[Arm-netbook] Rpi vs cortexA8

[Tsvetan Usunov, OLIMEX LTD]

> http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/01/raspberry-pi-impressions-the-35-linux-computer-and-tinker-toy/
>
> "And, in case there was any doubt in your mind about how painful just
> web browsing could be on this thing, we ran SunSpider (which also
> pinned the CPU) and got a score of 44,230. By comparison, our OG Droid
> (which is clocked at just 550MHz, but has the advantage of being a
> Cortex A8 chip) pulled a 11,188."

so ARM11 @700Mhz is 4 times slower than Cortex-A8 @ 550Mhz?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ARM_microprocessor_cores

says 965 DMIPS @ 772 MHz for ARM1176 and 2.0 DMIPS/MHz for Cortex A8, so 
Cortex A8 @ 550 should give 1100 DMIPS or about 15% faster

Tsvetan