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Benchmarks for BrainMaker Why speed is important Neural networks can take a long time to train. When we first started shipping BrainMaker in 1987, it was not unusual for networks to train for several days on an IBM XT. Today, with BrainMaker v3.7 and an MMX enabled computer, these same networks train in several minutes. This speed increase means you can train dozens of networks in a single day, and choose the network with the best performance - much like choosing the job applicant with the best grades from the best school, instead of having to hire the first person who comes along. BrainMaker runs 10 to 100 times faster than our competition. This means you can train 10 to 100 times as many candidate networks from which to choose. BrainMaker running on Various Computers Processor / Clock Training Speed Running Speed 8086 / 4.77 2,400 cps 20,000 cps 286 / 12 15,000 cps 125,000 cps 386 / 16 30,000 cps 245,000 cps 386 / 25 45,000 cps 375,000 cps 486 / 33 80,000 cps 650,000 cps 486 / 66 150,000 cps 1,200,000 cps Pentium / 90 470,000 cps 3,700,000 cps Pentium / 133 560,000 cps 4,400,000 cps Pentium / 166 770,000 cps 6,000,000 cps IDT WinChip / 180 1,020,000 cps 13,000,000 cps Pentium MMX / 166 1,500,000 cps 19,000,000 cps Pentium MMX / 200 1,700,000 cps 20,000,000 cps Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR200 1,500,000 cps 21,000,000 cps AMD K6 / 200 2,100,000 cps 24,000,000 cps Pentium II / 300 3,050,000 cps 38,000,000 cps Pentium II / 333 3,300,000 cps 42,000,000 cps Notes: These numbers are the result of benchmarking with BrainMaker v3.7 for neural computation speed only, and do not necessarily reflect the relative speed of these chips for general purpose computing. Benchmark details: Pentium MMX 200, IDT WinChip, Cyrix 6x86MX PR200, AMD K6 200 systems all Alton TX Pro motherboard, 512k cache, 32 meg 70ns SIMMs, Win95 OSR2.1 Pentium II systems all ASUS P2L97 LX motherboard, 512k L2 cache, 128 meg 10ns sdram dimms, Win95 OSR2.1 Test network: NetTalk, 182 inputs, 250 hiddens, 250 hiddens, 52 outputs, 121050 connections total, BrainMaker display disabled, screen saver turned off.

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