Re: about the advantage of 64 bit processor
JULIO Cayo <cubiertasnuevas@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi, I don't speak Inglish, but I try.
> I have an amd64 (+3200) processor (512 mb) , and obviusly , debian
> sarge amd64. My question is: which program do you experiment a big
> difference beetwen 32 bit and 64 bit.
> I use a common aplication and the performce is equal to 32 bit program.
> Thanks.
>
> Sorry for my Inglish.
If you notice any difference on a desktop system then you are doing
something wrong. Most of the time the cpu will be run at a lower cpu
frequency anyway (if configured) which has a way bigger effect on
speed than 32/64 differences. It realy doesn't matter if you cpu idles
10%, 20% or 1000000% faster.
If you notice slowdowns in 64bit then it will be due to not enough
ram. 64bit does tend to use more and 512MB isn't that much if you
multitask a lot.
For number crunching applications you can notice quite a bit of a
difference. Especialy in those apps with amd64 optimized code (or
those that gcc can optimize good on its own).
MfG
Goswin
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