Machine Year Cost k$ 1997k$ MBytes MIPS MIPS/1997k$ By Hand 1892 8.5 142 9.54e-05 1.19e-08 8.37e-11 Ohdner 1891 11 172 1.49e-07 3.33e-09 1.94e-11 Steiger Millionaire 1900 12 187 3.58e-07 1.33e-08 7.12e-11 Hollerith 1908 50 694 0.000286 1.85e-08 2.67e-11 Analytical Engine 1910 1e+03 1.24e+04 0.0244 3.77e-07 3.05e-11 Monroe Calculator 1911 35 470 2.86e-06 2.18e-08 4.64e-11 IBM Tabulator 1919 20 126 2.38e-05 4.12e-08 3.27e-10 Torres Arithmometer 1920 25 141 4.77e-06 3.58e-08 2.53e-10 National-Ellis 3000 1928 15 135 4.29e-06 7.38e-08 5.46e-10 Burroughs Class 16 1929 15 137 4.29e-06 7.38e-08 5.37e-10 Zuse-1 1938 10 111 3.05e-05 4.24e-08 3.82e-10 Zuse-2 1939 10 113 3.05e-05 4.24e-07 3.75e-09 BTL Model 1 1939 50 565 3.81e-06 2e-06 3.54e-09 Zuse-3 1941 50 499 0.000244 2.04e-06 4.09e-09 BTL Model 2 1943 50 422 1.19e-05 1.03e-06 2.44e-09 Colossus 1943 100 844 2.38e-06 0.000224 2.65e-07 BTL Model 3 1943 200 1.69e+03 4.29e-05 2.83e-06 1.68e-09 ASCC (Mark 1) 1944 300 2.52e+03 0.000601 2.33e-06 9.26e-10 Zuse-4 1945 50 412 0.000244 2.04e-06 4.96e-09 BTL Model 5 1946 500 3.61e+03 0.000147 3.29e-06 9.12e-10 ENIAC 1946 600 4.33e+03 9.54e-05 0.00289 6.68e-07 Harvard Mark 2 1947 300 1.77e+03 0.000488 6.22e-06 3.52e-09 IBM SSEC 1948 500 2.71e+03 4.58e-05 0.000597 2.2e-07 EDSAC 1949 100 571 0.00214 0.00255 4.46e-06 SEAC 1950 800 4.4e+03 0.00549 0.00416 9.44e-07 UNIVAC I 1951 930 4.59e+03 0.00537 0.00575 1.25e-06 Zuse-5 1952 100 508 0.000244 9.33e-06 1.84e-08 IBM CPC 1952 100 508 0.000154 0.00176 3.47e-06 IBM 650 1953 200 1.03e+03 0.00488 0.000966 9.4e-07 EDVAC 1954 500 2.57e+03 0.00537 0.0017 6.61e-07 Whirlwind 1955 200 1.03e+03 0.00391 0.0694 6.77e-05 Librascope LGP-30 1955 30 154 0.0146 0.000701 4.56e-06 IBM 704 1955 2e+03 1.03e+04 0.0352 0.0536 5.23e-06 IBM 7090 1959 3e+03 1.42e+04 0.141 0.326 2.29e-05 IBM 1620 1960 200 947 0.0122 0.00103 1.09e-06 DEC PDP-1 1960 150 710 0.0176 0.124 0.000175 Atlas 1961 5e+03 2.38e+04 0.0234 1.4 5.88e-05 Burroughs 5000 1962 1e+03 4.75e+03 0.0254 0.0989 2.08e-05 IBM 7040 1963 560 2.67e+03 0.07 0.063 2.36e-05 Honeywell 1800 1963 1.4e+03 6.67e+03 0.093 0.15 2.25e-05 DEC PDP-6 1964 300 1.42e+03 0.0703 0.169 0.000119 CDC 6600 1964 5e+03 2.37e+04 4 8.76 0.000369 IBM 1130 1965 50 233 0.0156 0.15 0.000644 IBM 360/75 1966 5e+03 2.25e+04 8 2.54 0.000113 IBM 360/65 1967 3e+03 1.35e+04 4 1.24 9.18e-05 DEC PDP-10 1968 500 2.19e+03 0.562 0.655 0.000299 CDC 7600 1969 1e+04 4.23e+04 8 25.7 0.000608 DG Nova 1969 7.6 32.1 0.008 0.117 0.00366 GE-635 1970 2e+03 8.14e+03 0.5 0.649 7.97e-05 SDS 920 1971 100 394 0.25 0.105 0.000266 IBM 360/195 1972 8e+03 3.02e+04 0.5 17.3 0.000573 Honeywell 700 1972 12 45.2 0.031 0.075 0.00166 Prime Computer 100 1973 8.5 28.4 0.031 0.36 0.0127 IBM-370/168 1974 2e+03 5.61e+03 1 8.88 0.00158 MITS Altair 1974 0.5 1.4 0.00024 0.01 0.00713 DG Eclipse 1975 50 129 0.25 0.47 0.00366 DEC-KL-10 1975 500 1.29e+03 4.5 2.3 0.00179 DEC PDP-11/70 1976 150 368 0.125 0.4 0.00109 Cray-1 1976 1e+04 2.45e+04 32 150 0.00612 Apple II 1977 1.3 3.02 0.0039 0.02 0.00662 DEC VAX 11/780 1977 200 464 8 1 0.00215 TRS-80 1977 2 4.64 0.015 0.04 0.00861 Commodore PET 1977 1.5 3.48 0.008 0.06 0.0172 CDC IPL 1978 500 1.08e+03 1 7.5 0.00697 Nanodata VMX200 1979 300 571 2 2.1 0.00367 TRS-80 M3 1980 1.2 2 0.015 0.04 0.02 Sun-1 1980 30 50.1 1 0.484 0.00966 CDC Cyber-205 1981 9e+03 1.39e+04 16 73.2 0.00528 Vic 20 1981 0.279 0.43 0.005 0.04 0.0931 IBM PC 1982 2.5 3.75 0.0469 0.238 0.0634 Sun-2 1982 20 30 2 0.741 0.0247 Commodore 64 1982 0.5 0.75 0.0825 0.2 0.267 TRS-80 M4 1983 1 1.49 0.0635 0.2 0.134 Vax 11/750 1983 50 74.4 4 0.799 0.0107 Macintosh-128K 1984 2.5 3.62 0.125 0.52 0.144 Vax 11/785 1984 200 290 0.0156 2.26 0.0078 Cray-2 1985 1e+04 1.45e+04 1.95e+03 824 0.0569 L.Edge XT-7.16 1985 2 2.89 0.25 0.26 0.09 Atari 800XL 1985 0.85 1.23 0.64 0.165 0.134 Sun-3 1986 10 14.1 4 2.05 0.145 DEC VAX 8650 1986 125 176 16 7.71 0.0438 MIT XT-8 1986 0.5 0.705 0.25 0.534 0.758 Mac II 1987 3 4.11 2 2.5 0.608 Sun-4 1987 10 13.7 16 1.87 0.136 Mac-IIx 1988 9.3 12.1 4 3.9 0.322 CompuAdd 386-16 1988 2.1 2.73 1 2.8 1.02 PC Brand 386-25 1988 2.45 3.2 1 4.3 1.35 Mark 386 1989 12 15.2 2 12.9 0.849 Wang VS 10000 1989 510 646 16 103 0.159 Macintosh SE30 1989 6.49 8.23 5 3.9 0.474 Solbourne 5/500 1989 50 63.3 2 25.5 0.403 Stardent 3000 1990 89 109 32 27.3 0.249 Amiga 2500/30 1990 4.7 5.78 2 19.5 3.37 Acer 1200 1990 11 13.5 4 20 1.48 MVME165 1990 4 4.92 4 16.6 3.37 Power VEISA 1990 5.8 7.13 6 22.1 3.1 Dell 320LX 1990 2.9 3.57 1 12.5 3.5 Mac IIfx 1990 9.87 12.1 4 10 0.824 Amiga 3000 1990 3.3 4.06 2 12.5 3.08 VMPM868KD 1990 2.9 3.57 2 12.5 3.5 Step 486/33 1990 10 12.3 80 17.5 1.42 Gateway-486DX2/66 1991 3.9 4.66 8 30.9 6.64 ACT 468/33 1991 3.4 4.06 4 21.8 5.37 Slimline SP486DX 1991 3.6 4.3 4 21.8 5.07 Mac-Quadra-900 1991 3.3 3.94 8 22 5.58 AST Bravo 1992 1.4 1.62 2 12.9 7.95 IBM PS/2 55-041 1992 2 2.32 4 10.6 4.57 AST Premium II 1992 2.8 3.25 4 13.2 4.07 IBM PS/2 90 1992 9.6 11.1 8 22.4 2.01 NEC Powermate 1992 4.8 5.56 4 21.8 3.92 Aberdeen Mini 1993 2.8 3.15 2 16.2 5.14 IBM Valuepoint 1993 3.6 4.05 4 26.1 6.44 Acer Power 1993 3.5 3.94 4 44.5 11.3 Ambra Desktop 1993 2.4 2.7 2 21.1 7.81 DECpc LPv 1993 2.9 3.26 4 16.6 5.09 AST Pemmia 1993 3.6 4.05 2 16.2 4 NEC 486SL DX2 1994 3.8 4.15 4 31.9 7.68 Vesa 1994 1.2 1.31 4 20 15.3 AT&T System 3260 1994 2.5 2.73 8 44 16.1 IBM 433/DX/Si 1994 1.8 1.97 4 26.1 13.3 Micron 466 Wndsrvr 1994 3.6 3.93 16 54.7 13.9 AST PremiaGXP/90 1994 5.8 6.34 16 98.6 15.6 AT&T Globalyst 600 1994 4.8 5.25 16 98.6 18.8 ZEOS Contenda 386 1994 1 1.09 4 20 18.3 Gateway 2000 486 1994 1 1.09 2 16.2 14.8 PowerMac 7100/66 1994 2.9 3.17 8 100 31.6 PowerMac 8100/80 1994 4.25 4.64 16 120 25.8 PowerMac 8500/120 1995 4 4.24 16 180 42.4 PowerMac 9500/132 1995 5.3 5.62 16 200 35.6 Intel Xpress/60 1995 2 2.12 8 70 33 Gateway P5-75 1996 2 2.06 16 92 44.7 Power Tower 180e 1996 3.3 3.39 16 300 88.4 PowerMac 7600/132 1996 3 3.09 16 160 51.8 Gateway G6-200 1997 2.95 2.95 64 350 119