Speed of the hp calculators family

[emece67]

(03-02-2016 08:37 AM)Raymond Del Tondo Wrote:  While we're at apples and peas: The HP 48GX
runs the benchmark in 0.336 seconds (HP-48GX Assembly / Saturn @ 3.7-4.0 MHz)
at a CPU clock of less than 4MHz , whereas the 50g and Prime need a 192+ MHz modern ARM CPU core to reach a similar speed range;-)

0.000150 HP-50G Assembly / ARM9 @ 192 MHz / Fast Mode x2.7

That's 2000+ times faster, whereas the CPU clock speed is only 50x faster. Obviously, the newer 32 bit ARM processor surpasses the venerable Saturn architecture.