On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 04:27:23PM +0200, Janne Johansson wrote: > ..or, if it really is important for you, why not set up a test and > benchmark it? > > I have no idea if or when amd64 would have surpassed i386 in performance, > and if it is better how much better. > But if this was an important topic worthy of the science, then by all means > do test it on your particular hardware and present the results. > > I do tend to agree with the comments already posted so I won't repeat them, > but if +/-5% is seriously interesting enough for people to keep remembering > and asking for, then it surely would be worth making a small effort too, no? > > > > 2015-05-26 0:42 GMT+02:00 Bill Buhler <b...@buhlerfamily.org>: > > > I'm preparing a new flash image for an Intel Atom dual core based router > > with 2gb of ram. I'm curious if there are current comments on the current > > performance of the two platforms? I know in the past the i386 was actually > > faster at things like PF, but that was several years ago. > > > > > >
Also ask yourself if a few % more speed is worth to have no proper W^X support. At least unless you run -current and even then amd64 has probably the most restrictive W^X policy for userland and kernel. Also more people are running amd64 and so has better testing in general. -- :wq Claudio
