Hardware Class,Year,Cores,Clock (MHz),Cost ($),Menger Ops/sec,Ops/$,Cost Increase,Performance Increase,Value Ratio,Sweet Spot,Notes
6502,1975,1,1,5,33000,6600,1,1,5,TRUE,Baseline 8-bit CPU
8086,1978,1,5,50,165000,3300,10,5,0.5,FALSE,First x86 processor
68k,1980,1,8,20,264000,13200,4,8,2,TRUE,Early RISC processor
ARM1,1985,1,10,10,330000,33000,2,10,5,TRUE,ARM architecture foundation
Pentium,1993,1,100,500,3300000,6600,50,100,2,FALSE,First mainstream x86
Core 2,2006,2,2000,200,13200000,66000,40,400,10,TRUE,Peak efficiency point
Pi 2W,2021,4,1500,15,20000000,1333333,3,600,200,TRUE,Modern ARM efficiency winner
EPYC SP5,2022,96,3000,10000,5800000000,580000,2000,175000,87.5,FALSE,Overkill for simple math