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Re: [OT] GCC vs Intel C++ compiler benchmark
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:45:16PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
: A few years ago, I noticed the following difference: The Microsoft C
: library on Win32 switches the FPU to 64 bit precision. GNU/Linux uses
: 80 bit precision, which used to be slower. Depending on the working
: set, VM performance can affect benchmark results, too. For example,
: Windows 95 taints the first-level data cache of the processor
: regularly, measurably decreasing performance.
The FPU settings could indeed help explain it. I doubt that the VM
would work against Linux in a CPU bound benchmark (as long as no
swapping or extensive scheduling between multiple jobs is done).
Claus
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