Heikki Kultala (heikki.kultal.a.delete@this.gmail.com) on May 31, 2022 8:59 am wrote:


> And back in the old days, x86 had also many technical advantages over 68000. For example,
> it had better code density, and x86 implementation could be clearly smaller than 68k.
> x86 could probably also clock faster than 68k made on similar mfg process.
>

Code could be better but if you compare speed 68000 vs 8086 Motorola was the clear winner.
Motorola also needed 68008 but it was much too late.
The best from Intel was 8087 if you needed 80 bits. 68881 was too late and could only run 64 bits