Hi, I made some benchmarking on XP Pro. The new PHP is not always faster, but over all.
Mario PHP 5.2.5 Benchmark Time Peak Memory Peak Memory (Real) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ./benchmarks\ackermann 2.222 678144 786432 ./benchmarks\array 0.069 6587536 6815744 ./benchmarks\array2 0.059 6594896 6815744 ./benchmarks\array3 0.873 369280 524288 ./benchmarks\fibonacci 4.427 81648 262144 ./benchmarks\hash 0.157 3925968 3932160 ./benchmarks\hash2 0.131 149416 262144 ./benchmarks\heapsort 0.435 1644880 1835008 ./benchmarks\mandel 1.472 88480 262144 ./benchmarks\mandel2 1.764 84752 262144 ./benchmarks\matrix 0.358 361936 524288 ./benchmarks\nestedloop 0.781 84656 262144 ./benchmarks\sieve 0.489 1408008 1572864 ./benchmarks\simple 0.441 81664 262144 ./benchmarks\simplecall 0.737 80456 262144 ./benchmarks\simpleucall 1.268 81144 262144 ./benchmarks\simpleudcall 1.669 81304 262144 ./benchmarks\strcat 0.067 861880 1310720 php5.3-win32-200804010830 Benchmark Time Peak Memory Peak Memory (Real) ------------------------------------------------------------------- ./benchmarks\ackermann 2.195 678144 786432 ./benchmarks\array 0.067 6587536 6815744 ./benchmarks\array2 0.058 6594896 6815744 ./benchmarks\array3 0.796 369280 524288 ./benchmarks\fibonacci 4.459 81648 262144 ./benchmarks\hash 0.155 3925968 3932160 ./benchmarks\hash2 0.133 149416 262144 ./benchmarks\heapsort 0.444 1644880 1835008 ./benchmarks\mandel 1.568 88480 262144 ./benchmarks\mandel2 2.049 84752 262144 ./benchmarks\matrix 0.386 361936 524288 ./benchmarks\nestedloop 0.782 84656 262144 ./benchmarks\sieve 0.488 1408008 1572864 ./benchmarks\simple 0.487 81664 262144 ./benchmarks\simplecall 0.734 80456 262144 ./benchmarks\simpleucall 1.260 81144 262144 ./benchmarks\simpleudcall 1.510 81304 262144 ./benchmarks\strcat 0.057 861880 1310720 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php