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--- emulation_benchmarks [2026/01/17 16:50] – appledog
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 Therefore, let us attempt to allow emulation of modes and time periods -- NOT of hardware itself. The 8516 has a decent period-accurate "feel" ISA that should allow easy porting and in theory would be an excellent target for a C compiler. Those aren't going to be issues. The issues are going to be forcing programmers to comply. Therefore, when being considered for a "Gold Star" award by the SD-8516 foundation (I just made that up) programs must conform to the following specs:
+== Other Fantasy Computers
+* SD-8516 clocks in at 125 MIPS on an i7-12700K (Geekbench 6 baseline 2500)
+On the same computer,
+* SD-8510 runs at 4.5 MIPS
+* XR/Station running ASIX, dhrystone 2.1 shows 9.75 VAX MIPS
 == The Chart
 Legend:
-* <fc green>Green: The SD-8516 is capable of emulating this level of performance on an i7-12700 (Geekbench 6 baseline).</fc>
+* Green: The SD-8516 is capable of emulating this level of performance on an i7-12700 (Geekbench 6 baseline).
-* <fc gray> Gray/Italics - The SD-8516 is //almost// capable of this performance.</fc>
+* Light Gray: Although the SD-8516 cannot currently emulate this level of performance, it is expected to once graphics acceleration is emulated.
+* Dark Gray: The SD-8516 cannot emulate this system. This is almost always because it is slower than 50% of the required speed. For example, it is unlikely to achieve Dreamcast-level performance even on the new M5 Pro Max chips (4000+ single core). This level of performance would require a C rewrite and some form of multithreading.
+* Red: The system is unlikely to emulate this level of performance because it's advanced hardware. It is possible that a C rewrite would get close, but would require enthusiast hardware. These benchmarks are for GB6 baseline systems.
 ^ Year ^ System ^ CPU ^ Width ^ Approx MIPS ^ RAM ^ Graphics ^ Audio ^ Notes ^
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 | @lightgreen:1992 | Amiga 1200 | 68EC020 @ 14 MHz | 32-bit | 14 | 2 MB | 320×256×256 | Paula (DMA-driven PCM playback) | Much easier CPU than SNES to emulate |
 | @lightgreen:1992 | 486 Gamer | 486DX2-66 | 32-bit | 54 | 8 MB   | 640×480×256 (S3 ViRGE) | SB16 | ~20 FPS software Quake; 3D accel emerging |
-| @gray:1994 | PS1 | MIPS R3000A | 32-bit | 30 | 2 MB + 1 MB VRAM | 320×240 | SPU | Geometry-heavy; no GPU T&L |
+| @lightgray:1994 | PS1 | MIPS R3000A | 32-bit | 30 | 2 MB + 1 MB VRAM | 320×240 | SPU | Geometry-heavy; no GPU T&L |
-| @gray:1994 | Pentium 90 | 586, 90 MHz | 32-bit | 90 | 32 MB  | 640×480×16M (PCI VGA) | SB AWE32 | Smooth Quake @ 50+ FPS; Win95 ready |
+| @lightgray:1994 | Pentium 90 | 586, 90 MHz | 32-bit | 90 | 32 MB  | 640×480×16M (PCI VGA) | SB AWE32 | Smooth Quake @ 50+ FPS; Win95 ready |
-| @gray:1996 | N64 | MIPS VR4300 | 64-bit | 125 | 4–8 MB | 320×240–640×480 | | Hard due to RSP/RDP synchronization |
+| @lightgray:1996 | N64 | MIPS VR4300 | 64-bit | 125 | 4–8 MB | 320×240–640×480 | | Hard due to RSP/RDP synchronization |
-| @darkgray:1998 | Dreamcast | SH-4 @ 200 MHz | 32-bit | 360 | 16 MB | 640×480 | AICA | Very emulator-friendly architecture |
+| @gray:1998 | Dreamcast | SH-4 @ 200 MHz | 32-bit | 360 | 16 MB | 640×480 | AICA | Very emulator-friendly architecture |
-| @red:2000 | PS2 | MIPS R5900 | 128-bit SIMD | 40 scalar | 32 MB | 640×448 | SPU2 | Scalar MIPS meaningless; VUs dominate |
+| @red:2000 | PS2 | MIPS R5900 | 128-bit SIMD | 6000 + 40 | 32 MB | 640×448 | SPU2 | Emotion Engine 6k MIPS; +40 MIPS for PS1 compat.; VUs dominate |
 | @red:2001 | GameCube | Gekko @ 485 MHz | 32-bit | 1125 | 24 MB | 640×480 | Flipper DSP | Dolphin emulator gold standard; clean PowerPC arch |
 | @red:2017 | Switch | ARM Cortex-A57 | 64-bit | 12,000 | 4 GB | 720p–1080p | | GPU & OS dominate emulation cost |