Phoronix: Ubuntu: 32-bit v. 64-bit Performance | Linux Today

Phoronix: Ubuntu: 32-bit v. 64-bit Performance

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Michael Larabel
Dec 29, 2006

[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]

“With this being the last Phoronix article for 2006, we decided
to take this opportunity to look at the common question of whether
to use 32-bit or 64-bit software. In this article, we will be
comparing the i386 and x86_64 performance with Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
and Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 1 to see how the numbers truly
stack up.”


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Michael Larabel

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