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Pulls GP benefits from the 64bit architecture?

Posted: Aug 26th, '18, 21:24
by MSandro
Hi, does GP pulls any benefits from the 64 bit VM? Or does it make any difference whether the 32 or 64 bit VM is used.

Re: Pulls GP benefits from the 64bit architecture?

Posted: Aug 27th, '18, 17:28
by Calloway
Bigger integers? The 32 bit might be a little bit slower just because 64 bit is a really small percent faster of an architecture.

Re: Pulls GP benefits from the 64bit architecture?

Posted: Sep 1st, '18, 17:08
by JohnM
GP uses the same size integers on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. GP does run a little faster when compiled for 64-bit architectures. However, the speed increase isn't really noticeable except on benchmarks.

Re: Pulls GP benefits from the 64bit architecture?

Posted: Sep 5th, '18, 05:24
by MSandro
JohnM wrote:
Sep 1st, '18, 17:08
GP uses the same size integers on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. GP does run a little faster when compiled for 64-bit architectures. However, the speed increase isn't really noticeable except on benchmarks.
Okay ... good to know
I've asked this because I thought about an 64 bit variant of my BootToGP operating system. Accordingly, no 64 bit version is needed.