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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 To Index Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 Hitachi 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 Hitachi 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP 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 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index Manufacturer No. of OS MHz MIPS MAX Type Year Cost Processor CPUs CPU chip Claim MFLOPS £=GBP 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 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 To Index 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 Tektronix XD88/10 1 88000 20 17 WS 1990 £13K 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 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 Thinking Machines OS Unix CM-2 65000 2500 3100 AR 1987 $5M CM-5 16000 I860+Sparc 352000 1000000 AR 1992 Toshiba Sparc LT 1 Sparc 13.2 PC 1991 $13.2K To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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 To Index 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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