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Do I understand this correctly?

Windows 1626988 produce 153 TFLOPS
PS3 32064 produce 697 TFLOPS

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This stat page compares system throughput and tries to match it up to the supercomputer standard of TFLOPS. It is a comparison that started years ago and is correct in terms of CPU cycles, but not necessarily in terms of effective work completed.

Think of it comparing AMD chips to Intel chips to Cell processors. It is really a marketing concept - all the new chips are really fast.

The last column is the number of systems that have been registered with F@H, at any time in the past. If you have upgraded your system then you have an orphan in that pile.

The middle column is the active CPUs reporting in the last 50 days (less for PS3s and GPUs). The current number is:

Windows .....................153.......160899
PLAYSTATION®3......726.........29618

Keep in mind that the PS3, because of its limited memory, can only fold certain molecules in specific ways. Because the Sony engineers have customized the folding to the strengths of the Cell processor the PS3 folds the molecules that it gets REALLY fast.

Also, the 160,000 Windows systems include everything from a few Windows 95 systems up to the newest bank-busting Quad core Intels. F@H needs the general purpose CPUs to do calculations of a different type than the PS3 or the GPU.

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http://fahstats.com/t.php?col=12&t=36120

Linky to a stats server that is still receiving F@H updates.