Comments on: nonsensical benchmarks https://virtuallyfun.com/2021/12/01/nonsensical-benchmarks/ Fun with Virtualization Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Bill https://virtuallyfun.com/2021/12/01/nonsensical-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-296645 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:49:08 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=11629#comment-296645 I’ve heard that modern CPUs pessimize 387 code so they can devote more to SSE etc, so it’s possible that is the cause.

]]> By: neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2021/12/01/nonsensical-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-291846 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 02:22:51 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=11629#comment-291846 In reply to Malcolm.

I didnt even see that….. and it’s been a few days so I’ll have to re-run them all. I was thinking though instead of trying to get 2.7.2.3 for Win32 running I can just use VMware or Hyper-V to do the benching as that should be native’ish’ enough to get halfway realistic results short of some MS-DOS bootable USB and going native…

]]> By: Malcolm https://virtuallyfun.com/2021/12/01/nonsensical-benchmarks/comment-page-1/#comment-291831 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 21:56:26 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/wordpress/?p=11629#comment-291831 What is the difference between the first line and the last line? Is there really a 30% performance difference with the same options?

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