Informal Benchmark HW C vs HW D

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I finally got my Prime G2. Thanks, De Rekenwinkel!

Of course, I had to benchmark the new hardware. I installed the proper beta firmware on both calculators and ran the following program:

PHP Code:

EXPORT HAT()
BEGIN 
LOCAL XP,XR,YP,YR,ZP,XF,YF,ZF;
LOCAL ZI,ZT,XL,XI,XT,YY,X1,Y1;
LOCAL ZZ,XX;
RECT_P(0);
P:=160; Q:=120;
XP:=144; XR:=1.5*PI;
YP:=56; YR:=1; ZP:=64;
XF:=XR/XP; YF:=YP/YR; ZF:=XR/ZP;
FOR ZI:=-Q TO Q-1 DO
   IF ZI >= -ZP AND ZI <= ZP THEN
      ZT:=ZI*XP/ZP; ZZ:=ZI;
      XL:=IP(.5+SQRT(XP*XP-ZT*ZT));
      FOR XI:=-XL TO XL DO
         XT:=SQRT(XI*XI+ZT*ZT)*XF; XX:=XI;
         YY:=(SIN(XT)+.4*SIN(3*XT))*YF;
         X1:=XX+ZZ+P;
         Y1:=YY-ZZ+Q;
         PIXON_P(X1,239-Y1,#00FF00);
         IF Y1 <> 0 THEN
            LINE_P(X1,240-Y1,X1,239,0)
         END;
      END;
   END;
END;
FREEZE;
END; 


The results (using TEVAL) were as follows:

Hardware C: 24.2 sec.
Hardware D: 7.2 sec.

As you can see, the HW D is over three times as fast as the HW C for THIS benchmark.

I make NO claims as to any other speed differences in any other programs. I just thought the results were interesting.