Accelerator Speeds
To better track IIe Accelerator testing this page has been created. Please update the table below with your findings.
As with any page on this Wiki, use the Discussion page (link above) to discuss your findings or related topics.
History
There are many accelerators for the Apple II over the years. Their speeds and processing ability have all been highly debated. This page was created to help document their test results, and is updateable by the Community.
Downloads / Software
As other software is written it will be posted here and the comparison charts updated / added.
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SpeedTest v2.2.2 with NSC Patch. In "DSK" format.
On July 4th, 2017 Plamen Vaysilov (Пламен Вайсилов) modified modified "Speed Test" for the IIe to use a No Slot Clock to more carefully time tests.
Accelerator Comparison
| Accelerator Speed Results Using "Speed Test" for the II/+/e/c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test Name | Baseline Stock Time | IIc+ 4MHz | AE TransWarp | AE TransWarp][ | FastChip //e
(@16.6mhz) |
McT SpeedDemon
Accelerator II |
McT SpeedDemon
Accelerator IIe |
Titan Technologies
Accelerator IIe |
UltraWarp V1.91G | ZIPChip
4 Mhz |
ZIPChip
8 Mhz | |||||||||||||
| CPU Index | 114(.9764) | 3.605 | 3.083 | 5.760 | 11.72 | 3.150 | 3.160 | 2.970 | 2.105 | |||||||||||||||
| Text Index | (.7715) | 2.301 | 1.338 | 4.000 | 1.983 | 2.201 | 2.229 | 1.327 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Video Index | (.9851) | 3.632 | 2.519 | 5.822 | 4.758 | 3.229 | 3.274 | 2.310 | 4.770 | |||||||||||||||
| Disk Index | 0 | 0 | .7199 | .9999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Memory Read | 119.2(122) | 32 | 37 | 18 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 121 | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Write | 119.2(122) | 34 | 59 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 41 | 63 | Crashed | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Read
(Zero Page) |
119.6(122) | 32 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 122 | |||||||||||||||
| Memory Write
(Zero Page) |
119.6(122) | 34 | 37 | 37 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 38 | Crashed | |||||||||||||||
| Indirect References | 124(129) | 35 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 41 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Branch Calculations | 119.3(122) | 32 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 122 | |||||||||||||||
| Register Variables | 83.3(86) | 24 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Instruction Fetch | 114(116) | 31 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 117 | = | CPU Instruction Mix | 114(116) | 33 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 116 | ||||