Re: how to test and compare performance of bullseye for i386 and amd64

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> it's surprising that "The x64 binary are also somewhat larger than the i386
> binaries"

There is no fundamental reason why a 64bit architecture (like amd64) would
require more code than a 32bit architecture (like x86), but yes, on the
average amd64 code is a bit larger than x86.  Furthermore the static
data that accompanies it will naturally tend to be larger since some of
its elements will use up 64bit instead of 32bit.

For this reason, amd64 packages tend to be larger than i386 packages.

> I compare some packages of bullseye for both arch, they happen to be
> contrary

Yes, life is complicated.


        Stefan