Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread geneb
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, Jim Lee wrote: On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote: One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk.  A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. I've gone through 5 SSDs in as

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Jim Lee
On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote: One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk.  A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. I've gone through 5 SSDs in as many years - they don't last.  And

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Jim Lee
On 08/06/2018 09:27 AM, geneb wrote: One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk.  A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. I've gone through 5 SSDs in as many years - they don't last.  And

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread geneb
One of the most "bang for your buck" methods of improving compling speed would be to go to an SSD from a regular hard disk. A 240GB SSD can be had for less than $60 USD these days. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.o

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Martin
On 06/08/2018 17:19, Dennis Poon wrote: Martin wrote: On 06/08/2018 16:55, Dennis Poon wrote: The existing i3 uses DDR3 RAM and Core i5 will come with DDR4 RAM. Well check on userbenchmark what difference you can expect for a single core benchmark. You can select the exact 2 cpu you are inter

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread el_es
On 06/08/18 13:56, Martin wrote: > On 06/08/2018 14:09, el_es wrote: >> >> If there is a 'single threaded, memory intensive' benchmark you can compare >> on both machines, >> there is a good chance, that compilation MAY improve that much. >> It's not scientific, as benchmarks can not compare (or r

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Martin
On 06/08/2018 16:55, Dennis Poon wrote: The existing i3 uses DDR3 RAM and Core i5 will come with DDR4 RAM. Well check on userbenchmark what difference you can expect for a single core benchmark. You can select the exact 2 cpu you are interested in. That should give you are good indication. Wh

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Vojtěch Čihák
And the gain will be lost after installing Spectre patches, where is measured performance loss is 1~3%.   V. __ Od: Martin Komu: fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org Datum: 06.08.2018 14:38 Předmět: Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due cor

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Martin
On 06/08/2018 14:09, el_es wrote: If there is a 'single threaded, memory intensive' benchmark you can compare on both machines, there is a good chance, that compilation MAY improve that much. It's not scientific, as benchmarks can not compare (or rarely can compare) to the real load, only for

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Martin
On 06/08/2018 11:27, Dennis wrote: I have been using Intel i3 Dual Core CPU @3.4 GHz for a few years. If I upgrade my computer and CPU to Intel Core i5 6-core @3.6GHz, will the speed of FPC compilation improve noticeably? Since FPC seems to be single threaded, I wonder whether 0.2GHz increase i

Re: [fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread el_es
On 06/08/18 10:27, Dennis wrote: > I have been using Intel i3 Dual Core CPU @3.4 GHz for a few years. If > I upgrade my computer and CPU to Intel Core i5 6-core @3.6GHz, will > the speed of FPC compilation improve noticeably? > > Since FPC seems to be single threaded, I wonder whether 0.2GHz > inc

[fpc-pascal] Will moving from due core CPU to 6 Core CPU of the same clock speed improve the speed of FPC compiling?

2018-08-06 Thread Dennis
I have been using Intel i3 Dual Core CPU @3.4 GHz for a few years. If I upgrade my computer and CPU to Intel Core i5 6-core @3.6GHz, will the speed of FPC compilation improve noticeably? Since FPC seems to be single threaded, I wonder whether 0.2GHz increase in clock speed will make any noticeab