Re: amd64 6% slower than i386?

From: Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:28:21 -0400
On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 04:22:10PM -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> Build world is consistly 6% slower running an amd64 world than an 
> i386 world.
> 
> In both cases, I'm using the default install of 6.0 RC-1 on the same 
> AMD 64 3000+ with 1GB of RAM.  I'm finding that build world takes 48 
> minutes under i386 and 51 minutes under amd64.
> 
> Is this expected?

You're comparing two different things (different compilers, some
amount of different code being compiled), so you shouldn't expect them
to be the same.

Kris
Received on Sat Oct 29 2005 - 18:28:22 UTC

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