On Saturday, July 7, 2012 6:53:49 AM UTC+2, Glenn Scott wrote: > > I see there's an x64 Node executable built for Windows: > http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.1/x64/node-v0.8.1-x64.msi > > Are there any advantages to running that x64 build if you're just running > fairly vanilla web apps? >
The x64 version is slightly slower and uses more memory than the x86 version for most use cases. I think this is mostly related to V8 doing better optimizations for x86. There are two reasons why you might need the x64 version: * SSL / Crypto performance is much better with node-x64. * If you set the right command line flags, the x64 version can use much more memory, while the x86 version is limited to 1GB or so. -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
