production dates and cost is also shown. Details of IBM’s larger mainframes
and PC CPUs up to 2004 have also been included.
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Introduction
In 1980 I created a database to contain information about mainframes, minicomputers, supercomputers and
workstations. The information came from manufacturers’ publications and press reports. Performance
numbers are claims, based on benchmarks or manual calculations. They are not likely to be particularly
accurate but are probably suitable for historic comparisons. Further data was added until 1996 and lately
for Intel and AMD CPUs (based on Dhrystone benchmark results) and IBM’s larger mainframes up to 2004.
The basic data for the latter was found at:
http://www.mainframes.com/hardware.html
Details provided are Manufacturer, Processor/System Name, Number of CPUs, CPU/Technology Type, CPU
MHz, Operating System, MIPS, Maximum MFLOPS, Year, Cost and System Type using the following codes:
AR Array Processor
MF Mainframe
SU Supercomputer
MS Mini-supercomputer
SV Server
Ch Chip
PC PC
FT Fault Tolerant Server
SF Small Mainframe
SM Mainframe/Supercomputer
WS Workstation
MI Minicomputer
VC Vector processing Chip
VU Vector processing Unit
VL Very Long Instruction Word
DB Database Server
MFLOPS
Maximum MFLOPS shown are mainly for systems with supercomputer/vector processing capabilities. These
processors can generally produce one on more results per clock cycle where, for example, at two results
per clock, maximum MFLOPS is two times CPU MHz. Note that modern PCs, using the new data streaming
instructions, can also produce one or two floating point results per clock cycle.
MIPS
MIPS figures shown may be based on calculations or benchmark results and different methods are likely to
be used by the various computer suppliers. The speeds generally only represent raw processing speed and
usually bear no relationship to system throughput capabilities. An exception could be some mainframes
where careful attention is paid to balanced configurations such that MIPS for a particular range of systems
remains proportional to throughput.
MIPS for many UNIX based systems and PCs are derived from the Dhrystone benchmark. This uses little
data, making it independent of cache sizes (let alone memory size/speed). This benchmark (and others)
may be over-optimised by the compiler to produce misleading results and some have been excluded where
this was obvious. At least those for Intel and AMD CPUs shown are based on the same compiled code (one
of my benchmarks).
Even if the results represented average processing speed, architectural improvements lead to wider
variations on different applications.
In comparing systems it should be accepted that any MIPS figure might be 200% of a more appropriate
rating, making them unsuitable for use in competitive purchasing. However, for historical purposes, on
comparing systems of different ages, it does not matter that much.
Index to A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Z
Acorn ACT Alliant Altos AMD
Amdahl AMT Apollo Apple Apricot
Ardent AT&T BBN Bull Unix Bull GCOS
Burroughs CCI CDC NOS CDC Unix Compaq
Comparex Compuadd Concurrent Convex Cray
CSP Culler Cydrome Cypress DEC PC/VAX
DEC Alpha DEC Stations Dell DG Mini DG Unix
E&S Elxsi Encore ETA (CDC) FPS
Fujitsu GE GEC Gould HAL
Harris HDS Hitachi Honeywell Unix Honeywell GCOS
HP Mini HP Unix HP Apollo IBM PC IBM Unix
IBM S/3x IBM AS/ IBM 93xx IBM 43xx IBM 308x
IBM 3090 IBM ES/9000 IBM G Series IBM Z Series ICL DRS
Index to A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Z
ICL ME29 ICL 2900 ICL 39/ IIMI Inmos
Intel Systems Intel CPUs Intergraph ITL Kendall Square
LSI Lynwood Mars Maspar Masscomp
McDonnel Dg Meiko MIPS CPUs MIPS Servers Motorola CPUs
Motorola Multiflow NAS NCR Mini NCR Unix
Ncube NEC Nixdorf Norsk Data National Semi
Numerix Olivetti Opus Parsys Parsytec
Perkin Elmer Pixar Prime Unix Prime Mini Pyramid
RT SCS Sension Sequent Sequoia
Siemens Silicon Graphics SNI Solbourne SSI
Star Stardent Stellar Stratus Sun
Symbolics Systime Tadpole Tandem Tatung
Tektronix Teradata Texas Thinking Machines Toshiba
Unisys/Burroughs Unisys OS3 & Unix Unisys 1100 Wang Mini Wang Unix
Zenith Zilog
Index to A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Z
To Start
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Acorn
ARCHIMEDES 1 ARM2 8 4.5 1987 £899
ACT (ITL) OS Unix
MOMENTUM 20 1 0.3 SV
MOMENTUM 21X 1 0.3 SV
MOMENTUM 22X 1 0.5 SV
MOMENTUM 23/33X 1 0.6 SV
MOMENTUM 65 1 RISC 2 SV
MOMENTUM 68 1 RISC 3.5 SV
MOMENTUM 21041 1 68020 16.7 2.5 SV £17.7K
MOMENTUM 21042 32 68020 16.7 80 SV
MOMENTUM 21096 1 68020 20 6 SV
MOMENTUM 96E 1 SV £250K
MOMENTUM 97 32 150 SV 1989
42/40 1 68030 33 8 SV
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Altos OS Unix/Xenix
686 1 80286 7.7 1 PC $5K
886 1 80286 7.5 1 PC $9.2K
2086 1 80286 8 1.5 PC $18K
386 Ser 500 1 80386 2 SV
386 Ser 1000 1 80386 16 3.5 SV $7K
386 Ser 2000 1 80386 16 4 SV $22K
AMS/5000 1 80486 25 15 SV 1990 £25K
AMD
29000 1 29000 33 22 Ch 1992 $47
AM386DX-40 1 AM386 40 9 Ch 1991
K6 1 K6 200 239 Ch 1997
K6 1 K6 475 567 Ch 1999
Athlon 1 Athlon 500 693 Ch 1999
Athlon 1 Athlon 2200 3048 Ch 2004
Athlon 64 1 Athlon 64 2000 3319 Ch 2003
Athlon 64 1 Athlon 64 2600 4314 Ch 2004
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Amdahl OS As IBM
470/V6 1 MF 1975
470/V6-II 1 MF 1976
470/V7 1 34.5 5.5 MF 1977
470/V7A 1 34.5 4.5 MF
470/V7B 1 34.5 3.5 MF
470/V7C 1 34.5 2.7 MF
Amdahl OS As IBM + Unix
470/V8 1 38.5 6.9 MF 1980 $1.93M
5840 1 42.9 8.4 MF 1983 $2.35M
5850 1 42.9 11.6 MF 1983 $2.75M
5860 1 42.9 14 MF 1982 $3.15M
5867 2 42.9 22 MF 1985 $2.85M
5868 2 42.9 22 MF 1985 $3.4M
5870 2 42.9 26.6 MF 1984 $5.2M
5880 2 42.9 26.6 MF 1985 $6.19M
5890-190 1 66.7 21 MF
5890-200 2 66.7 30 MF 1987
5890-300 2 66.7 40 MF 1986
5890-600 4 66.7 72 MF 1987
5890-180E 1 66.7 23.3 MF 1987 $2.25M
5890-190E 1 66.7 27.1 MF 1987 $2.6M
5890-200E 2 66.7 43.2 MF 1987 $3.9M
5890-300E 2 66.7 49.9 MF 1987 $4.6M
5890-390E 2 66.7 48.5 MF 1987 $7M
5890-400E 3 66.7 67.5 MF 1987 $7.28M
5890-600E 4 66.7 84.6 MF 1987 $8.6M
5990-350 1 100 34 MF 1989 $3.8M
5990-500 2 100 49 MF 1989 $4.6M
5990-700 2 100 63 MF 1988 $6.4
5990-790 2 100 63 MF 1989 $7.5M
5990-1100 3 100 91 MF 1989 $9.9M
5990-1400 4 100 120 MF 1988 $11.9
5995-350A 1 100 35 MF 1990 $3.2M
5995-500A 2 100 50 MF 1990 $4.2M
5995-700A 2 100 64 MF 1990 $4.96M
5995-790A 2 100 63 MF 1990 $5.94M
5995-1100A 3 100 94 MF 1990 $7.52M
5995-1400A 4 100 120 MF 1990 $9.04M
5995-3550M 3 154 157 MF 1991 $14.2M
5995-4550M 4 154 204 MF 1991 $17.5M
5995-6650M 6 154 280 MF 1992 $24M
5995-8650M 8 154 357 MF 1992 $30.1M
7300-150 1 52.6 17 MF 1990 $730K
7300-250 2 52.6 30 MF 1990 $1.25M
500 VP 1 143 143 SU 1984 $3M
1100 VP 1 143 286 SU 1984 $4M
1200 VP 1 143 571 SU 1985 $5.5M
1400 VP 1 143 1142 SU 1985 $6M
500E VP 1 ECL 143 286 SU 1987 £1.9M
1100E VP 1 ECL 143 429 SU 1987 $4M
1200E VP 1 ECL 143 857 SU 1987 $6M
1400E VP 1 ECL 143 1714 SU 1987 $6.5M
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Alliant OS Unix
FX FRONT END 68020 MS
FX/1 1 5.9 4.5 12 MS 1985 £43K
FX/4 4 5.9 17.8 47 MS 1985 £142K
FX/8 8 5.9 35.6 94 MS 1985 $285K
FX/40-1 1 ECL 5.9 12 MS 1988 $150K
FX/40-4 4 5.9 47 MS 1988 $327K
FX/80-8 8 ECL 5.9 189 MS 1988 $653K
FX/82 16 5.9 378 MS 1988 $1.25M
FX/800-2 1+1 I860 40 60 80 MS 1991 $189K
FX/800-8 4+4 I860 40 240 320 MS 1991 $600K
FX/2800 1 I860 40 30 40 MS 1990
FX/2804 2+2 I860 40 120 80 MS 1990 £32K
FX/2828 14+14 I860 40 840 560 MS 1990 $1.5M
CAMPUS 800 800 I860 XR 32000 MS 1992 $16M
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
AMT OS Unix
DAP 510 1024 32x32 10 400 60 AR $120K
DAP 610 4096 64X64 10 1600 240 AR
DAP/CP8-510C 1024x2 32x32 5000 140 AR 1990 $100K
DAP/CP8-610C 4096x2 64x64 20000 560 AR 1990 $400K
Apollo OS Unix
SEE HP
Apple OS MACOS/Xenix
MACINTOSH II 1 68020 15.7 2 PC $9.8K
MACIIFX 1 68030 40 11 PC 1990 $10K
QUADRA 700/900 1 68040 PC 1991
QUADRA 950 1 68040 33 PC 1992 $7.2K
Apricot OS Win/Unix
VX-300 1 80386 16 3.5 PC
QI PCi 1 80386 25 5 PC £3.3K
VX FTserver 1 80486 25 15 SV 1990 £11K
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
AT&T OS Unix
6386E/33 1 80386 33 7.7 SV $12.5K
6386/25 1 80386 25 6.9 SV $8.5K
3B2/300 1 WE32100 0.8 SV
3B2/310 1 1.1 SV
3B2/400 1 WE32100 10 1.5 SV
3B2/500 1 WE32100 18 2.1 SV 1987 $24K
3B2/600 1 WE32100 18 2.6 SV $46.5K
3B2/700 1 WE32100 22 5 SV $69K
3B2/1000-60 1 WE32200 22 5 SV $39.9K
3B2/1000-70 1 WE32200 22 7 SV $59.9K
3B2/1000-80 1 WE32200 24 9 SV 1989 $74.9K
3B2/1000 R3 1 R3000 33 27 SV 1991 $50K
3B15 1 WE32100 14 1.6 SV
3B20S 1 1 SV
3B20A 1 1.8 SV
3B4000/2 2 WE32100 14 4 SV 1988 $180K
3B4000/14 14 43 SV 1988
7000/1 1 RISC 10 14 SV 1990 £88K
7000/8 8 RISC 10 122 SV 1990 £225K
7000/R3-1 1 R3000 33 27 SV 1991 $145K
7000/R3-12 12 R3000 33 300 SV 1991 $1M+
Starserver E/1 1 80486 33 20 SV 1990 $27.5K
Starserver E/4 4 80486 33 80 SV 1990
Starserver E/1 1 80486 66 34 SV 1992
Starserver E/4 4 80486 66 136 SV 1992
Starserver FT 3 R2000 16.7 15.6 FT 1990 $172K
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Bull OS GCOS
DPS 6 PLUS 210 1 5 0.7 SF 1986
DPS 6 PLUS 220 1 5 1 SF 1986
DPS 6 PLUS 400 1 5 1.2 SF
DPS 6000-200 1 0.9 MF $14K
DPS 6000-200 2 5 1.7 MF
DPS 6000-400 2 5 3.6 MF $250K
DPS 6000-400 2 1.7 MF $33K
DPS 6000-600 1 3 MF $90K
DPS 6000-600 4 7.1 10 MF
DPS 8/47 1 0.7 MF $153K
DPS 8/49 1 1.1 MF 1983 $253K
DPS 8/52 1 1.1 MF 1980 $450K
DPS 8/62 1 1.2 MF 1980 $680K
DPS 8/70 1 1.8 MF 1980 $900K
DPS 88/861 1 5.4 MF 1987 $1.74M
DPS 88/862 2 9.7 MF 1985 $2.78M
DPS 88/862T 2 9.7 MF 1986 $3.48K
DPS 88/891 1 14.6 MF 1984 $2.85M
DPS 88/892 2 26.3 MF 1984 $3.8M
DPS 88/892T 2 26.3 MF 1984 $4.5M
DPS 90/91 1 27.8 10.8 27 MF 1984 $3.55M
DPS 90/92 2 27.8 19.4 54 MF 1985 $4.5M
DPS 90/92T 2 27.8 19.4 54 MF 1985 $5.3M
DPS 90/93 3 27.8 28 81 MF 1986 $6.5M
DPS 90/94 4 27.8 36.7 108 MF 1986 $7.6M
DPS 7000/10 1 6.7 0.7 MF 1988 $112K
DPS 7000/20 1 6.7 0.9 MF 1987 $70K
DPS 7000/40 1 6.7 2.2 MF 1987 $140K
DPS 7000/50 2 6.7 3.8 MF 1987 $193K
DPS 7000/72 2 8.3 3.3 MF 1988 $731K
DPS 7000/82 4 8.3 4.8 MF 1988 $1.16M
DPS 7000/92 4 8.3 8.1 MF 1988 $1.94M
DPS 7000/A 1 MF 1990
DPS 7000/200 MF
DPS 7000/300 MF
DPS 7000/500 MF 1990 $1.2M
DPS 7000/700 6 31.3 MF 1990 $8M
DPS 8000/41 1 MF 1988 $450K
DPS 8000/81 1 2.8 MF 1987 $675K
DPS 8000/82 2 5.5 MF 1987 $1.3M
DPS 8000/83 3 7.7 MF 1988 $1.84M
DPS 8000/84 4 8.9 MF 1988 $2.4M
DPS 9000/21 1 MF 1992 $250K
DPS 9000/31 1 MF 1992 $572K
DPS 9000/32 2 MF 1992 $1.2M
DPS 9000/41 1 MF 1992 $920K
DPS 9000/42 2 MF 1992 $1.79M
DPS 9000/51 1 MF 1992 $1.26M
DPS 9000/52 2 MF 1992 $2.39M
DPS 9000/61 1 MF 1991 $3.9M
DPS 9000/62 2 MF 1991 $6.93M
DPS 9000/62T 2 MF 1991 $7.8M
DPS 9000/91 1 167 40 MF 1989 $5.9M
DPS 9000/92 2 40 MF 1991 $9.37M
DPS 9000/92T 2 167 80 MF 1989 $11.3M
DPS 9000/93 3 167 120 MF 1989 $17.1M
DPS 9000/94 4 167 160 MF 1989 $22.9M
DPS 9000/900 4 Bi-polar 320 MF 1993
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Bull OS Unix
Honeywell
XPS-100/X-20 1 68020 16.7 2.7 SV
XPS-100/X-22 1 68020 17 2.1 SV 1988 $21K
XPS-100/X-25 1 68020 25 4.1 SV
XPS-100/X-42 2 68020 17 3.7 SV $41K
DPX/2 110 1 80386 SV 1990 $6K
DPX/2 150 1 80486 33 20 SV 1991 $14K
DPX/2 210 1 68030 7.5 SV 1990
DPX/2 250 1 68040 25 17.5 SV 1991 $10.5K
DPX/2 270 1 68040 33 23 SV 1992
DPX/2 340/1 1 68030 33 8.5 SV 1990
DPX/2 340/4 4 68030 33 33 SV 1990
DPX/2 360/1 1 68040 25 17.5 SV 1990 $36K
DPX/2 360/4 4 68040 25 70 SV 1990
DPX/2 380/1 1 68040 33 23 SV 1992
DPX/2 380/4 4 68040 33 92 SV 1992
DPX/2 510 1 R6000 60 68 SV 1990 $170K
DPX/20 100 1 POWER 33 28 SV 1992
DPX/20 430 1 POWER 25 21 SV 1992
DPX/20 440 1 POWER 33 28 SV 1992
DPX/20 450 1 POWER 41 35 SV 1992
DPX/20 610 1 POWER 25 21 SV 1992
DPX/20 620 1 POWER 33 28 SV 1992
DPX/20 650 1 POWER 50 59 SV 1992
DPX/20 660 1 POWER 62.5 73 SV 1992
DPX/20 820 1 POWER 50 59 SV 1992
DPX/20 150 1 POWER 66 63 SV 1993 £6K
DPX/20 680 1 POWER 55.6 98 SV 1993
DPX/20 690 1 POWER 66 117 SV 1993
DPX/20 890 1 POWER 71.5 126 SV 1993 £122K
ESCALA D201/4 4 MPC601 75 300 SV 1995
ESCALA D401/8 8 MPC601 75 600 SV 1995
ESCALA R201/4 4 MPC601 75 300 SV 1995
ESCALA R201/8 8 MPC601 75 600 SV 1995
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
BBN OS Unix
BUTTERFLY 250 80 AR 1981 $375K
GP 1000 256 68020 3.2 600 128 AR $500K
TC2000/8 8 88000 160 160 AR 1990 $350K
TC2000/126 126 88000 2400 AR 1990 $4.5M
XPS-100/X-15 1 68020 17 1.7 SV 1988 $12K
CCI OS Unix
POWER 5/32 1 68020 1.3 SV
POWER 5/32X 1 12.5 2.5 SV $38K
POWER 6/32 1 10 8 SV 1985 $110K
POWER 6/32S 1 10 5 SV 1987
POWER 6/32MP 2 10 15 SV 1986 $257K
POWER 7/64 1 RISC 50 25 SV 1989
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
CDC OS Unix
Cyber 205 2pipe 1 50 19.5 200 SU 1980
Cyber 205 4pipe 1 50 400 SU 1980
See also ETA 10
Cyber 910 1 68020 16 2 WS
Cyber 910-517 1 R2000 8 7 WS $45K
Cyber 910-537 1 R2000 12.5 10 WS $60K
Cyber 910-587 1 R2000 16.7 13 WS $95K
Cyber 910-470 1 R2000 20 16 WS $30.5K
Cyber 910-621 1 R3000 25 20 3 WS 1989 $94.9K
Cyber 910-700/1 1 R3000 25 20 WS 1990
Cyber 910-700/4 4 R3000 25 80 WS 1990
4330 1 R3000 25 25 10 SV 1990 $11K
4330-300 1 R3000 33 33 SV
4340 1 R3000 25 25 SV 1990 £24K
4360 1 R3000 25 27 10 SV 1990
4360 1 R3000 33 SV
4370 4 R3000A 40 143 SV 1991
4375 2 R3000A 40 75 SV 1991
4680/1 1 R6000 66 68 24 SV 1990 £120K
4680/2 2 R6000 66 125 SV 1991
4680/4 4 R6000 66 250 SV 1991
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
CDC OS NOS
7600 1 36.4 15 MF 1969
Cyber 170-720 1 0.9 MF 1979
Cyber 170-730 1 1.3 MF 1979
Cyber 170-740 1 3.4 MF 1979
Cyber 170-750 7.6 MF 1979
Cyber 170-760 40 10.7 MF 1979
Cyber 170-825 1.5 MF $320K
Cyber 170-855 15.6 8.5 MF $1.79M
Cyber 170-865 40 11 MF $2.17M
Cyber 170-865D 2 20 MF $3.2M
Cyber 170-875 1 40 19 MF $2.85M
Cyber 170-875D 2 32 MF $4.2M
Cyber 180-810 1 20 1 MF 1984 $147K
Cyber 180-830 20 1.6 MF 1984 $250K
Cyber 180-840 1 62.5 3.7 MF 1985 $760K
Cyber 180-850 1 62.5 5.6 MF 1985 $1.15M
Cyber 180-860 1 62.5 8.5 MF 1985 $1.58M
Cyber 180-870 2 62.5 15.2 MF 1985 $2.43M
Cyber 180-840A 1 62.5 4.7 MF 1986 $580K
Cyber 180-850A 1 62.5 6.7 MF 1986 $830K
Cyber 180-860A 1 62.5 9.5 MF 1986 $1.24M
Cyber 180-870A 2 62.5 17.1 MF 1986 $1.98M
Cyber 180-990 1 62.5 32.3 SM 1984 $3.35M
Cyber 180-990E 1 62.5 28 63 SM 1985 $2.5M
Cyber 180-995E 2 62.5 63 125 SM 1985 $3.82M
Cyber 930-11 1 11.8 1.8 MF £40K
Cyber 930-31 1 20 3 MF £83K
Cyber 932-11 1 20 2.2 MF 1987 $60K
Cyber 932-31 1 20 3.6 1 MF 1987 $138K
Cyber 932-32 2 20 7.3 MF 1987 $214K
Cyber 960-11 1 89.2 10.5 MF 1988 $705K
Cyber 960-31 1 89.2 17.6 MF 1988 $1.06M
Cyber 960-32 2 89.2 35.1 MF 1988 $1.7M
Cyber 962-11 1 89.2 10.5 MF 1988 $534K
Cyber 962-31 1 89.2 17.6 MF 1988 $952K
Cyber 962-32 2 89.2 35.1 MF 1988 $1.6M
Cyber 970-11 1 10.4 MF 1992 $832K
Cyber 970-31 1 17.3 MF 1992 $1.03M
Cyber 970-32 2 34.6 MF 1992 $1.65M
Cyber 972 1 89.2 10.4 MF 1992 $533K
Cyber 972-11 1 10.4 MF 1992 $832K
Cyber 972-2 2 89.2 20.8 MF 1992
Cyber 972-31 1 17.3 MF 1992 $982K
Cyber 972-32 2 34.6 MF 1992 $1.6M
Cyber 974-2 1 89.2 10.4 MF 1992 $598K
Cyber 992-31 1 62.5 28 63 SM 1988 $1.9M
Cyber 992-32 2 62.5 56 SM 1988 $3.1M
Cyber 994-31 1 62.5 28 63 SM 1988 $2.1M
Cyber 994-34 2 62.5 56 SM 1988 $3.3M
Cyber 2000S 2 105.8 27 MF 1990 $2.5M
Cyber 2000U 3 62.5 35.4 MF 1990 $2.5M
Cyber 2000V 2 172.4 220 SM 1990 $2.7M
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Compaq OS DOS, Win
286N 1 80286 PC 1990 $1.7K
386/20 1 80386 20 4 PC $10K
386/33 1 80386 33 8 PC $10.5K
PRO 386 2 80386 33 16 PC $16K
386N 1 80386 PC 1990 $3.2K
486/33 1 80486 33 20 PC 1990 $14K
PRO 486 2 80486 25 30 PC 1990 $95K
PRO 486-840 1 80486 SV 1991
PRO 486/50L 1 80486 50 40 SV 1991 $11.2K
PRO/XL 2 80486 50 SV 1992
Pro 5/66 1 Pentium 66 78 PC
Pro 5/100 1 Pentium 100 112 PC
Pro 5/100 2 Pentium 100 224 SV
Pro 5/100 4 Pentium 100 448 SV 1995
Deskpro 466SX16 1 80386 16 9.6 PC
Deskpro 486SX25 1 80486 25 15 PC
Deskpro 486DX33 1 80486 33 20 PC
Deskpro 486DX50 1 80486 50 24 PC
Deskpro 486DX66 1 80486 66 34 PC
Deskpro P66 1 Pentium 66 65 PC
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Comparex OS as IBM
7/63 1 1.5 MF
7/65 1 1.8 MF
7/68 1 2.2 MF
7/69 1 2.5 MF
7/71 1 3.3 MF
7/72 1 3.8 MF
7/73 1 4.9 MF
7/75 1 6.6 MF
7/78 1 8.5 MF
7/78MP 2 15.5 MF
7/88 1 12.7 MF
7/90-1 1 16.5 MF
7/90-2 1 50 23.5 MF
7/90-3 2 50 30.6 MF
7/90-4 2 44.7 MF
7/90-6 3 60.2 MF
7/90-8 4 74.3 MF
8/83 1 7 MF
8/85 1 9.5 MF
8/90 1 60.6 24 MF
8/91 1 60.6 31 MF
8/92 2 60.6 42 MF
8/93 2 60.6 44 MF
8/94 3 60.6 55 MF
8/95 3 60.6 58 MF
8/96 4 60.6 80 MF
8/98 4 60.6 100 MF
9/815 1 21 MF 1993
9/845 4 72 MF 1993
9/910 1 49 MF 1992
9/922 2 92 MF 1992
9/930 3 140 MF 1991
9/932 3 124 MF 1992
9/940 4 170 MF 1991
To Index
Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Compuadd OS Unix
SS 1+ 1 Sparc 25 15.8 WS 1991 £3.3K
To Index
Convex OS Unix
C-1 1 CMOS 10 6.4 20 MS 1984 $350K
C120 1 CMOS 10 11.5 20 MS 1984 $275K
C201 1 CMOS 18.2 20 36 MS 1988 $495K
C202 2 18.2 33.2 72 MS 1988 $745K
C210 1 CMOS 25 31 50 MS 1987 $595K
C220 2 CMOS 25 63.2 100 MS 1987 $870K
C230 3 CMOS 25 94.8 150 MS 1987 $1.12M
C240 4 CMOS 25 126.4 200 MS 1987 $1.35M
C3210 1 CMOS 25 50 MS 1991 $350K
C3220 2 100 MS 1991
C3230 3 25 150 MS 1991
C3240 4 25 200 MS 1991
C3400-ES 1 BiCMOS 200 MS 1992
C3410 1 BiCMOS 50 100 MS 1991
C3440 4 50 200 MS 1991
C3480 8 RISC 50 800 MS 1991 $2M
C3810 1 GA 60 120 MS 1991 $2M
C3820 2 GA 60 240 MS 1991
C3830 3 GA 60 360 MS 1991
C3840 4 GA 60 480 MS 1991
C3880 8 GA 60 1000 MS 1991 $8M
C3880 8 GA 60 960 MS 1992
MPP HPPA
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Concurrent OS OS32
Perkin Elmer
3210 1 4 0.6 MI
3230XP 1 4 1 MI 1985 $94K
3242 1 1.3 MI
3252XP 1 3.8 1.4 MI 1985 $171K
3260MPS/10 10 3.8 9 MI 1985
3280SP 1 6.4 MI $200K
3280MPS/1 1 10 6.4 MI 1986 $285K
3280MPS/6 6 10 33.8 MI 1986
3280E MPS 12 10 72 MI 1989
Concurrent OS Unix
6350 1 68030 33 7 WS 1989 $39K
6450 2 68030 33 14 WS 1989
8300/1 1 R3000 25 20 SV 1990 $56K
8300/8 8 R3000 25 160 SV 1990
AP/320 2 FT 1990 $48K
AP/600 2 68030 FT 1990
AP/800 2 R3000 FT 1990 $320K
MAXION 4 R4400 150 SV 1994 £150K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Cray OS COS/Unix
XMS (SUPERTEK) 1 RISC 18.1 18 36 1990 £172K
Y-MP EL/1 1 CMOS 33.3 133 1991 $300K
Y-MP EL/4 4 CMOS 33.3 532 1991 $1M
S-MP/MCP101 1 40 40
S-MP/MPC707 7 49 280
S-MP/MCP784 84 3360
T3D/32 32 Alpha 150 4800 4800 SU 1993 $2.2M
T3D/4096 4096 Alpha 150 614400 614400 SU 1993
CRAY 1A 1 ECL 80 160 SU 1977 $7.0M
CRAY 1S 1 80 160 SU 1980
CRAY X-MP1 1 ECL 105 210 SU 1982
CRAY X-MP2 2 105 421 SU 1982
CRAY X-MP4 4 105 842 SU 1984
X-MP/14SE 1 ECL 67 135 SU 1987 £1.67M
X-MP/1 1 ECL 118 235 SU 1987 £3.7M
X-MP/2 2 118 470 SU 1987 £5M
X-MP/4 4 118 941 SU 1987 $12M
X-MP/EA/14SE 1 ECL 100 200 SU 1988 $2.5M
X-MP/EA/116SE 1 100 200 SU 1988 $4M
X-MP/EA/116 1 118 235 SU 1988 $5.75M
X-MP/EA/164 1 118 235 SU 1988 $8M
X-MP/EA/264 2 118 471 SU 1988 $10M
X-MP/EA/464 4 118 941 SU 1988 $14M
Y-MP1 1 ECL 154 308 SU 1988
Y-MP1 1 167 333 SU 1989 $5M
Y-MP2 2 167 667 SU 1989 $7.6M
Y-MP4 4 167 1333 SU 1989 $13.5M
Y-MP8 8 167 2666 SU 1989 $20M
Y-MPEA1 1 ECL 167 SU 1990 $2.2M
Y-MPEA2 2 ECL 167 SU 1990 £2.5M
Y-MP8E 8 SU 1991 $23M
Y-MP8I 8 SU 1991 $16.3M
Y-MP C90/1 1 ECL 238 1000 SU 1992
Y-MP C90/2 2 ECL 238 2000 SU 1992
Y-MP C90/4 4 ECL 238 4000 SU 1992
Y-MP C90/8 8 ECL 238 8000 SU 1992
Y-MP C90/16 16 ECL 238 15238 SU 1992 $25M
Y-MP M92 2 SU
Y-MP M94 4 SU
Y-MP M98 8 SU $10M
T94/1 1 455 1800 SU 1995 $2.5M
T916 8 455 14400 SU 1995 $9.5M
T932 32 455 57600 SU 1995 $35M
2/1 1 ECL 244 488 SU 1984
2/2-128 2 ECL 244 976 SU 1987 £8M
2/4-128 4 244 1951 SU 1987 £9.7M
2/4-256 4 244 1951 SU £11.3M
2/4-512 4 244 1951 SU $17.5M
2S/1 1 244 488 SU 1987
2S/2-64 2 ECL 244 976 SU 1987 $12M
2S/2-128 2 244 976 SU 1987 $12M
2S/4-128 4 244 1951 SU 1987 $15.5M
2S/8-128 8 244 3902 SU 1991
3/16 16 GA 500 16000 SU 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
CSP
MINI-MAP XL 8 2.7 38 $27.5K
MAP-4000 10 10 20 $19K
Culler
PSC 18 11 $250K
Cydrome
CYDRA 5 1 ECL 25 25 MS $495K
Cypress
CYM60002l 1 Sparc 40 30 13 Ch 1992 $3.2K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
DEC OS Win/Unix
DECPC 222 1 80286 20 3.2 PC 1991
DECPC 333 1 80386 33 8 PC 1991 $2.7K
DECPC 425 1 80486 25 3.9 PC 1992 £2K
DECPC 433 1 80486 33 20 PC 1991 £4K
DECPC 450ST 1 80486 50 30 PC 1992 £8.3K
DECSTN 325 1 80486 25 6 WS 1990 £3.3K
DECSTN 425 1 80486 25 15 WS 1990 £7.8K
AD 433MP/1 1 80486 33 20 SV 1990 $18.4K
AD 433MP/6 4 80486 33 80 SV 1991
DEC OS VMS/Unix
VAX 11/725 1 1.2 0.4 MI $25K
VAX 11/730 1 1.2 0.4 MI 1982 $21.5K
VAX 11/750 1 2.5 0.7 MI 1980 $46K
VAX 11/780 1 3.4 1.1 MI 1977 $141K
VAX 11/782 2 3.4 1.9 MI 1984 $395K
VAX 11/785 1 6 1.7 MI 1984 $195K
MICROVAX II 1 0.9 MI 1985 £17K
MICROVAX III 1 2 MI 1988
MICROVAX 2000 1 0.9 MI 1987 $14.8K
MICROVAX 3100 1 11.1 2.4 MI 1989 $8.6K
MICROVAX 3100E 1 16.7 3.5 MI 1990 £4.8K
MICROVAX 3300 1 2.4 MI 1988 £20.6K
MICROVAX 3400 1 2.4 MI 1990 £27.3K
MICROVAX 3500 1 CMOS 11.1 2.7 MI 1987 $75K
MICROVAX 3600 1 11.1 2.7 MI 1987 $100K
MICROVAX 3800 1 16.7 3.8 MI 1989 $73.4K
MICROVAX 3900 1 16.7 3.8 MI 1989 $120K
MICROVX 3100/10 1 3.5 MI 1991
MICROVX 3100/30 1 25 5 MI 1992 £5.5K
MICROVX 3100/40 1 25 5 MI 1992 £6.4K
MICROVX 3100/80 1 50 10 MI 1992 £9K
MICROVX 3100/90 1 72 24 MI 1992 £17.6K
MICROV 3100/100 1 24 MI 1992 £25K
VAXSERVER 3400 1 2.4 SV 1990 $48K
VAXSTN 2000 1 1 WS 1987 $5.4K
VAXSTN 8000 1 1.2 WS $87.7K
VAXSTN 3100 1 3 WS 1988 $7.95K
VAXSTN 3100/38 1 3.8 WS 1990 £4.4K
VAXSTN 3100/76 1 35.7 8 WS 1990 £6.6K
VAXSTN 3520 2 5 WS 1988
VAXSTN 3540 4 10 WS 1988
VAXSTN 4000 VLC 1 25 7 WS 1992 £3.9K
VAXSTN 4000-60 1 22.2 13 WS 1992 £8.5K
VAXSTN 4000-200 1 5 WS 1991 $35K
VAX 8200 1 5 1.1 MI £66K
VAX 8250 1 1.2 MI 1987 £65K
VAX 8300 2 5 1.9 MI 1986 £113K
VAX 8350 2 2.3 MI 1987 $124K
VAX 8500 1 22.2 3.1 MI 1986 £251K
VAX 8530 1 4 MI $342K
VAX 8550 1 22.2 6.1 MI 1986 $506K
VAX 8600 1 12.5 4.5 MI 1985 £325K
VAX 8650 1 22.2 6.1 MI 1985 £375K
VAX 8700 1 22.2 6.1 MI 1986 $592K
VAX 8800 2 22.2 12 MI 1986 $885K
VAX 8810 1 22.2 6 MI 1988 $599K
VAX 8820 2 22.2 12 MI 1988 $904K
VAX 8830 3 22.2 17 MI 1988 $1.18M
VAX 8840 4 22.2 22 MI 1989 $1.6M
VAX 8842 4 22.2 22.2 MI 1988 $1.74M
VAX 8974 4 22.2 24 MI 1987 $2,97M
VAX 8978 8 22.2 48 MI 1987 $5.56M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
DEC Continued OS Win/Unix
VAX 6210 1 12.5 2.8 MI 1988 $170K
VAX 6220 2 12.5 5.5 MI 1988 $293K
VAX 6230 3 12.5 8.3 MI 1988 $388K
VAX 6240 4 12.5 11 MI 1988 $537K
VAX 6310 1 16.7 3.8 MI 1988 $184K
VAX 6320 2 16.7 7.5 MI 1988
VAX 6330 3 16.7 11.2 MI 1988
VAX 6340 4 16.7 15 MI 1988
VAX 6360 6 16.7 22 MI 1988 $752K
VAX 4000-60 1 22.2 11 MI 1992
VAX 4000-90 1 71.4 MI 1992
VAX 4000-100 1 NVAX 71.4 24 MI 1992
VAX 4000-100A 1 71.4 24 MI 1993
VAX 4000-105A 1 NVAX 83.3 32 MI 1994
VAX 4000-106A 1 100 MI 1994
VAX 4000-200 1 CMOS 28.5 5 MI 1991 $21K
VAX 4000-300 1 CMOS 35.7 8 MI 1990 £64K
VAX 4000-300/2 2 35.7 16 MI 1990 £152K
VAX 4000-400 1 63 16 MI 1992 £36.5K
VAX 4000-500 1 71.4 24 MI 1992 £96K
VAX 4000-500A 1 71.4 24 MI 1993 £56K
VAX 4000-505A 1 NVAX 83.3 32 MI 1994
VAX 4000-600 1 83.3 32 MI 1992 $170K
VAX 4000-600A 1 83.3 32 MI 1993
VAX 4000-700A 1 100 40 MI 1993
VAX 4000-705A 1 NVAX 111 45 MI 1994
VAX 6000-210 1 12.5 2.8 MI 1989 $101K
VAX 6000-220 2 12.5 5.5 MI 1989
VAX 6000-230 3 12.5 8.3 MI 1989
VAX 6000-240 4 12.5 11 MI 1989
VAX 6000-310 1 16.7 3.8 MI 1989 £49K
VAX 6000-320 2 16.7 7.5 MI 1989
VAX 6000-330 3 16.7 11.3 MI 1989
VAX 6000-340 4 16.7 15 MI 1989
VAX 6000-360 6 16.7 22 MI 1989
VAX 6000-410 1 35.7 7 45 MI 1989 £92K
VAX 6000-420 2 35.7 13 90 MI 1989 $399K
VAX 6000-430 3 35.7 19 MI 1989 $489K
VAX 6000-440 4 35.7 25 MI 1989 $627K
VAX 6000-460 6 35.7 36 MI 1989 $752K
VAX 6000-510 1 62.5 13 45 MI 1990 £168K
VAX 6000-520 2 25 90 MI 1990 £291K
VAX 6000-530 3 37 45 MI 1990 £387K
VAX 6000-540 4 49 45 MI 1990 £480K
VAX 6000-550 5 61 MI 1990 £548K
VAX 6000-560 6 72 MI 1990 £599K
VAX 6000-610 1 CMOS 83.3 32 MI 1992
VAX 6000-620 2 60 MI 1992
VAX 6000-630 3 85 MI 1992
VAX 6000-640 4 105 MI 1992
VAX 6000-650 5 125 MI 1992
VAX 6000-660 6 150 MI 1992
VAX 7000-610 1 91 48 MI 1993
VAX 7000-710 1 NVAX 137 50 MI 1994
VAX 7000-760 6 NVAX 143 MI
VAX 9000-110 1 40 MS 1991 $920K
VAX 9000-310 1 40 MS 1991 $1.41M
VAX 9000-320 2 79 MS 1991 $2.43M
VAX 9000-330 3 118 MS 1991 $3.15M
VAX 9000-340 4 157 MS 1991 $3.69M
VAX 9000-210 1 62.5 40 125 MS 1989 £867K
VAX 9000-410 1 62.5 40 125 MS 1989 £1.29M
VAX 9000-420 2 62.5 79 250 MS 1989 £1.77M
VAX 9000-430 3 62.5 118 375 MS 1990 £2.84M
VAX 9000-440 4 62.5 157 500 MS 1991 £3.33M
VAXC 9000-420/2 4 62.5 158 500 MS 1990 $4.45M
VAXC 9000-440/4 16 62.5 628 1248 MS 1990 $15.7M
VAX 9X15 CMOS MS 1992
VAX 10000/1 1 91 35 MF 1992 $597K
VAX 10000/4 4 125 MF 1992 $1.4M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
DEC Alpha
Alpha Chip 1 1 Alpha 150 300 150 Ch 1992 $1.65K
Alpha Chip 2 1 Alpha 299 400 200 Ch 1993
VAXFT 3000/110 2.4 FT 1991 $47K
VAXFT 3000/310 1+1 6 FT 1990 $229K
VAXFT 3000/410 6 FT 1991 $145K
VAXFT 3000/610 1+1 6 FT 1991 $165K
VAXFT 3000/612 2+2 12 FT 1991 $276K
VAXFT 810 Alpha FT 1993
DECPC AXP 150 1 A21064 150 75 FT 1993 $6.8K
2000/300 1 A21064 150 81 SV 1993 £9.4K
2000/500 1 A21064 150 81 SV 1993
3000/300 1 A21064 150 66 SV 1993 $9.7K
3000/300L 1 A21064 100 46 SV 1993 $7.4K
3000/300LX 1 A21064 125 68.4 SV 1994
3000/300X 1 A21064 175 90.3 SV 1994
3000/400 1 A21064 133 75 WS 1993 $17.5K
3000/500 1 A21064 150 84 WS 1993 $39K
3000/500S 1 Alpha 72 SV 1993
3000/500X 1 A21064 200 111 1993
3000/600S 1 A21064 175 114 SV 1993 $20K
3000/700 1 A21064A 225 163 SV 1994
3000/800 1 A21064 200 130 WS 1993 $36K
3000/800S 1 A21064 299 130.2 SV 1993 $36K
3000/900 1 A21064A 275 189 SV 1994
4000/610 1 A21064 160 95 SV 1993 $58K
4000/620 2 A21064 160 190 SV 1993
4000/710 1 A21064 190 122 SV 1993 $62K
4000/720 2 A21064 190 244 SV 1993
7000/610 1 A21064 200 133 SV 1993 $168K
7000/620 2 A21064 200 266 SV 1993
7000/630 3 A21064 200 399 SV 1993
7000/640 4 A21064 200 532 SV 1993
7000/650 5 A21064 200 665 SV 1993
7000/660 6 A21064 200 798 SV 1993
7000/710 1 A21064A 275 194 SV 1994
10000/610 1 A21064 200 117 SV 1993 $316K
10000/620 2 A21064 200 233 SV 1993
10000/630 3 A21064 200 350 SV 1993
10000/640 4 A21064 200 466 SV 1993
10000/650 5 A21064 200 583 SV 1993
10000/660 6 A21064 200 699 SV 1993
ASTN 200 4/100 1 A21064A 100 75 WS 1995
ASTN 200 4/166 1 A21064A 166 116 WS 1995
ASTN 200 4/233 1 A21064A 233 158 WS 1996
ASTN 250 4/266 1 A21064A 266 198 WS 1995
ASTN 255/233 1 A21064A 233 180 WS 1996 $6.6K
ASTN 255/300 1 A21064A 300 215 WS 1996 $12.4K
ASTN 500/266 1 A21164 266 329 WS 1996 $18K
ASTN 500/333 1 A21164 333 390 WS 1996 $23K
ASTN 600 5/266 1 A21164 266 330 WS 1995 $20K
ASTN 600 5/300 1 A21164 300 338 WS 1995
ASTN 600 5/333 1 A21164 333 412 WS 1996 $36K
400 2/83 1 A21064 166 116 SV 1995 £8.2K
400 1/58 1 A21064A 233 161 SV 1995
1000 1/50 1 A21064 200 136 SV 1994
1000 4/200-6 6 A21064 200 814 SV 1994
1000 1/58 1 A21064A 233 165 SV 1995 £15.3K
1000 1/66 1 A21064A 266 198 SV 1995 $16K
2000 1/50 1 A21064A 200 132 SV 1994
2000 4/200-6 6 A21064A 200 790 SV 1994
2000 1/58 1 A21064A 233 177 SV 1995 £20.4K
2000 1/69 1 A21064A 275 203 SV 1995 $19.1K
2000 1/50 1 A21164 250 277 SV 1995 $29.2K
2000 1/60 1 A21164 291 319 SV 1996
2100 1/50 1 A21064 200 132 SV 1994
2100 1/58 1 A21064A 233 177 SV 1995
2100 1/69 1 A21064A 275 203 SV 1995
2100 1/69 2 A21064A 275 400 SV
2100 1/69 4 A21064A 275 800 SV 1995 $38.5K
2100 1/50 1 A21164 250 277 SV 1995
2100 1/60 1 A21164 300 319 SV 1996 $39.3K
4100 1/60 1 A21164 300 SV 1996 $44.5K
4100 5/300E 1 A21164 300 SV 1996 $44.5K
4100 1/80 1 A21164 400 SV 1996
4100 5/400-4 4 A21164 400 SV 1996
8200 1/60 1 A21164 300 341 SV 1995 $100K
8200 1/70 1 A21164 350 433 SV 1996
8400 1/60 1 A21164 300 341 SV 1995
8400 1/70 1 A21164 350 433 SV 1996
MPP 1200/MX 16384 Custom 201523 AR 1993
2100/A500MP 1 Alpha 127 SV 1994 £24K
2100/A500MP 4 Alpha 496 SV 1994
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
DEC OS Unix
DECSTN 2100 1 R2000 12.5 10.4 WS 1989 $7.95K
DECSTN/SYS 3100 1 R2000 16.7 14 WS 1988 $22K
DECSTN 5000/20 1 R3000A 20 13.5 WS 1992 $4K
DECSTN 5000/25 1 R3000A 25 15.7 WS 1992 £4.2K
DECSTN 5000/33 1 R3000A 33 21 WS 1992 £5.3K
DECSTN 5000/50 1 R4000 50 47 WS 1993
DECSTN 5000/120 1 R3000A 20 14 WS 1991 $6.5K
DECSTN 5000/125 1 R3000A 25 16 WS 1991 $8.5K
DECSTN 5000/133 1 R3000A 33 21 WS 1992 £9.4K
DECSTN 5000/150 1 R4000 50 47 WS 1993
DECSTN 5000/200 1 R3000A 25 20 WS 1990 $15K
DECSTN 5000/240 1 R3000A 40 28 WS 1992
DECSTN 5000/260 1 R4400 60 57 WS 1993
DECSTN 5000/280 1 R4400 60 57 WS 1993
DECSYSTEM 5100 1 R3000 20 19.4 SV 1990 $11K
DECSYSTEM 5400 1 R3000 20 16.6 SV 1989 $50K
DECSYSTEM 5500 1 R3000 30 28.2 SV 1991 $42K
DECSYSTEM 5810 1 R3000 25 18.7 SV 1989 $100K
DECSYSTEM 5820 2 R3000 25 37.4 SV 1989 $156K
DECSYSTEM 5830 3 R3000 25 48 SV 1990 £110K
DECSYSTEM 5840 4 R3000 25 62 SV 1990 £127K
DECSYSTEM 5900 1 R3000A 40 27 SV 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Data General OS AOS
MV/1400 DC 1 1 MI $19K
MV/2000 1 MI
MV/2000 DC 1 1 MI $19K
MV/3500 1 3 MI 1990 $25K
MV/4000 1 5 0.6 MI 1984 $63K
MV/5500 DC 1 5 MI 1990 $53K
MV/5600DC 1 CMOS 7 MI 1991
MV/7800 DC 1 3.1 1 MI $28.4
MV/7800 DCX 1 4.5 1.6 MI $33.3K
MV/8000 1 4.5 1.2 MI 1984
MV/9300DC 1 CMOS 3 MI 1991 $35K
MV/9500 1 5 MI 1990 $62K
MV/9600DC 1 CMOS 7 MI 1991 $72K
MV/10000 1 7.1 3.2 MI 1984 $211K
MV/15000/8 1 11.8 3 MI $57K
MV/15000/10 1 11.8 4.4 1 MI 1986 $123K
MV/15000/20 1 11.8 6.8 MI 1986 $205K
MV/18000/1 1 4.4 MI $73K
MV/18000/2 2 8.5 MI $139K
MV/20000/1 1 11.8 6.8 MI 1986 $271K
MV/20000/2 2 11.8 13.3 MI 1986 $374K
MV/30000/1 1 CMOS 5 MI 1990 $120K
MV/35000/1 1 9 MI 1992 $177K
MV/35000/4 6 54 MI 1992
MV/40000/1 1 20 14.1 2 MI 1989 $629K
MV/40000/4 4 20 54.2 MI 1989 $1.58M
MV/60000/1 1 27 MI 1992 $750K
MV/60000/4 4 108 MI 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Data General OS Unix
AV/100 1 88000 16 19 WS 1990 $4K
AV/200 1 88000 16 17 WS 1990 $6K
AV/300 1 88000 16 17 WS 1989 $7.5K
AV/310 1 88000 20 23 WS 1989 $10.5K
AV/310C 1 88000 16.7 17 WS 1990 £13.5K
AV/400 1 88000 16.7 17 WS 1990 $9.5K
AV/402 2 88000 20 34 WS 1990 $12.5K
AV/410 1 88000 20 20 WS 1990 $36.9K
AV/412 2 88000 20 40 WS 1990 $43.9K
AV/530 1 88000 WS 1991 $13.5K
AV/3200 1 88000 16.7 17 SV 1990 £11.4K
AV/4000 1 88000 16.7 17 SV 1990 $17K
AV/4020 2 88000 16.7 34 SV 1990 $25.5K
AV/4100 1 88000 20 23 SV 1990
AV/4120 2 88000 20 46 SV 1990
AV/4300 1 88000 25 25 SV
AV/4320 2 88000 25 50 SV
AV/4600-1 1 88000 33 39 SV 1991 $20K
AV/4600-2 2 88000 33 78 SV 1991
AV/4605 1 88000 33 39 SV 1992 $20K
AV/4620 2 88000 33 78 SV 1992
AV/4625 2 88000 33 78 SV
AV/5010 1 88000 20 23 SV 1990
AV/5200 1 88000 25 25 SV 1990 $55K
AV/5220 2 88000 25 58 SV 1990
AV/5225/6225 2 88000 25 58 SV 1991 $43.5K
AV/5240/6240 4 88000 25 116 SV
AV/5500 1 88100 40 32 SV 1993
AV/6200-20 1 88000 25 29 SV 1990 $81K
AV/6220-20 2 88000 25 58 SV 1990
AV/6280 8 88000 235 SV 1992 $200K
AV/7000 4 88000 25 117 SV 1991 $163K
AV/8000 4 88000 25 117 SV 1991 $250K
AV/8000-8 8 88000 235 SV 1992 $270K
AV/9500 8 88100 50 256 SV 1995
DELTA 8864/1 1 88000 20 20 SV $59K
DELTA 8864/4 2 88000 20 40 SV $94K
AV/18500 88110 45 SV 1993 £42K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Dell OS Win
XPS P60 1 Pentium 60 PC 1993 £2.6K
E&S
5069 VP 1 66 MS 1990 $9K
ES-1 8 1600 1600 SU 1989 $8M
Elxsi OS EMBOS/Unix
6400 1 4 MI $247K
M6410-1 1 ECL 20 7 MI
M6410-12 12 ECL 20 84 MI
M6420-1 1 ECL 20 12 MI £390K
M6420-12 12 ECL 20 132 MI
6460-1 1 40 25 40 MI $695K
6460-10 10 40 250 MI $4M
ETA (CDC)
PIPER 1 45.5 182 SU £2.6M
10P 2 41.7 333 SU $850K
10Q 2 52.6 421 SU $1.2M
10E 4 95.2 1523 SU 1987 $5.5M
10G 8 143 4571 SU £13.6M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Encore OS Unix
MULTIMAX 120-2 2 32032 10 1.5 SV $112K
MULTIMAX 120-20 20 32032 15 SV
MULTIMAX 310 2 32322 15 4 4 SV 1986 $89K
MULTIMAX 320-2 2 32322 15 4 SV 1986 $143K
MULTIMAX 320-20 20 32332 40 36 SV 1986 $750K
MULTIMAX 510 2 32532 30 17 SV 1989 $159K
MULTIMAX 520/8 8 32532 30 68 SV
MULTIMAX 520 20 32532 30 170 SV 1989 $900K
MULTIMAX ? 32 88100 25 640 AR 1991
9101 1 88000 25 20 SV
9102 2 88000 25 40 SV 1990 $48K
9104 4 88000 25 80 SV 1990
9040/16 16 88000 25 320 SV
9040/24 24 88000 25 480 SV
9300 32 88000 25 640 SV 1991
INFINITY 90 88000 SV 1992
Encore Gould OS MPX/Unix
32/67 1 6.7 1.8 MI 1981 $115K
32/87 1 13.3 5.4 MI 1981 $230K
32/97 13.3 5.4 MI 1981 $245K
32/2030 1 13.3 12 MI $140K
RSX 8 RISC MI 1991 $149K
6000 SERIES 1 6.7 1.3 MI 1984 $39K
9000 SERIES 1 13.3 4.2 MI 1985 $245K
9082 1 MI
NP1-110 1 ECL 19.2 10 MI £260K
NP1-110 SP 1 19.2 13.1 20 MS $435K
NP1-120 2 19.2 20 MI $460K
NP1-120 SP 2 19.2 26.2 40 MS $545K
NP1-240 4 19.2 40 MI $926K
NP1-240 SP 4 19.2 52.4 80 MS $1M
NP1-360 6 19.2 60 MI $1.22M
NP1-360 SP 6 19.2 78.6 120 MS $1.47M
NP1-480 8 ECL 19.2 80 MI £1.7M
NP1-480 SP 8 19.2 104.8 160 MS $1.94M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
FPS Add on no OS
FPS 164/364 1 11 MS 1981
FPS 264/20 1 20 MS 1985
FPS 264 1 38 MS
M64/10 1 CMOS 3 3 6 MS £97K
M64/20 1 CMOS 3 3 6 MS £136K
M64/30 1 CMOS 6 6 12 MS 1981 £240K
M64/35 1 MS $80K
M64/40 1 5.5 5.5 11 MS £300K
M64/50 1 9.4 9.5 19 MS
M64/60 1 18.9 19 38 MS 1981
M64/140 17 187 MS
M64/145C 3 33 MS $395K
M64/145D 5 55 MS $463K
M64/145E 9 99 MS $637K
M64/145F 17 187 MS $986K
M64/145G 31 341 MS $1.7M
M64/220 1 6 MS
M64/230 1 12 MS
M64/320 1 6 MS
M64/330 1 12 MS
FPS OS Unix
T SERIES 32768 Inmos 20 122880 262144 AR
350 1 25 40 MS
510EA 1s RISC 33.3 33 16 MS 1989
540EA 4s RISC 33.3 133 66 MS 1989
511EA 1s+1v RISC 33.3 33 67 MS 1989 £350K
522EA 2s+2v RISC 33.3 67 133 MS 1989
510S MCP101 1 I860 40 40 AR 1991
510S MCP707 7 I860 40 280 AR
510S MCP784 84 I860 40 3360 AR 1990
510S 1s Sparc 66 MS
511S 1s+1v Sparc 66 67 MS
522S 2s+2v Sparc 132 133 MS
561 6s+1v Sparc 396 67 MS
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Fujitsu OS Unix
MB8693X 1 Sparc 40 37 Ch 1992 $50
MB92831-50ZF 1 MB92831 50 206 VC 1992
M-1600/4 1 7 MF 1992 £200K
M-1600/6 1 10.6 MF 1992 £360K
M-1600/8 1 15 MF 1992 £450K
M-1600/10R 1 24 MF 1992 £650K
M-1600/10S 1 31.5 MF 1992 £950K
M-1600/10 1 39 MF 1992 £1.25M
M-1800/10R 1 28 MF 1992
M-1800/10S 1 35 MF 1992 £1.6M
M-1800/10 1 45 MF 1992 £2.25M
M-1800/20 2 80 MF 1992 £3.91M
M-1800/30 3 115 MF 1992 £5.95M
M-1800/45 4 150 MF 1992 £12.96K
M-1800/65 6 241 MF 1992 £12.96M
M-1800/85 8 305 MF 1992 £16.4M
VP-2100/10/20 1 or 2 250 500 SU 1991 $2M
VP-2200/10/20 1 or 2 250 1000 SU 1990
VP-2200/40 4 250 150 2000 SU 1991
VP-2400/10/20 1 or 2 250 2000 SU 1990
VP-2400/40 385 150 5000 SU 1991
VP-2400 1 or 2 313 2500 SU 1992
VP-2600/10/20 1 or 2 313 5000 SU 1991 $7.8M
VP&VPX 300000 SU 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
GA
8830 68030 8 SV 1988 $215K
GE
WARP 100 $350K
GEC
63/40 1
SCP2 1 1.4
HAL
330 1 Sparc64 110 181 1995
350 1 Sparc64 118 212 1995
Harris OS VOS/Unix
H700 1 3.3 0.9 MI 1983 $50K
H800 1 6.7 1.6 MI 1982 $139K
H1000 1 13.3 4.9 MI 1984 $250K
H1100 1 13.3 5 MI 1987 $260K
H1200 1 13.3 5 MI 1985 $290K
H1500 2 ECL 13.3 10 MI 1987 $55K
H1600 3 13.3 15 MI 1987 $795K
MCX-5/50 1 16.7 4.1 MI 1986 $28K
MCX-5/60 1 10.5 MI 1986 $32K
MCX-5/70 2 16.7 17.2 14 MI 1986 $73K
HCX-5 1 10 5 MI 1987 $124K
HCX-7 10 7.5 MI 1985 $202K
HCX-9 10 8 MI 1987 $186K
HCX 2550 1 10 8 MI 1989 $149K
3400-1 1 20 6 MI 1989 $75K
3800-8 8 20 48 MI 1989
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
HDS OS as IBM
NAS
AS/6620 1.6 MF $350K
AS/6630 2 MF $465K
AS/6650 2.4 MF $580K
AS/7000 2.7 MF $1.3M
AS/7000 DPC 5.4 MF $2.1M
AS/7000N 1.8 MF
AS/8023 2.9 MF 1984 $639K
AS/8040 4.9 MF $1.3M
AS/8043 5.2 MF 1984 $1.26M
AS/8050 6.1 MF $1.8M
AS/8053 6.5 MF 1984 $1.77M
AS/8060 7.8 MF $2.4M
AS/8063 8.4 MF 1984 $2.25M
AS/8083 15.2 MF
AS/8093 MF
AS/9040 26.3 7.2 MF $2M
AS/9050 26.3 9 MF $2.57M
AS/9060 33 11.5 MF $3.35M
AS/9070 33 16.2 MF $4.15M
AS/9080 33 21.5 MF $5.25M
AS/9160 MF
AS/VL50 9.3 MF $930K
AS/VL60 13.6 MF
AS/VL80 24.5 MF
AS/XL50 55.6 22 MF $3M
AS/XL60 55.6 30.7 MF 1984 $4.84M
AS/XL70 55.6 37.5 MF
AS/XL80 55.6 50 MF 1984 $8.47M
AS/XL90 55.6 67.2 MF
AS/XL100 55.6 81.2 MF
AS/XL V60 55.6 28 SM $3.6M
AS/EX10 1 50 5.2 MF 1989 $489K
AS/EX11 1 50 MF 1991 $315K
AS/EX20 1 50 7 MF 1989 $560K
AS/EX22 1 50 MF 1991 $385K
AS/EX25 1 50 9.3 MF 1987 $750K
AS/EX27 1 50 MF 1991 $545K
AS/EX30 1 50 13.6 MF 1987 $1.1M
AS/EX33 1 58.8 13.5 MF 1990 £810K
AS/EX35 2 50 16.7 MF 1989 $1.53M
AS/EX40 2 50 24.5 MF 1987 $2.43M
AS/EX42 2 58.8 MF 1991 $1M
AS/EX44 2 58.8 24.2 MF 1990 £1.5M
AS/EX50 1 60.6 24.4 121 SM 1986 $2.3M
AS/EX60 1 60.6 30.7 121 SM 1986 $3.34M
AS/EX65 2 60.6 42.8 MF 1988 $5.65M
AS/EX70 2 60.6 45.5 MF 1987 $3.77M
AS/EX75 2 60.6 54.2 MF 1987 $7.15M
AS/EX80 2 60.6 57.7 242 SM 1986 $4.93M
AS/EX85 3 60.6 MF 1990 $5.36M
AS/EX90 3 60.6 75.5 363 SM 1986 $8.41M
AS/EX95 4 60.6 75.1 MF 1988 $9M
AS/EX100 4 60.6 95.8 484 SM 1986 $9.55M
AS/EX IVF - VU 1990 $200K
EX 310 3 125 134 MF 1991 $11.6M
EX 420 4 125 163 MF 1991 $14.4M
EX 520 5 ECL 125 184 MF 1992 $18.3M
EX 620 6 ECL 125 214 MF 1992 $21.5M
GX 6115 1 21 MF 1993 $2.1
GX 6425 4 72 MF 1993
GX 8110 1 49 MF 1992 $5M
GX 8210 2 92 MF 1992 $7.8M
GX 8310 3 124 MF 1992 $11.3M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Hitachi OS Unix
S-820/20 1 250 840 SU
S-820/80 1 250 3000 SU
S-3600 1 SU 1992
S-3800/1 1 8000 SU 1992
S-3800/4 4 32000 SU 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
HP OS MPE
HP MICRO 3000 1 MI
HP MICRO 3000GX 1 8.8 1.3 MI 1988 $16K
3000/58 1 9.5 0.8 MI 1985
3000/68 1 13.3 1.5 MI $227K
3000/70 1 13.3 1.7 MI 1986 $150K
3000/920 1 16 MI 1991 $28K
3000/922 1 HPPA 12.5 4 MI
3000/930 1 HPPA 6 4.5 MI 1986 $187K
3000/932 1 HPPA 15 6.3 MI
3000/918 1 34 MI 1994
3000/925 1 HPPA 12.5 3.3 MI 1988 $80K
3000/928 1 HPPA 48 MI 1994
3000/935 1 HPPA 15 6.7 MI 1988 $150K
3000/948 1 HPPA 15 MI 1991
3000/949 1 HPPA 30 13.3 MI £248K
3000/950 1 HPPA 13.7 7.3 MI 1987 $270K
3000/955 1 HPPA 27 11 MI 1989 $390K
3000/957 1 HPPA MI
3000/958 1 HPPA 22 MI 1991 $245K
3000/960 1 HPPA 27 14.7 MI $440K
3000/967 1 HPPA MI 1991 $170K
3000/968 1 HPPA 64 MI 1994
3000/977 1 HPPA MI 1992 $260K
3000/978 1 HPPA 80 MI 1994
3000/980/100 1 HPPA 50 25 MI 1990 $685K
3000/980/200 2 HPPA 50 50 MI 1990 $1M
3000/980/300 3 HPPA 50 75 MI 1992 $785K
3000/980/400 4 HPPA 50 100 MI 1992 $945K
3000/988 1 HPPA 96 MI
3000/990/110 1 HPPA 60 43 MI 1992 £382K
3000/992/400 4 HPPA 60 170 MI 1992 £838K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
HP OS Unix
700/RX 1 I960 22.7 WS 1991 $3K
9000/319C 1 68020 16.7 2 WS %9.8K
9000/320 1 68020 15 2 WS 1985
9000/330 1 68020 16.7 2 WS 1987 $12.7K
9000/350 1 68020 25 4 WS 1987
9000/350 TSRX 1 68020 25 4 WS 1987
9000/360 SRX 1 68030 25 5 WS 1988 $14.4K
9000/340 1 68030 16.7 4 WS 1989 $8.5K
9000/345 1 68030 50 12 WS 1990 $9K
9000/370 1 68030 33 8 WS 1988 $28K
9000/375 1 68030 50 12 WS 1990 $22K
9000/400DL 1 68030 50 12 WS 1990 $5K
9000/400T 1 68030 50 12 WS 1990 £10.2K
9000/425T 1 68040 25 20 WS 1990 $9K
9000/433S 1 68040 33 26 5 WS 1990 $16K
9000/635SV 1 HPPA 15 15 SV 1990
9000/645SV 1 HPPA 23 SV 1990
9000/705 1 PA1.1 35 22 WS 1992 $5K
9000/710 1 PA1.1 50 32 WS 1992 $9.5K
9000/712/100 1 PA7100 100 117 WS 1995
9000/712/60 1 PA7100 60 67 WS 1994
9000/712/80 1 PA7100 80 97 WS 1995
9000/720 1 PA1.1 50 39 50 WS 1991 $12K
9000/725 1 PA7100 50 37 WS 1993
9000/725/75 1 PA7100 75 80 WS 1994
9000/730 1 PA1.1 66 48 66 WS 1991 $20K
9000/750 1 PA1.1 66 48 WS 1991
9000/7451 1 PA7100 50 69 WS 1992 $19.9K
9000/715/33 1 PA7100 33 33 WS 1993
9000/715/50 1 PA7100 50 49 WS 1993
9000/715/64 1 PA7100 64 81 WS 1995
9000/715/75 1 PA7100 75 83 WS 1993
9000/715/80 1 PA7100 60 97 WS 1995
9000/715/100 1 PA7100 100 115 WS 1995
9000/715/100XC 1 PA7100 100 132 WS 1995
9000/7335 1 PA7100 99 109 WS 1993
9000/7355/125 1 PA7150 125 136 WS 1994
9000/807S 1 PA1.1 32 34 SV 1991 $12.9K
9000/808S 1 HPPA 6 SV 1990
9000/815S 1 HPPA 12.5 6 SV 1989 $14.9K
9000/817S 1 HPPA 48 53 SV 1991 £24.7K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
HP Continued OS Unix
9000/822S 1 HPPA 12.5 13 SV 1991 $28K
9000/825S 1 HPPA 12.5 13 SV 1988 $42K
9000/827S 1 PA1.1 48 53 SV 1991
9000/832S 1 HPPA 15 16 SV 1990
9000/834X 1 HPPA 15 14 WS 1990 $35K
9000/835 TSRX 1 HPPA 15 16 WS 1988 $72K
9000/835SE 1 HPPA 15 16 SV 1988 $99K
9000/837S 1 HPPA 48 53 11 SV 1992
9000/840S 1 HPPA 8 9 SV 1986 $82K
9000/842S 1 HPPA 31 7 SV 1991 $85K
9000/845S 1 HPPA 27.5 24 3 SV 1990
9000/847S 1 HPPA 48 53 11 SV 1991
9000/850S 1 HPPA 13.7 14 SV 1987 $200K
9000/852S 1 HPPA 56 10 SV 1991 $143K
9000/855S 1 HPPA 27.5 23 SV 1988 $241K
9000/857S 1 HPPA 48 53 11 SV 1992
9000/860S 1 HPPA 27.5 23 SV 1990
9000/865S 1 HPPA 50 56 11 SV 1991 $275K
9000/867S 1 PA1.1 64 71 17 SV 1992 $112K
9000/870S/100 1 HPPA 50 56 10 SV 1990
9000/870S/200 2 HPPA 50 112 SV 1991 $689K
9000/870S/300 3 HPPA 50 168 SV 1992 $440K
9000/870S/400 4 HPPA 50 224 SV 1992 $530K
9000/877S 1 PA1.1 64 71 17 SV 1992 $140K
9000/887S 1 HPPA SV 1992 $94K
9000/890S/1 1 HPPA 60 SV 1992 £265K
9000/890S/4 4 HPPA 60 SV 1992 £514K
9000/897S 1 PA7100 66 73 SV 1992 $112K
9000/C100 1 PA7200 100 140 SV 1995
9000/C110 1 PA7200 120 167 SV 1995
9000/E25 1 PA7100 48 45 SV 1993
9000/E35 1 PA7100 54 66 SV 1993
9000/E45 1 PA7100 80 82 SV 1993
9000/E55 1 PA7100 96 108 SV 1994
9000/G30 1 PA1.1 48 38 SV 1993
9000/G40 1 PA1.1 64 65 SV 1993
9000/G50 1 PA7100 96 100 SV 1993
9000/G60 1 PA7100 96 109 SV 1993
9000/G70 2 PA7100 96 216 SV 1993
9000/H20 1 PA1.1 48 34 SV 1994
9000/H30 1 PA1.1 48 38 SV 1994
9000/H40 1 PA1.1 64 65 SV 1994
9000/H50 1 PA7100 96 100 SV 1993
9000/H60 1 PA7100 96 109 SV 1993 £56K
9000/H70 2 PA7100 96 216 SV 1993
9000/I30 1 PA1.1 48 38 SV 1994
9000/I40 1 PA1.1 64 65 SV 1994
9000/I50 1 PA7100 96 100 SV 1994
9000/I60 1 PA7100 96 109 SV 1994
9000/I70 2 PA7100 96 216 SV 1994
9000/J200 1 PA7200 100 139 SV 1995
9000/J210 1 PA7200 120 169 SV 1995
9000/J210/2 2 PA7200 120 336 SV 1995
9000/K100 1 PA7200 100 136 SV 1995
9000/K200 1 PA7200 100 136 SV 1995
9000/K400 1 PA7200 100 136 SV 1995
9000/K400/200/2 2 PA7200 100 272 SV 1995
9000/K400/200/4 4 PA7200 100 544 SV 1995
9000/K410/1 1 PA7200 120 169 SV 1995
9000/K410/4 4 PA7200 120 676 SV 1995
9000/T500/1 1 PA7100 90 98 SV 1995
900/T500/12 12 PA7100 90 1176 SV 1995
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
HP Apollo OS Domain/Unix
DN 460/660 1 1.2 WS $35K
DN570/580 1 68020 20 2 WS $53.9
DN590 1 68020 3.5 WS $50K
Series 3000 1 68020 16 1.6 WS $9.9K
DN2500 1 68030 20 4 WS 1990 $4K
Series 3500 1 68030 25 4 WS $8K
Series 4000 1 68020 25 4 WS $9K
Series 4500 1 68030 33 7 WS $19K
DN 5500 1 68040 50 44 WS 1991
DOMAIN 10000-1 1 PRISM 18.2 22 9 SV $70K
DOMAIN 10000-4 4 PRISM 18.2 88 SV $140K
DN 10000TX-1 1 PRISM 36 44 SV 1991
DN 10000TX-4 4 PRISM 36 176 SV 1991
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS Win/OS2
PC XT 1 8088 4.77 0.2 PC 1981
PC AT 1 80286 6 0.8 PC 1984
PS/2-50 1 80286 10 1.7 PC £2.4K
PS/2-60 1 80286 10 1.7 PC £3.5K
PS/2-70M61 1 80386 20 3 PC
PS/2-70-A21 1 80386 25 5 PC £4.5K
PS/2-70-A21+486 1 80386 25 PC 1990 $14.5K
PS/2-80-311 1 80386 20 3 PC £4.7K
PS/2 486/25 1 80486 25 15 PC $9K
PS/2-70/486 1 80486 25 15 PC 1990 $12.4K
PS/2-80+I860 1 80486 20 PC 1990
PS/2-90 1 80486 25 15 PC 1990
PS/2-95 1 80486 33 20 SV 1990 $14K
PS/2 AMF/AFT 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992
PowerPC 601 1 PowerPC 66 63 Ch 1993
PowerPC 850 1 PowerPC 133 176 PC 1995 £4.4K
PC RT 6150 1 RISC 5.9 2.1 WS $10.6K
RT 6150-125 1 RISC 10 4.5 WS
RT 6150-130 1 RISC 12.4 5.6 SV $23K
RT 6150-135 1 RISC 12.4 5.6 WS $30.6K
RT 6150-B25 1 RISC 10 4.5 SV $17.6K
RT 6150-B35 1 RISC 12.4 5.6 WS $32K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS Unix
POWERSTN 220 1 RSC3308 33 20.4 WS 1993
POWERSTN 22x 1 RSC3308 33 20.4 WS 1993 $4K
POWERSTN 23x 1 RSC3308 46 28.5 WS 1993 $4K
POWERSTN 250 1 MPC601 66 63 WS 1993 $5.4K
POWERSTN 25T 1 MPC601 66 63 WS 1993 $9.4K
POWERSTN 25W 1 MPC601 66 63 WS 1993 $7.6K
POWERSTN 25x 1 MPC601 66 63 WS 1993 $5K
POWERSTN 34H 1 POW4132 42 48 WS 1993 $11.9K
POWERSTN 350 1 POW4132 35 WS 1993
POWERSTN 355 1 POW4132 42 48 WS 1993 $12.7K
POWERSTN 360 1 POW5032 50 58 WS 1993 $14K
POWERSTN 365 1 POW5032 50 58 WS 1993 $14.4K
POWERSTN 36x 1 POW5032 50 58 WS 1993
POWERSTN 370 1 POW6232 63 70 WS 1993 $18.9K
POWERSTN 375 1 POW6232 63 70 WS 1993 $19.5K
POWERSTN 37x 1 POW6232 63 70 WS 1993
POWERSTN 530H 1 POW3364 33 29 WS 1991
POWERSTN 550L 1 POW4164 42 48 WS 1993 $19.5K
POWERSTN 570 1 POW5064 50 58 WS 1993 $37.5K
POWERSTN 580 1 POW6264 63 73 WS 1993 $52.5K
POWERSTN 58H 1 POWER2 56 98 WS 1993 $64K
POWERSTN 590 1 POWER2 66 117 WS 1993 $74.4K
POWERSTN 970B 1 POW5064 50 59 WS 1993 $80K
POWERSTN 980B 1 POW6264 63 73.3 WS 1992 $100K
POWERSTN 990 1 POWER2 72 126 WS 1993 $127K
POWERSTN M20 1 RSC3308 33 20.4 WS 1993
POWERSTN M2x 1 RSC3308 33 20.4 WS !993 $4K
POWERSVR 25S 1 MPC601 66 63 SV 1993 $8.9K
RS/6000 120 XST 1 POWER WS 1990 £1.7K
RS/6000 130 XST 1 POWER WS 1991 $3K
RS/6000 220 1 POWER 33 28 66 WS 1992 $6K
RS/6000 320 1 POWER 20 16.8 40 SV 1990 $20.4K
RS/6000 320H 1 POW2532 25 21 50 WS 1991 $18K
RS/6000 340 1 POW3332 33 28 66 SV 1992
RS/6000 350 1 POWER 42 35 84 SV 1992 $26.8
RS/6000 520 1 POWER 20 17 40 SV 1990 $30.4K
RS/6000 520H 1 POW2532 25 21 50 SV 1992
RS/6000 530 1 POWER 25 21 50 SV 1990 $41.1K
RS/6000 530H 1 POWER 33 28 66 SV 1991
RS/6000 540 1 POWER 30 25 60 SV 1990 $93K
RS/6000 550 1 POW4164 42 35 82 SV 1991 $130K
RS/6000 550L 1 POW4164 42 48 SV 1993
RS/6000 560 1 POW5064 50 42 100 SV 1992 $64K
RS/6000 580 1 POWER 63 73 SV 1992
RS/6000 730 1 POWER 25 21 WS 1990 $73.8K
RS/6000 930 1 POWER 25 21 50 SV 1990 $62.2K
RS/6000 950H 1 POWER 42 35 84 SV 1991 $164K
RS/6000 970 1 POW5064 50 47.1 100 SV 1992 $97K
RS/6000 230 1 RSC4608 45.5 29 SV 1993
RS/6000 370 1 POWER 63 71 SV 1993
RS/6000 570 1 POWER 50 57 SV 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM Continued OS Unix
RS/6000 590 1 POWER2 67 122 SV 1993
RS/6000 980 1 POW6264 63 59 SV 1993
RS/6000 990 1 POWER2 71.5 126 SV 1993
RS/6000 250 1 MPC601 66 63 SV 1994 $7.6K
RS/6000 41T 1 MPC601 80 79 WS 1994 £11.1K
RS/6000 C10/1 1 MPC601 80 79 1994
RS/6000 C10/2 1 MPC601 80 91 1994
RS/6000 R24 1 POWER2 71.5 134 1994
RS/6000 37T 1 POWER2 62.5 70 WS 1995 £18.8K
RS/6000 380 1 POWER2 59 99 1995
RS/6000 390 1 POWER2 67 114 1995
RS/6000 39H 1 POWER2 67 130 1995
RS/6000 3AT 1 POWER2 59 99 WS 1995 £18.8K
RS/6000 3BT 1 POWER2 67 114 1995
RS/6000 3CT/1 1 POWER2 67 122 1995
RS/6000 3CT/2 1 POWER2 67 129 1995
RS/6000 3CT/3 1 POWER2 67 130 1995
RS/6000 40P/1 1 MPC601 66 64 1995
RS/6000 40P/2 1 MPC601 66 75 1995
RS/6000 42TW/1 1 MPC604 120 118 1995
RS/6000 42TW/2 1 MPC604 120 150 1995
RS/6000 43P/100 1 MPC604 100 128 1995
RS/6000 43P/120 1 MPC604 120 158 1995
RS/6000 43P/133 1 MPC604 133 176 1995
RS/6000 591/R21 1 POWER2 77 144 1995
RS/6000 59H 1 POWER2 67 122 1995
RS/6000 C20/1 1 MPC604 120 118 1995
RS/6000 C20/2 1 MPC604 120 155 1995
RS/6000 E20 1 MPC604 100 140 1995
RS/6000 J30/4 4 MPC601 75 300 SV 1995
RS/6000 J30/8 8 MPC601 75 600 SV 1995
RS/6000 R30/4 4 MPC601 75 300 SV 1995
RS/6000 R30/8 8 MPC601 75 600 SV 1995
HACMP/6000 POWER FT 1992
PVS 32 I860 AR
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS SSP
S/36-5360 1 0.4 SF 1983 $40K
S/36-5362 1 0.2 SF 1984 $15K
S/36-5363 1 10 SF $11K
IBM OS CPF
S/38-100 1 0.3 SF 1986 $38K
S/38-200 1 0.5 SF 1986 $63K
S/38-300 1 0.6 SF 1986 $108K
S/38-400 1 0.8 SF 1986 $143K
S/38-600 1 0.9 SF 1986 $183K
S/38-700 1 1.2 SF $253K
S/88 4596 I860 FT
IBM OS OS/400
AS/ENRTY A22 1 SF
AS/ENTRY A10 1 SF
AS/ENTRY A20 1 SF
AS/ENTRY Y10 1 SF 1990 $12K
AS/ENTRY C04 1 SF 1990 $18.3K
AS/ENTRY C06 1 SF 1990
AS/400 B10 1 0.5 SF £13.3K
AS/400 B20 1 0.7 SF $44K
AS/400 B30 1 10.6 0.8 SF 1988 $89K
AS/400 B35 1 0.8 SF
AS/400 B40 1 10.6 1.3 SF 1988 $191K
AS/400 B45 1 1.2 SF
AS/400 B50 1 16.7 2 SF 1988
AS/400 B60 1 16.7 3 SF 1988 $285K
AS/400 B70 1 4 SF 1989 $379K
AS/400 C10 1 0.7 SF 1990 $18.7K
AS/400 C20 1 0.9 SF 1990 $33.9K
AS/400 C25 1 1.1 SF 1990 $59.5K
AS/400 D02 1 0.7 SF 1991
AS/400 D04 1 0.9 SF 1991 $16K
AS/400 D06 1 1.1 SF 1991 $24K
AS/400 D10 1 1.1 SF 1991 $22K
AS/400 D20 1 1.3 SF 1991 $41.5K
AS/400 D25 1 1.4 SF 1991 $79.5K
AS/400 D35 1 1.9 SF 1991 $47.6K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM Continued OS 400
AS/400 D45 1 2 SF 1991 $97.7K
AS/400 D50 1 2.7 SF 1991 $155K
AS/400 D60 1 4.6 SF 1991 $272K
AS/400 D70 1 6.4 SF 1991 $405K
AS/400 D80 2 11.3 SF 1991 $730K
AS/400 E02 1 0.9 SF 1992 £7.65K
AS/400 E04 1 1.1 SF 1992 £9.2K
AS/400 E06 1 1.4 SF 1992 £11.9K
AS/400 E10 1 1.4 SF 1992 £10.75K
AS/400 E20 1 1.7 SF 1992 £22.6K
AS/400 E25 1 1.9 SF 1992 £47.7K
AS/400 E35 1 2.4 SF 1992 £21.8K
AS/400 E45 1 2.6 SF 1992 £47.1K
AS/400 E50 1 3.4 SF 1992 £77.5K
AS/400 E60 1 7.3 SF 1992 £154K
AS/400 E70 1 8 SF 1992 £237K
AS/400 E80 2 14.3 SF 1992 £440K
AS/400 E90 3 20 SF 1992 £587K
AS/400 E95 4 28 SF 1993 $973K
AS/400 F10 SF
AS/400 F25 1 SF
AS/400 F35 1 SF 1993 £8.2K
AS/400 F45 1 SF 1993
AS/400 F50 1 SF 1993
AS/400 F60 1 SF 1993
AS/400 F90 SF
AS/400 F95 4 SF
AS/400 200 SF
AS/400 310 SF
AS/400 320 SF
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS VM/MVS
9373-20 1 11.1 0.5 SF 1987 $31K
9375-40 1 11.1 0.5 SF 1987 $65K
9375-60 1 11.1 1.3 SF 1987 $93K
9373-25 1 10 1.1 SF 1988 $26K
9373-30 1 12.5 1.4 SF 1988 $39K
9375-50 1 1.4 SF
9375-50E 1 16 1.7 SF 1988 $61K
9377-80 1 15 2.4 SF 1988 $149K
9377-90 1 20 3.1 SF 1989 $209K
9370-120 1 2.2 SF 1991
9370-130 1 3.4 SF 1991
9370-150 1 5.5 SF 1991
9370-170 1 7.4 SF 1991
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS VM/MVS
4321 1 1.1 0.2 SF 1981 $64K
4331-11 1 1.1 0.3 SF $112K
4331-2 1 1.1 0.5 SF 1981 $112K
4341-1 1 6.7 0.8 SF 1981 $205K
4341-2 1 8.3 1.2 SF 1981 $350K
4341-9 1 0.4 SF 1983 $81K
4341-10 1 0.6 SF 1983 $170K
4341-11 1 0.9 SF 1983 $240K
4341-12 1 8.7 1.9 SF 1983 $500K
4361-3 1 10 0.4 SF 1984 $127K
4361-4 1 10 1.1 SF 1984 $150K
4361-5 1 10 1.4 SF 1984 $200K
4381-1 1 14.7 2.5 SF 1984 $370K
4381-2 1 14.7 3.3 SF 1984 $500K
4381-3 2 14.7 5.5 SF 1984 $340K
4381-11 1 14.7 1.8 SF 1986 $1.85K
4381-12 2 14.7 3.3 SF 1986 $330K
4381-13 1 17.9 4.5 SF 1986 $440K
4381-14 2 17.9 7.6 SF 1986 $855K
4381-21 1 14.7 2.4 SF 1988 $225K
4381-22 2 14.7 3.5 SF 1988 $350K
4381-23 1 19.2 5.6 SF 1988 $530K
4381-24 2 19.2 9.9 SF 1988 $890K
4381-90E 1 19.2 4.5 SF 1988 $395K
4381-91E 1 19.2 5.6 SF 1988 $550K
4381-92E 2 19.2 9.9 SF 1988 $920K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS VM/MVS
3083 E 1 ECL 38.5 4.7 MF 1982 $1.2M
3083 B 1 ECL 38.5 6.9 MF 1982 $2M
3083 J 1 ECL 38.5 8.9 MF 1982 $3M
3081 D 2 ECL 11 MF 1981
3081 G 2 ECL 38.5 12.6 MF 1983 $3.3M
3081 K 1 ECL 38.5 16 MF 1982 $4.3M
3084 Q 4 ECL 38.5 28 MF 1983 $8.7M
3083 CX 1 ECL 41.7 3.7 MF 1985 $605K
3083 EX 1 ECL 41.7 5 MF 1984 $960K
3083 BX 1 ECL 41.7 7.3 MF 1984 $1.7M
3083 JX 1 ECL 41.7 9.5 MF 1984 $2.6M
3081 GX 2 ECL 41.7 13.6 MF 1984 $2.8M
3081 KX 2 ECL 41.7 17.8 MF 1984 $3.4M
3084 QX 4 ECL 41.7 31 MF 1984 $6.9M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS MVS
Cost excludes VF (MFLOPS results)
3090-150 1 ECL 54.1 11.8 108 MF 1986 $1.7M
3090-180 1 ECL 54.1 17 108 MF 1986 $2.6M
3090-200 2 ECL 54.1 32 216 MF 1985 $4.5M
3090-400 4 ECL 54.1 57 432 MF 1986 $8.5M
3090-120E 1 ECL 54.1 9 108 MF 1987 $985K
3090-150E 1 ECL 56.2 12.2 112 MF 1987 $1.65M
3090-180E 1 ECL 58.1 19.4 116 MF 1987 $2.7M
3090-280E 2 ECL 58.1 35.5 232 MF 1988 $4.9M
3090-200E 2 ECL 58.1 35.5 232 MF 1987 $4.6M
3090-300E 3 ECL 58.1 52 348 MF 1987 $5.6M
3090-400E 4 ECL 58.1 64 464 MF 1987 $8.4M
3090-500E 5 ECL 58.1 78 580 MF 1988 $9.7M
3090-600E 6 ECL 58.1 89 696 MF 1987 $10.3M
3090-100S 1 ECL 54.1 6.7 108 MF 1989 $795K
3090-120S 1 ECL 54.1 9 108 MF 1988 $0.99M
3090-150S 1 ECL 56.2 14 112 MF 1988 $1.7M
3090-250S 2 ECL 56.2 26.5 224 MF 1989 $3.35M
3090-170S 1 ECL 56.2 17.4 112 MF 1988 $2.1M
3090-180S 1 ECL 66.7 24.5 133 MF 1988 $2.9M
3090-280S 2 ECL 66.7 46 267 MF 1988 $5.4M
3090-200S 2 ECL 66.7 47 267 MF 1988 $4.9M
3090-380S 3 ECL 66.7 67 400 MF 1988 $8M
3090-300S 3 ECL 66.7 67 400 MF 1988 $6.9M
3090-400S 4 ECL 66.7 86 533 MF 1988 $9.5M
3090-500S 5 ECL 66.7 104 667 MF 1988 $11.3M
3090-600S 6 ECL 66.7 120 800 MF 1988 $12.8M
3090/600S + VF 6 ECL 66.7 800 SM 1988 $20M
3090-110J 1 ECL 9 MF 1989 $830K
3090-120J 1 ECL 11.2 MF 1989
3090-150J 1 ECL 15.6 MF 1989
3090-250J 2 ECL 30 MF 1989
3090-170J 1 ECL 18.8 MF 1989
3090-180J 1 ECL 69 27 138 MF 1989
3090-200J 2 ECL 69 52 276 MF 1989
3090-280J 2 ECL 69 51 276 MF 1989
3090-380J 3 ECL 69 74 414 MF 1989
3090-400J 4 ECL 69 95 552 MF 1989 $9.9M
3090-500J 5 ECL 69 115 690 MF 1989
3090-600J 6 ECL 69 134 828 MF 1989
3090-150JH 1 ECL 17 MF 1990
3090-170JH 1 ECL 20.5 MF 1990
3090-250JH 2 ECL 33 MF 1990
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS MVS
ES/9000-320 1 ECL 66.7 21 133 MF 1990 $1.47M
ES/9000-610 4 ECL 66.7 72 532 MF 1992 $5.7M
ES/9000-340 1 ECL 69 22 138 MF 1990 $2.45M
ES/9000-720 6 ECL 69 124 828 MF 1990 $11.1M
ES/9000-511 1 ECL 90.9 32 182 MF 1993
ES/9000-742 4 ECL 90.9 111 727 MF 1993
ES/9000-520 1 ECL 111 48 444 MF 1992 $4.68M
ES/9000-900 6 ECL 111 248 2664 MF 1991 $22.8M
ES/9000-711 1 ECL 141 63 563 MF 1993
ES/9000-982 8 ECL 141 408 4507 MF 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS OS/390
9672 G1 R11 1 CMOS 58.8 15 MF 1994 $300K
9672 G1 R61 6 CMOS 58.8 66 MF 1994 $1.26M
9672 G2 R12 1 CMOS 66.7 22 MF 1995 $315K
9672 G2 R72 7 CMOS 66.7 111 MF 1995 $1.61M
9672 G2 R53 5 CMOS 83.3 102 MF 1995 $1.49M
9672 G2 RX3 10 CMOS 83.3 171 MF 1995 $2.55M
9672 G3 RA4 1 CMOS 152 33 MF 1996 $330K
9672 G3 RC4 3 CMOS 152 120 MF 1996 $910K
9672 G3 R14 1 CMOS 164 48 MF 1996 $420K
9672 G3 RX4 10 CMOS 164 339 MF 1996 $3.32M
9672 G3 RY4 10 CMOS 170 374 MF 1996 $3.60M
9672 G4 RA5 1 CMOS 303 49 MF 1997 $375K
9672 G4 RC5 3 CMOS 303 146 MF 1997 $1.09M
9672 G4 R15 1 CMOS 323 63 MF 1997 $472K
9672 G4 RX5 10 CMOS 323 401 MF 1997 $3.02M
9672 G4 RY5 10 CMOS 370 447 MF 1997 $3.24M
9672 G5 RA6 1 CMOS 385 88 MF 1998 $400K
9672 G5 RD6 3 CMOS 385 410 MF 1998 $1.60M
9672 G5 T16 1 CMOS 417 127 MF 1998 $570K
9672 G5 RX6 10 CMOS 417 901 MF 1998 $3.38M
9672 G5 Y16 1 CMOS 500 152 MF 1998 $600K
9672 G5 YX6 10 CMOS 500 1069 MF 1998 $4.00M
9672 G6 X17 1 CMOS 556 178 MF 1999 $519K
9672 G6 X27 2 CMOS 556 333 MF 1999 $987K
9672 G6 Z17 1 CMOS 637 205 MF 1999 $696K
9672 G6 ZZ7 12 CMOS 637 1644 MF 1999 $4.84M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IBM OS Z/OS
Z Series 64 bit
2064 Z900 1C1 1 CMOS 769 250 MF 2000 $500K
2064 Z900 116 16 CMOS 769 2694 MF 2000 $4.85M
2064 Z900 2C1 1 CMOS 917 303 MF 2002 $520K
2064 Z900 216 16 CMOS 917 3192 MF 2002 $5.29M
2084 Z990 301 1 CMOS 1205 450 MF 2003 $1.05M
2084 Z990 332 32 CMOS 1205 9060 MF 2003 $15.4M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
ICL OS Win
DRS 300-75 1 80386 16 2.5 PC
DRS 75 PC 1 80486 25 13 PC 1990 £5K
DRS 95 PC 1 80486 PC 1991
ICL OS Unix
DRS 400-35 1 68020 16.7 1.5 SV
DRS 400-65 1 68020 16.7 2 SV
DRS 400-75 1 68030 25 4.8 SV
DRS 400-88 1 25 6 SV 1990
DRS 500-50 1 CCI 3 SV £52K
DRS 500-60 1 CCI 5 SV £77K
DRS 500-65 1 CCI 5 SV £88K
DRS 500-75 1 CCI 10 8 SV £194K
DRS M55-20 1 80386 20 3 SV
DRS M75 1 80486 25 13 SV 1990 £11K
DRS 3000 L25 1 80486 25 13.5 SV 1990 £16K
DRS 3000 L25 1 80486 25 13.5 SV 1991
DRS 3000 L26 1 80486 25 13.5 SV 1991
DRS 6000 L35 1 Sparc 25 17.5 SV 1991
DRS 6000 L40 1 Sparc 25 17.5 SV 1990 £63K
DRS 6000 L44 1 Sparc 40 29 SV 1992
DRS 6000 EL/25 1 Sparc 25 17.5 SV 1992 $39K
DRS 6000 EL/33 1 Sparc 33 23 SV 1992 $46K
DRS 6000 L50 1 Sparc 33 23 SV 1990 £94K
DRS 6000 L60 1 Sparc 40 29 SV
DRS 6000 L65 2 Sparc 33 46 SV 1991 $128K
DRS 6000 L70 2 Sparc 40 58 SV
DRS 6000 L240 1 Sparc 40 29 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L420 1 Sparc 25 17.5 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L430 1 Sparc 33 23 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L440 1 Sparc 40 29 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L442 2 Sparc 40 58 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L630 1 Sparc 33 23 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L632 2 Sparc 33 46 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L640 1 Sparc 40 29 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L642 2 Sparc 40 58 SV 1991 $100K
DRS 6000 L644 4 Sparc 40 116 SV 1992
DRS 6000 L752 4 Sparc 49 116 SV 1992
DRS 6000 1992/3 4 Sparc 240 SV
DRS 6000 1992/3 4 Sparc 240 SV
FX486S 1 80386 20 3 SV 1992
FX486 1 80486 33 20 SV 1992
FX486/50 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992
TServer H370 1 SuperSparc 40 50 SV
TServer H372 2 SuperSparc 40 100 SV
TServer H430i 1 Pentium 66 78 SV
Goldrush 128 Sparc AR
SServer K474s 4 SuperSparc 60 392 SV
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
ICL OS TME
ME29/37 1 0.3 SF £60K
ME29/45 1 0.4 SF £199K
ME29/54 1 0.6 SF £150K
ICL OS VME
2953 1 0.8 MF £112K
2955 1 0.7 MF
2957 1 1 MF £225K
2958 1 12.5 1.7 MF £360K
2958 DUAL 2 12.5 3.1 MF
2960 1 0.8 MF 1975
2972 1 2.2 MF
2976 1 2.6 MF 1976
2977 FMDU 1 2.8 MF
2980 FMDU 1 3.4 MF 1976
2982 FMDU 1 3.6 MF
2966 1 12.5 2.7 MF £560K
2966 DUAL 2 12.5 4.9 MF
2988 2 12.5 4.9 MF £815K
2988 DUAL 4 12.5 8.6 MF £1M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
ICL OS VME
39/15-1 1 5.9 1.4 MF 1987 $54K
39/20-1 1 5.3 MF 1986 $87K
39/25-1 1 5.9 1.8 MF 1987 $82K
39/30-1 1 5.3 1.3 MF 1984 $131K
39/30-2 2 5.3 2.4 MF 1984 $314K
39/35-1 1 5.9 2.4 MF 1987 $109K
39/35D 2 5.9 4.4 MF 1987 $190K
39/40-1 1 40 2.1 MF 1987 $320K
39/50-1 1 40 3 MF 1986 $536K
39/50XP 1 40 4.2 MF 1987 $608K
39/60-1 1 40 7.1 MF 1986 $818K
39/60-2 2 40 14 MF 1987 $1.68M
39/15XP 1 5.9 1.4 MF 1988 £85K
39/25XP 1 5.9 1.8 MF 1988 £175K
39/25DXP 2 5.9 3.4 MF 1988 £300K
39/35XP 1 5.9 2.4 MF 1988 £230K
39/35DXP 2 5.9 4.6 MF 1988 £365K
39/35/2 2 4.6 MF £450K
39/35XP/2 2 4.6 MF £450K
39/45/1 1 40 3.8 MF £440K
39/45/2 2 40 7.2 MF £900K
39/55/1 1 40 6.1 MF £600K
39/55/2 2 40 11.7 MF £1.2M
39/65/1 1 40 9.7 MF £800K
39/65/2 2 40 18.5 MF £1.6M
39/80-1 1 40 17.5 MF 1985 £1.4M
39/80-2 2 40 34 MF 1986 £3M
39/80-3 3 40 51 MF 1987 £4M
39/80-4 4 40 67 MF 1988 £5M
39/DX130-10 1 10 1.5 SF 1991 $73K
39/DX170-10 1 10 2.5 SF 1991 $99K
39/DX190-20 2 10 3 SF 1991 $156K
39/DX200-10 1 10 3.5 SF 1991 $136K
39/DX230-20 2 10 4.5 SF 1991 $209K
39/DX270-20 2 10 6 SF 1991 $282K
39/SX370-10 1 9 MF 1992
39/SX420-10 1 84.7 15 MF 1991 £1.2M
39/SX430-20 2 17 MF 1992
39/SX450-10 1 84.7 21 MF 1991 $1.64M
39/SX480-20 2 MF 1991 £2.1M
39/SX510-20 2 84.7 40 MF 1991 £2.2M
39/SX550-20 2 84.7 60 MF 1990 £3.5M
39/SX580-20 2 84.7 90 MF 1990 £5M
39/SX590-30 3 89 MF 1992
39/SX620-30 3 130 MF 1992
39/SX650-40 4 172 MF 1992 £17M
39/SX565-20 2 68 MF 1993
39/SX695-60 6 259 MF 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
IIMI
SM 45000 14.9 30 $39K
Inmos
T400 1 Transputer 5 10 Ch $20
T425 1 Transputer 30 12.5 Ch
T805 1 Transputer 30 30 4 Ch
T9000 1 Transputer 50 60 25 Ch 1993
Intel OS Unix
IPSC 128 80286 100 8 AR 1985
IPSC/2 128 80386 512 AR 1985
IPSC/860-1 1 I860 40 40 AR
IPSC/860-8 8 I860 40 264 320 AR 1990 $265K
IPSC/860-32 32 I860 40 1280 AR
IPSC/860-128 128 I860 40 4224 5120 AR 1990 $3M
Paragon 40 I860 50 AR 1992
Paragon XP/S 66 I860 50 2800 5000 AR 1992
Paragon XP/S 4000 I860 50 160000 300000 AR 1992
Iwarp 32 640 AR 1990
Touchstone 528 I860 32000 AR 1991
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Intel
4004 1 4004 Ch 1971
8080 1 8080 0.1 Ch 1974
8088 1 8088 4.8 0.2 Ch 1979
80286/6 1 80286 6 0.8 Ch 1982
80286/7 1 80286 7 1 Ch
80286/8 1 80286 8 1.5 Ch
80286/16 1 80286 16 2.5 Ch 1987
80386SX/16 1 80386SX 16 2.5 Ch 1987
80386SX/20 1 80386SX 20 3.2 Ch 1988
80386SX/25 1 80386SX 25 3.9 Ch 1988
80386SX/33 1 80386SX 33 5.1 Ch 1989
80386/16 1 80386 16 4 Ch 1987
80386/20 1 80386 20 5 Ch 1988
80386+WEITEK 1 80386 20 5 Ch 1988
80386/25 1 80386 25 6 Ch 1988
80386/33 1 80386 33 8 Ch 1989
80386/40 1 80386 40 9.6 Ch 1990
80486SX/20 1 80486SX 20 12 Ch 1990
80I486SX/33 1 80486SX 33 16 Ch 1992
80486SL/25 1 80486SL 25 15 Ch 1992
80486/25 1 80486SX 25 15 1 Ch 1990
80486/33 1 80486DX 33 20 Ch 1990
80486/50/25 DX2 1 80486DX2 50 24 Ch 1991
80486/50 1 80486 50 30 Ch 1991
80486/66/33 DX2 1 80486DX2 66.7 34 Ch 1992
80486/75 DX4 1 80486 75 37 Ch 1995
80486/100 DX4 1 80486 100 50 Ch 1995
Pentium/60 1 Pentium 60 70 Ch 1993
Pentium/66 1 Pentium 66 78 Ch 1993
Pentium/75 1 Pentium 75 89 Ch 1994
Pentium/90 1 Pentium 90 107 Ch 1994
Pentium/100 1 Pentium 100 112 Ch 1994
Pentium/120 1 Pentium 120 134 Ch 1995
Pentium/133 1 Pentium 133 148 Ch 1995
Pentium/200 1 Pentium 200 224 Ch 1996
Pentium Pro 1 PentiumPro 150 194 Ch 1995
Pentium Pro 1 PentiumPro 200 259 Ch 1995
Pentium MMX 1 Pent MMX 166 189 Ch 1997
Pentium MMX 1 Pent MMX 200 227 Ch 1997
Pentium II 1 Pentium II 233 309 Ch 1997
Pentium II 1 Pentium II 500 664 Ch 1998
Pentium III 1 Pentium III 450 597 Ch 1999
Pentium III 1 Pentium III 1330 1765 Ch 2001
Pentium 4 1 Pentium 4 1300 1294 Ch 2001
Pentium 4 1 Pentium 4 3800 3783 Ch 2004
I860 1 I860 40 33 40 Ch 1990
I860XP 1 I860XP 50 42 75 Ch 1992
I960CA 1 I960 33 66 Ch 1990
I960CF 1 I960 33 100 Ch
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Intergraph OS Unix
IP-32C 1 CLIPPER 30 36 WS
IP6450 1 CLIPPER 33 WS 1992 $24.9K
6605 1 CLIPPER 40 48 SV 1992 $75K
Kendall Square OS Unix
KSR1-1 1 CMOS 20 20 40 SU 1991
KSR1-8 8 CMOS 20 160 320 SU 1991
KSR1-32 32 CMOS 20 640 1280 SU 1991
KSR1/1088 1088 CMOS 20 21760 43520 SU 1991
LSI
LR33000 1 MIPS 40 35 Ch 1992 $89
L64801 1 Sparc 40 29 Ch 1992 $140
Lynwood OS Unix
J432T 1 68030 16.7 3.9 WS
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Mars OS Unix
MARINER 4I 1 Sparc 25 16.8 WS 1990 $6K
Maspar OS Unix
MP 1200 16364 VLSI 30000 1500 AR 1990 $810K
MP-2 16384 VLSI 201523 AR 1992 $1.6M
Masscomp OS Unix
5350.881 1 68020 16
5400.881 68020 16
McDonnell Dg
Series X 32 88100 25 640 SV 1991
Meiko OS Unix
100 100 $335K
MK050 1 T800 20 10 2
MK085 1 Sparc 33 24 SV 1990 £20.9K
MKO86 2 I860/+T800 33 66 1990 £39K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
MIPS
R2000/8 1 R2000 8 5 Ch
R2000/12.5 1 R2000 12.5 8 Ch
R2000/15 1 R2000 15 10 Ch
R2000/16.7 1 R2000 16.7 12 Ch
R2000/20 1 R2000 20 16 Ch
R2000/25 1 R2000 25 20 12 Ch
R3000/33 1 R3000 33 33 Ch $9.9K
R3000/40 1 R3000 40 43 Ch 1991
R4000 1 R4000 50 50 Ch 1991
R4000/75 1 R4000 75 75 Ch 1992
R4000/100 1 R4000 100 100 Ch 1993
R4400 1 R4400 150 150 Ch 1993
R6000/60 1 R6000 66.7 55 Ch 1990
R10000 1 R10000 200 Ch 1995
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
MIPS OS Unix
RC3230 1 R3000 25 20 10 SV 1990 $8.5K
RC3240 1 R3000 25 18 WS 1990 $25K
RC3260 1 R3000 25 30.8 10 WS 1990 $50K
RC3330 1 R3000 33 41.5 SV 1991 $12K
RC3350 1 R3000 33 41.5 SV 1991 $36.5K
RC3360 1 R3000 33 41.5 13 WS 1991 $65.5K
RC6280 1 R6000 66.7 62 24 SV 1990 $150K
M/2000 1 R2000 25 20 10 SV 1989 $110K
M3000/25 1 R3000 25 25 WS 1990 $9K
M3000/33 1 R3000 33 27 WS 1991 $11K
M4000 PC-50 1 R4000 50 50 WS 1992 $10K
M4000 SC-67 1 R4000 66.7 67 SV 1992 $16K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Motorola
68020/16 1 68020 16 2 Ch
68020/20 1 68020 20 3 Ch
68020/25 1 68020 25 4 Ch
68020/30 1 68020 30 6 Ch
68020/33 1 68020 33 7 Ch
68030/20 1 68030 20 5 Ch
68030/25 1 68030 25 6 Ch
68030/33 1 68030 33 8 Ch
68030/50 1 68030 50 12 Ch
68040/25 1 68040 25 21 Ch 1991
88000/16 1 88000 16 17 Ch
88000/20 1 88000 20 20 Ch
88000/25 1 88000 25 25 Ch
88110/50 1 88000 50 100 Ch 1992
88000/125 1 88000 125 125 Ch 1992
88000/300 Many 88000 300 4000 AR 1999
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Motorola OS Unix
VME DELTA 2316 1 68020 2 WS $7K
VME DELTA 3600 1 68030 5 WS $12K
VME DELTA 3XXX 1 68030 8 WS
3432 1 68030 25 6 SV
3640-3 1 68040 50 12 SV
4220 1 68040 25 21 SV
8000-100 1 68020 2.5 WS $4.5K
8000-150 1 68020 3 WS $9K
8000-310 1 68030 4.2 WS $9K
8000-610 1 68030 4.2 WS $14K
8000-650 1 68030 6.5 WS $14.5K
8000-850 1 68030 6.5 WS $21.5K
8408 1 88000 17 SV
8608 1 88000 17 SV
8864/4 4 88000 60 SV
8220 1 88000 25 25 SV
8440 1 88000 25 25 SV
8640/2 2 88000 25 50 SV
8640/4 4 88000 25 100 SV
MPC-100 1 88000 27 SV 1990 $24K
MPC-200 1 88000 33.8 SV 1990 $36K
MPC-300 2 88000 67 SV 1990 $60K
810 1 88110 30 61.6 SV 1993
911/2 2 88110 30 122 SV 1993
921/2 2 88110 40 153 SV 1993
933 2 88110 40 153 SV 1993
963 4 88110 40 306 SV 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Multiflow OS Unix
TRACE 7/100 1 ECL 42 10 VL 1987 $198K
TRACE 7/200 1 ECL 7.7 15 VL 1987 $300K
TRACE 7/300 1 ECL 7.7 53 30 VL $514K
TRACE 14/200 1 ECL 7.7 30 VL $400K
TRACE 14/300 1 ECL 7.7 107 60 VL
TRACE 28/200 1 ECL 7.7 215 60 VL $1M
TRACE 28/300 1 ECL 7.7 215 120 VL $1.03M
NCR OS VRX
V-8800-1 1 26.3 1.5 MI 1988 $295K
V-8000-8 8 26.3 12 MI 1988 $2.2M
9811 1 6.9 1 MI $41K
9884 8 6.9 8 MI $341K
9800 AP4 24 30 MI
10000/85 4 9.1 3.3 MI
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
NCR OS Unix
PC486/MC33 1 80486 33 20 PC 1990 $14.2K
S/486/MC33 1 80486 33 20 SV 1990 $16.2K
MINI TOWER 1 68010 10 0.5 SV 1985 $9.5K
TOWER 32 XP 1 68010 10 0.8 SV 1984 $12.7K
TOWER 32/200 1 68020 16.7 2.1 SV $7K
TOWER 32/400 1 68020 16.7 2.1 SV 1986 $15K
TOWER 32/450 1 68020 25 3 SV 1988 $15.6K
TOWER 32/600 1 68020 16.7 2.1 SV 1985 $22K
TOWER 32/650 1 68020 25 3 SV 1988 $24.9K
TOWER 32/800 4 68020 16.7 8 SV 1987
TOWER 32/825 2 68020 30 12 SV 1989
TOWER 32/850 6 68020 30 36 SV 1988 £400K
TOWER 32/300 1 68030 20 5.8 SV 1990 £11.5K
TOWER 32/500 1 68030 20 5.8 SV 1990 £20K
TOWER 32/700 1 68030 30 8.8 SV 1989 £44K
3320 1 80386SX 20 3 SV 1990
3200 1 80486 30 SV 1990
3445 1 80486 33 27 SV 1990 $20K
3447 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992
3450/1 1 80486 50 30 SV 1991 $35K
3450/4 4 80486 50 120 SV 1991 $200K
3550/2 2 80486 50 80 SV 1991 $100K
3550/8 8 80486 50 240 SV 1990 $800K
3600 288 80486 50 8600 SV 1991 $8M
3700 1000+ 80486 50 100000 SV 1993
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Ncube OS Unix
Ncube 2 1 VLSI 20 8 2 AR
Ncube 2 64 VLSI 20 512 AR
Ncube 2 1024 VLSI 20 8000 2409 AR
Ncube 2 8192 VLSI 20 60000 219661 AR $39M
NEC OS ACOS
VR4000SC 1 R4000 75MHz 75 91 Ch 1992 $1500
SX-1E 1 325 SU
SX-1 1 650 SU
SX-2 1 167 1300 SU $22M
SX 2-100 1 167 330 SU $7M
SX 2-200 1 167 660 SU
SX 2-400 1 167 1300 SU $20M
NEC OS Unix
SX-3/1L 1 345 680 SU 1991 $5.8M
SX-3/11 1 345 170 1379 SU 1991 $7.25M
SX-3/12 1 345 2750 SU 1991
SX-3/14 1 345 5500 SU 1992
SX-3/22 2 345 5500 SU 1992
SX-3/24 2 345 11000 SU
SX-3/42 4 345 11000 SU 1992
SX-3/44 4 345 680 22069 SU 1991 $23M
ACOS 3800 6 500 MF 1991
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Norsk Data OS Sintran
ND-510 1 8.3 0.4 MI 1987
ND-530 1 8.3 0.6 MI
ND-550 1 8.3 1.3 MI
ND-560 1 8.3 2.1 MI
ND-570 1 8.3 3.3 MI
ND-5700 1 MI
ND-5800 1 MI
ND-5900/2 2 MI
ND-5900/3 3 MI
ND-5900/4 4 MI £615K
National Semiconductor
NS32SF640 1 NS32SF 100 50 Ch 1992 $325
Numerix OS Unix
NMX-432 10 30 AR $64K
NMX-332 24 AR
NMX-464 8 12 AR $55K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Olivetti OS Unix
M300-10 1 80386SX 20 3.2 PC 1991
M400-60 1 80486 50 24 PC 1992
PC386DX-20 1 80386 20 5 PC
PWS 4000 1 R4000 50 50 WS 1992
LSX 5010 1 80486 25 15 SV 1991
LSX 5020 1 80486 33 20 SV 1991
LSX 5025 1 80486 33 20 SV 1992
LSX 5030/1 1 80486 33 20 SV 1992
LSX 5030/2 2 80486 33 40 SV 1992
LSX 5030/3 3 80486 33 60 SV 1992
LSX 5040/1 1 80486 66 34 SV 1992
LSX 5040/2 2 80486 66 68 SV 1992
LSX 5040/4E 4 80486 66 136 SV 1993
LSX 6560/4 4 R3000 33 132 SV 1991
LSX 6560/6 6 R3000 33 198 SV 1991
LSX 6560/8 8 R3000 33 264 SV 1991
LSX 6560/12 12 R3000 33 396 SV 1991
LSX 6515 2 R3002A 37.5 75 SV 1992
LSX 6525 2 R3002A 37.5 75 SV 1992
LSX 6545 2 R3002A 37.5 75 SV 1992
LSX 6565/4 4 R3002A 37.5 150 SV 1992
LSX 6565/24 24 R3002A 37.5 768 SV 1992 $2.2M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Opus
PM 5120 1 Sparc 25 18 WS 1990 $9K
Parsys OS Unix
SUPERNODE 1000 16 T800 480 AR
SN8000/Entry I860 40 240 AR 1992 £45K
SN/8000/Large I860 40 1000 AR 1992 £100K
Parsytec
GC 16384 T9000 400000 1995
Pixar
IMAGE CPU 10 40 $79K
Prime OS Unix
EXL MBX 1 80386 3.2 PC 1989 $8.2K
EXL 316 1 80386 16 3.2 WS $23.9K
EXL 320 1 80386 20 4 WS $26K
EXL 325 1 80386 25 5 WS $46K
EXL 1281 30 80386 120 SV 1989
EXL 7330 1 R3000 25 25 SV 1990 $18K
EXL 7340 1 R3000 25 23 SV 1990
EXL 7360 1 R3000 25 27 SV 1990
EXL 7363 1 R3000 33 33 SV 1991 $75K
EXL 7660 1 R6000 60 68 SV 1991 $190K
EXL 7680 1 R6000 68 SV 1990 $150K
PXCL 5500 1 RISC 10 SV $53K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Prime OS PRIMOS
550 1 0.4 MI 1979
650 1 0.5 MI 1979
750 1 1 MI 1979
850 1 2 MI 1981
2250 1 6.3 0.5 MI 1982 $40K
2350 1 MI
2455 1 8.3 1.6 MI $19.9K
2550 1 6.3 0.7 MI $99K
2655 1 1.1 MI
2755 1 8.3 1.6 MI $94K
2850 1 12.2 2.6 MI 1989 $44.7K
2950 1 13 3.9 MI 1989 $88.6K
9650 1 6.3 0.9 MI $145K
9655 1 7.6 1.3 MI 1984
9750 1 10 1.8 MI 1984 $250K
9755 1 12.5 3.4 MI
9950 1 12.5 2.5 MI 1984 $392K
9955 1 12.5 4 MI 1985
9955II 1 15.6 5 MI £215K
4050 1 12.2 2.8 MI $88K
4150 1 13 4.1 MI 1988 $192K
4450 1 15.6 5.8 MI 1988 $291K
5310 1 CMOS 3.3 MI 1990 $37K
5320 1 CMOS 3.6 MI 1990 $60.7K
5330 CMOS 5 MI 1990 $85K
5340 CMOS 5.3 MI 1990 $121K
5370 2 CMOS MI 1991 $226K
6150 1 22.7 8.5 MI 1987 $444K
6350 1 ECL 22.7 11.8 MI 1987 $549K
6450 1 ECL 27.3 14.2 MI 1990
6550 2 ECL 22.7 23.6 MI 1987 $804K
6650 2 ECL 22.7 28 MI 1990
RT
100S-125 1 HyperSparc 125 126 1995
200S-125 1 HyperSparc 125 133 1995
200S-125/512 1 HyperSparc 125 152 1995
SCS
30/XM 1 22.2 17 33 MS $295K
SCS-40 1 ECL 22.2 22 44 MS $450K
SCS-40/MP 2 22.2 44 88 MS $845K
Sension
PARALLAX 40 Transputers 20 120 18 AR
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Sequent OS Unix
BALANCE 8000-2 2 NS32032 10 1.5 SV £50K
BALANCE 8000/12 12 NS32032 10 8.4 SV
BALANCE 21000 4 NS32032 10 2.8 SV
BALANCE 21000 30 NS32032 10 21 SV
SYMMETRY S27 2 80386 16 7.2 SV
SYMMETRY S27 10 80386 16 36 SV 1987 $400K
SYMMETRY S81 8 80386 16 25.6 SV 1988
SYMMETRY S81 30 80386 16 108 SV 1987 $800K
SYMMETRY S81/8 8 80386 20 40 SV
SYMMETRY S81/14 14 80386 20 70 SV
SYMMETRY S27/20 10 80386 20 50 SV 1990
SYMMETRY S81/20 20 80386 20 100 SV 1990
SYMMETRY S81/20 30 80386 20 150 SV 1990
S16 2 80386 20 30 SV 1990 $50K
S3 1 80386 33 7.5 SV
S2000/1 1 80486 25 14 SV 1991 £20K
S2000/4 4 80486 25 56 SV
S2000/12 12 80486 25 168 SV
S2000/16 16 80486 25 224 SV 1991
S2000/30 30 80486 25 420 SV 1991 $2.5M
S2000/250/1 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992
S2000/250/6 6 80486 50 180 SV 1992
S2000/450/10 10 80486 50 300 SV 1992
S2000/700/12 12 80486 50 360 SV
S2000/700/16 16 80486 50 480 SV
S2000/700/8 8 80486 50 240 SV
S2000/750/30 30 80486 50 900 SV 1992 $2.5M
S2000 290/4 4 Pentium 60 284 SV 1993
S5000 SE20/2 2 Pentium 66 156 SV 1994
S5000 SE60/30 30 Pentium 66 2340 SV 1994
S50000 SE70/30 30 Pentium 100 3540 SV 1995
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Silicon Graphics OS Unix
IRISVISION PC 1990 $3.6K
IRIS 4D 1 R2000 8 7 WS $50K
IRIS 4D/20 1 R2000 12.5 10 WS 1988
IRIS 4D/25S 1 R3000 20 16 WS 1990 $18K
IRIS 4D/25 1 R3000 20 14 WS 1990 £25.7K
IRIS 4D/25TG 1 R3000 20 16 WS 1990
IRIS 4D/35 1 R3000 36 28 WS
IRIS 4D/85GTB 1 R3000 16.7 13 WS
IRIS 4D/210S 1 R3000 25 20 10 WS 1990 $94.9K
IRIR 4D/210GTXB 1 R3000 25 20 10 WS 1990
IRIS 4D/210VGXB 1 R3000 25 20 10 WS 1990
IRIS 4D/280S 8 R3000 25 160 SV 1990 $172.5K
IRIS 4D/310S 1 R3000 33 30 13 SV 1990 $24.9K
IRIS 4D/310GTX 1 R3000 33 30 13 SV 1990 $49.9K
IRIS 4D/310VGX 1 R3000 33 30 13 SV 1990 $79.9K
IRIS 4D/340S 4 R3000 33 117 53 SV 1990
IRIS 4D/380S 8 R3000 33 234 106 SV 1990 $145K
IRIS INDIGO 1 R3000A 33 22 WS 1991 $8K
IRIS 4D/420 1 R4000 40 50 16 WS 1991
IRIS 4D/440 4 R4000 40 200 64 SV 1991
IRIS 4D/480 8 R4000 40 400 128 SV 1991
Crimson 1 R4000 100 62 SV 1992 £25.7K
I R4000 Elan R4000 100 63 WS 1992 $32K
I R4000 Entry 1 R4000 100 63 WS 1992 $12.5K
Challenge 1 R4400 100 62 WS 1993
INDIGO2 1 R4400 150 90 WS 1993
INDIGOR4000 1 R4400 100 58 WS 1993
INDYPC 1 R4400 100 34 WS 1993
INDYSC 1 R4400 100 59 WS 1993
INDIGO2 1 R4400 133 95 WS 1994
INDYPC 1 R4400 100 63 WS 1994
INDYSC 1 R4400 150 92 WS 1994
PWR INDIGO2 1 R8000 75 113 WS 1994
PWRCH ONYX 1 R8000 75 109 WS 1994
INDIGO2 1 R8000 150 140 WS 1995
INDIGO2 1 R4400 250 176 WS 1995
INDIGO2 1 R4400 200 140 WS 1995
INDY 1 R4600 133 114 WS 1995
INDYPC 1 R4600 133 85 WS 1995
INDYSC 1 R4600 133 114 WS 1995
INDYSC 1 R4400 175 123 WS 1995
ONYX 1 R4400 200 142 WS 1995
ONYX 1 R4400 250 178 WS 1995
PWRCH ONYX 1 R8000 90 132 WS 1995
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Siemens OS VSP
VP30-EX 1 133 220 SU
VP50-EX 1 143 285 SU
VP100-EX 1 143 428 SU
VP200-EX 1 143 857 SU
VP400-EX 1 143 1714 SU
S100 1 or 2 ECL 250 500 SU 1991
S200 1 or 2 250 1000 SU 1991
S400 1 or 2 250 2000 SU 1991
S600 1 or 2 313 5000 SU 1991
Siemens OS Unix
Nixdorf
MX500/20-2 2 NS32032 10 1.5 SV £41K
MX500/40-4 4 NS32032 10 2.8 SV £85K
MX500/60-8 8 NS32032 10 5.2 SV £162K
7860E
7570F
7890D
7890G
7890F
H120F
TARGON 31 1 68030 5.6 SV $15K
TARGON 35/60 1 RISC 12 SV
TARGON 35/60-2 2 24 SV
TARGON 31/55 1 68040 25 20 SV 1990
RM 400/220 1 R4400 50 SV 1993 £12K
RM 400/330 1 R4400 100 68 SV 1993
RM 400/340 1 R4400 100 SV 1993 £29K
RM 400/430 1 R4400 150 SV 1993 £27K
RM 400/440 1 R4400 150 92 SV 1993 £39K
RM 400/530 1 R4400 150 92 SV
RM 400/540 1 R4400 150 SV 1993 £48K
RM 600/120 50 R4400 100 SV 1993
RM 600/4 4 MIPS 140 SV 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
SNI OS Unix
Pyramid
WORKCENTER 1 10 3.2 WS
90X 1 RISC 8 SV
98XE 1 RISC 10 3.2 SV
98X DUAL 2 RISC 10 5.4 SV
9810 1 RISC 10 7 SV $120K
9820 2 RISC 10 13 SV 1987 $300K
9830 3 RISC 10 19 SV $424K
9840 4 RISC 10 25 SV $514K
MIS-1 1 RISC 10 14 SV 1989 $108K
MIS-4 4 RISC 10 50 SV 1989 $700K
MIS-12 12 RISC 10 140 SV 1989 $2M
MIS-1 TURBO 1 RISC 10 14 SV 1990
MIS-8 TURBO 8 RISC 10 112 SV
MIS-12 TURBO 12 RISC 10 140 SV 1990
MIS 12S/4 4 R3000A 33 132 SV 1991
MIS 12S/6 6 R3000A 33 198 SV 1991
MIS 12S/8 8 R3000A 33 264 SV 1991
MIS 12S/12 12 R3000A 33 396 SV 1991
MIS 12ES/4 4 R3002A 37.5 150 SV 1992
MIS 12ES/24 24 R3002A 37.5 768 SV 1992 $2.2M
PC/E5S 1 Pentium 60 61 PC 1993
PC/E5S 1 Pentium 66 67 PC 1993
PC/E5S 1 Pentium 90 86 PC 1994
PC/E5S 1 Pentium 100 96 PC 1994
PC/D5T 1 Pentium 60 66 PC 1994
PC/D5T 1 Pentium 90 86 PC 1994
4-120 1 R4400 100 46 1993
02-Dec 1 R4600 100 76 1994
4-220 1 R4400 100 68 1994
4-420 1 R4400 150 92 1994
4-5340 1 R4400 150 109 1994
6-3240 1 R4400 200 144 1995
RM1000 1 R4400 200 152 1995
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Sequoia OS Unix
40 4 68040 25 FT 1992
300 64 20 150 FT $1.5M
400/8 8 68040 25 FT
400/32 32 68040 25 FT 1991 $500K
400N 68040 33 FT 1992
Solbourne OS Unix
5/500 1 Sparc 33 22 WS 1990 £29.6K
5E/800I 4 Sparc 40 117 SV 1991 $272K
5E/900-1 1 Sparc 40 31 SV 1990 $100K
5E/900-2 2 Sparc 40 62 SV
5E/900-8 8 Sparc 40 200 SV 1990 $626K
S4000/1 1 Sparc 33 25.5 WS 1990 $9K
6/901 1 SuperSparc 33 44 1992
SSI
CHEN 1 GaAs 500 100000 SU
CAPS 9064 32 Bipolar IT 600 AR 1990 $1.5M
Star
ST-50 12.5 50 AR $90K
ST-100 25 100 AR $265K
Stardent OS Unix
Stellar
DS1000 4 25 40 SV $84K
GS1000 4 20 25 40 WS $90K
DS2000 4 25 40 SV £80.7K
GS2000 4 25 80 WS $125K
DS2500 35 100 SV £91.4K
GS2500 35 100 WS $140K
TITAN-1 1 R2000 16 10 16 WS $55.3K
TITAN-4 4 R2000 16 40 64 WS $159K
3000/1 1 R3000 32 32 32 WS $89K
3000/4 4 R3000 32 128 128 WS $186K
3000VS 1 R3000 32 32 32 WS 1990 £85.5K
ST500 1 R3000 32 32 48 WS 1990 £30.6K
VISTRA 800 1 I860 40 WS 1991 $21K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Stratus OS VOS/Unix
210 1 68030 FT 1990 $225K
260 6 68030 FT 1990
75 1 68020 FT 1990 $94K
2260 12 68030 FT 1990 $2.35M
2860 28 68030 FT 1990 $9.1M
XA2000 280 8 + 8 68030 FT 1991 $1.41M
XA2000 270 7 + 7 68030 FT 1991 $1.27M
XA/R 20 1 + 1 I860 32 40 FT 1991 $247K
XA/R 45 2 + 2 I860 80 FT 1992 $394K
XA/R 5 1 + 1 I860 40 FT 1992 $124K
XA/R 300 1 + 1 I860 32 40 FT 1991 $343K
XA/R 320 4 + 4 I860 160 FT 1992 $828K
XA/R 330 6 + 6 I860 240 FT 1992 $104M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Symbolics
3650 $42K
Systime
Series 2 1 80286 1
3-30 1 80386 3 SV £36K
3-40 1 80386 16 3 SV
3-100 1 CCI SV £130K
Texas
MicroSparc 1 Sparc 50 Ch 1992 $180
SuperSparc 1 SuperSparc 33 50 Ch 1991
SuperSparc 1 SuperSparc 50 75 Ch 1993
SuperSparc 1 SuperSparc 40 60 Ch 1992
Tektronix
XD88/10 1 88000 20 17 WS 1990 £13K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Sun OS Unix
3/50 1 68020 15 1.5 WS 1986 $4.96K
3/110 & 140 1 68020 16.7 2 WS 1985 $15K
3/110LC 1 68020 16.7 2 WS $15.9K
3/160 1 68020 16.7 2 WS $19.9K
3/60 1 68020 20 3 WS 1987 $7.9K
3/260 1 68020 25 4 SV 1986 $28.9K
3/80 1 68030 20 3 WS 1989 $6K
3/470 1 68030 33 7 SV 1989 $41K
386I/150 1 80386 20 3 WS 1988 $8K
386I/250 1 80386 25 5 WS 1988 $14K
4/110 1 Sparc 14.3 7 WS 1988 $18.9K
4/260 1 Sparc 16.7 10 3 SV 1987 $39.9K
4/60 1 Sparc 20 12.5 WS 1989
SparcSYS 300 1 Sparc 25 16 SV 1990 $29K
SparcSTN 1+ 1 Sparc 25 15.8 WS 1990 $9K
SparcSTN IPC 1 Sparc 25 13.8 WS 1990 $10K
SparcSTN SLC 1 Sparc 20 12.5 WS 1990 $5K
SparcSTN ELC 1 Sparc 33 18 WS 1991 $5K
SparcSTN IPX 1 Sparc 40 21.8 WS 1991 $12K
SparcSTN/SVR 2 1 Sparc 40 21.8 WS 1991 $15K
SparcSTN/SVR 1 1 Sparc 20 12.5 SV 1990 $9K
SparcSERVER 470 1 Sparc 33 22 SV 1990 $53.6K
SparcSERVER 490 1 Sparc 33 22 SV 1990 $100K
SparcSTN VX 1 Sparc 48 60 WS 1990 $56K
SparcSVR 630 1 Sparc 40 28.5 SV
SparcSVR 630MP2 2 Sparc 40 57 SV 1992
SparcSVR 630MP4 4 Sparc 40 114 SV 1992 $57.5K
SparcSVR 670MP2 2 Sparc 40 57 SV 1992
SparcSVR 670MP4 4 Sparc 40 114 SV 1992
SparcSVR 690MP2 2 Sparc 40 57 SV 1992
SparcSVR 690MP4 4 Sparc 40 114 SV 1992 $104.5K
SparcSTN 10/20 1 SuperSparc 33 40 1992
SparcSTN 10/30 1 SuperSparc 36 45 WS 1992 $18.5K
SparcSTN 10/40 1 SuperSparc 40 50 1993
SparcSTN 10/41 1 SuperSparc 40 53 16 WS 1992 $25K
SparcSTN 10/51 1 SuperSparc 50 65 WS 1993
SparcSTN 10/52 2 SuperSparc 40 120 60 WS 1993 $40K
SparcSTN 10/54 4 SuperSparc 40 240 WS 1993 $58K
CLASSIC,LX 1 SuperSparc 50 26 1992
SparcSVR 1000/1 1 SuperSparc 50 75 SV 1993
SparcSVR 1000/8 8 SuperSparc 50 600 SV 1993
SS 1000E/8 8 SuperSparc 60 784 SV
SS 2000E/12 12 SuperSparc 60 1176 SV
SparcSVR 20 1-2 90 SV 1994
Voyager 1 MicroSparc 60 43 1994
SparcSTN 4/70 1 MicroSparc2 70 60 1995
SparcSTN 4/85 1 MicroSparc2 85 65 WS 1995 £3K
SparcSTN 5/70 1 MicroSparc2 70 57 1995
SparcSTN 5/85 1 MicroSparc2 85 65 1995
SparcSTN 5/110 1 MicroSparc2 110 79 WS 1995
SS20/50 1 MicroSparc2 50 77 1995
SS20/502 2 MicroSparc2 50 154 1995
SS20/51 1 MicroSparc2 50 82 1995
SS20/61 1 MicroSparc2 60 98 1995
SS20/612 2 SuperSparc 60 196 1994
SS20/711 1 SuperSparc2 75 126 1995
SS20/712 2 SuperSparc2 75 252 SV
SS20/HS11 1 HyperSparc 100 105 1994
SS20/HS21 1 HyperSparc 125 131 1995
SS20/151 1 HyperSparc 150 169 1995
SS20/14 4 MicroSparc 50 308 1995
Ultra 1/140 1 UltraSparc 143 215 1995
Ultra 1/170 1 UltraSparc 167 252 1996
Ultra 2/2200 2 UltraSparc 200 332 1996
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Tatung
TWS 5020 1 Sparc 20 12.5 WS 1990 $7K
Teradata
DBC/1012 1024 8 1024 DB
DBC/1012-3 1000 80386 20 3000 DB 1984
DBC/1012-4 1000 80486 20 9000 DB 1991
Thinking Machines OS Unix
CM-2 65000 2500 3100 AR 1987 $5M
CM-5 16000 I860+Sparc 352000 1000000 AR 1992
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Tadpole
SPARKbook 1 Sparc 25MHz 18 PC 1992 $4.95K
Tandem OS Guardian
VLX300 2 CISC 12 6 FT 1986 $586K
VLX800 32 12 96 FT
VLX504 4 12 12 FT 1988 $1.4M
VLX532 32 12 96 FT 1988
CYCLONE 900 224 CISC FT
CLX 820 FT
CLX 840 FT
CLX/R 4 R3000 FT 1992 $189K
CYCLONE/R 16 R3000 FT 1992 $1.89M
NDX ST486/33 1 80486 33 FT 1992
INTEGRITY 100E 1 R2000 14 FT 1991
INTEGRITY 200 1 R2000 14 FT 1991
INTEGRITY 300 1 R3000 23 FT 1991
Him K10000-16 16 R4400 150 1488 FT
Him K10000-32 32 R4400 150 2796 FT
Him K10000-64 64 R4400 150 5766 FT
Him K10000-112 112 R4400 150 10416 FT
Toshiba
Sparc LT 1 Sparc 13.2 PC 1991 $13.2K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Unisys/Burroughs OS MCP
B7900 E 1 8 3.7 SF 1983 $800K
MICRO-A 1 0.6 SF
A1F 1 8 0.5 MF $94K
A1FX 1 0.8 MF
A4 1 8 0.8 MF 1987 $128K
A4FS 1 1.2 MF
A6FS 1 1.6 MF 1987 $245K
A6HS/KS 2 3.8 MF
A6NS 4 5.6 MF
A12 1 15.4 8.4 MF 1986 $1.4M
A12B 1 3.8 MF 1989 $495K
A12E 1 15.4 5.6 MF 1986 $795K
A12T 1 15.4 MF 1988 $2.1M
A11-211 1 MF 1992
A11-222 2 MF 1992
A11-411 1 MF 1992
A11-422 2 MF 1992
A12-211 1 4.6 MF 1990
A12-311 1 6.8 MF 1990
A12-411 1 10 MF 1990
A12-511 1 15 MF 1990
A15FX 1 15.4 16.8 MF 1987 $2.94M
A15IX 2 15.4 31 MF 1987 $4.57M
A15KX 3 15.4 44.5 MF 1987 $6.1M
A15NX 4 15.4 57 MF 1987 $7,67M
A16-422 2 13 MF 1990 $1.75M
A16-511 1 13 MF 1990 £1.3M
A16-522 2 25 MF 1990
A16-611 1 52.6 24 MF 1990
A16-622 2 52.6 46 MF 1990 $5.9M
A16-61E 1 30 MF 1991 $3.2M
A17F 1 15.4 20 MF 1988 $3.13M
A17H 2 15.4 39.6 MF 1988 $4.43M
A17J 2 15.4 39.6 MF 1988 $5.66M
A17L 3 15.4 55 MF 1988 $7.7M
A17N 4 15.4 72 MF 1988 $9.5M
A19-611 1 ECL 52.6 51 MF 1992 $5.3M
A19-622 2 97 MF 1992 $9.7M
A19-632 3 138 MF 1992 $13.8M
A19-642 4 184 MF 1992 $18.2M
A19-664 6 52.6 330 MF 1992 $26M
V310 1 9.1 0.9 MF 1986 $128K
V340 9.1 1.4 MF 1986 $254K
V380 9.1 2.2 MF 1985 $702K
V410 1 8.2 0.9 MF
V430 1 8.2 1.8 MF
V460 2 8.2 3.2 MF
V510 1 20.8 4.5 MF 1988 $950K
V530 1 20.8 8.4 MF 1987 $1.78M
V560 2 20.8 15 MF 1989 $2.89M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Unisys OS OS/3
80-10 1 1.1 MI 1987 $94K
80-20 2 2.2 MI 1987 $179K
80-50 1 6 MI 1990
Unisys OS Unix
U 6000/31 1 80386 20 5 SV $11.5K
U 6000/51 1 80386 25 8 SV $20.8K
U 6000/55 1 80386 33 10 SV $28.5K
U 6000/60 1 80486 25 15 SV $32.4K
U 6000-80 10 80386 20 50 SV
U 6000/15 1 80486 33 20 SV 1992 $8.7K
U 6000/35 1 80486 33 20 SV 1991
U 6000/65/1 1 80486 33 20 SV 1992
U 6000/65/5 5 80486 33 100 SV 1992
U 6000/65/N1 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992 $24K
U 6000/65/N5 5 80486 50 150 SV 1992
U 6000/75/1 1 80486 50 30 SV 1992
U 6000/75/6 6 80486 50 180 SV 1992
U 6000/85 SV 1992
U 6000/100 SV 1993
U 6000/300 Pentium
S2000 TWS 1 Sparc 33 WS 1990
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Unisys OS OS 1100
1100/60 1 MF 1979
1100/71 1 9.8 1.2 MF $325K
1100/81 1 20 2 MF 1978 $1.55M
1100/91 II SV 1 33 5.5 MF 1988 $1.16M
1100/91 II 1 33 7.5 MF 1987 $1.87M
1100/92 II SV 2 33 10.2 MF 1988 $2.27M
1100/92 II 2 33 14 MF 1987 $2.82M
1100/93 II 3 33 20 MF 1987 $3.85M
1100/94 II 4 33 25 MF 1987 $4.88M
1100/94II Turbo 4 33 32.6 MF 1989 $7.3M
1100/90 ISP 33 67 MF 1986 $5M
2200/111 1 CMOS VLSI 1.3 MF 1990
2200/121 2 2.5 MF 1990
2200/201 1 9.3 1.2 MF 1987 $138K
2200/202 2 9.3 2.7 MF 1987
2200/203 3 9.3 3.6 MF 1987
2200/204 4 9.3 4.2 MF 1987 $400K
2200/401 1 12.5 2.5 MF 1988 $178K
2200/402 2 12.5 5.4 MF 1988
2200/403 3 12.5 8.2 MF 1988
2200/404 4 12.5 10.5 MF 1988
2200/405 5 12.5 13 MF 1988
2200/406 6 12.5 14 MF 1989 $952K
2200/442 MF
2200/462 MF
2200/611 1 33.3 15 MF 1989 $2.13M
2200/644 4 33.3 55.5 MF 1989 $8M
2200/611ES 1 17 MF 1990 £2.2M
2200/622ES 2 31 MF 1990
2200/633ES 3 51 MF 1990
2200/644ES 4 63 MF 1990 £8.5M
2200/92 2 79 MF 1992 $8.3M
2200/93 3 108 MF 1992 $12M
2200/94 4 134.5 MF 1992 $14.5M
2200/900 2 MF 1992 $8.4M
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Wang OS VS
VS 5 1 2.1 0.4 MI $13K
VS 6 1 5 0.7 MI $22K
VS 65 1 5 0.7 MI $30K
VS 100 1 6.3 1.3 MI $103K
VS 300 1 8.3 3.3 MI $170K
VS 7110 1 4.2 1.7 MI 1987 $90K
VS 7120 1 5.6 2.3 MI 1987 $120K
VS 7150 1 8.3 3.4 MI 1987 $160K
VS 7310 1 8.3 3.4 MI 1987 $232K
VS 5000/30 1 25 2.8 MI 1988 $9K
VS 5000/40 1 25 2.8 MI 1988 £25K
VS 5000/50 1 28.6 3.2 MI 1988 £45K
VS 5000/60 1 33.3 3.6 MI 1988 £71K
VS 8000/20 1 8.3 3.7 MI 1990 $105K
VS 8000/40 1 5 MI 1990
VS 8000/60 1 11.1 6 MI 1990
VS 8000/70 1 8 MI 1990
VS 8000/80 1 16.7 10 MI 1990
VS 10000-50 1 ECL 9.1 7.4 MI 1988 $395K
VS 10000-75 1 ECL 13 9.3 MI 1988 $550K
VS 10000-100 1 ECL 22.7 12 MI 1988 $670K
VS 12000-550 1 18 MI 1992 $780K
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Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost
Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP
Wang OS Unix
OPEN/SERVER/386 1 80386 SV 1990 $22.7K
OPEN/SERVER/486 1 80486 SV 1990 $27.7K
DX100 1 80386 33 8 SV 1991 $9K
DX200 1 80486 25 15 SV 1991 $11K
PC 382 1 80386 20 5 SV 1991
PC 350/33C 1 80386 33 8 SV 1991
PC 380/33C 1 80386 33 8 SV 1991
PC 480/25C 1 80486 25 15 SV 1991
EC 480/33C 1 80486 33 20 SV 1991
DX3000 1 R3000A 33 29 SV 1990
DX6000 1 R6000 60 68 SV 1990
Zenith
Z-486/33 1 80486 33 20 SV
Zilog
8000/32 1 17.9 4 SV $38K
Z84C0020 1 Z80 20 5 Ch $18
Z32H00 1 Z32 26 25 Ch 1992 $25
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