IBM 2212 Models 10x and 40x, with a standard system card, operate with a Motorola MPC860 with a PowerPC processor core. These models of the IBM 2212 provide support for up to 128 MB of DRAM.
The IBM 2212 Models 10x and 40x with a high-performance system card feature installed, and Models 15x and 45x use an IBM PowerPC 740. The IBM PowerPC 740 provides support for up to 512 MB of DRAM.
See the Internet at http://www.networking.ibm.com/2212/2212perf.html for IBM 2212 performance details.