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Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)



On 15.04.22 04:50, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote:
Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the
choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term
support?

Twice the registers and sse instructions for fpu rather than x87?


That is not correct. You can make use of SSE instructions also in x86_32/i386 mode.

I found f.i.:
https://gcc.gcc.gnu.narkive.com/k0KqaZF2/i386-sse-test-question


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