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Subject: amd64 6% slower than i386?
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Build world is consistly 6% slower running an amd64 world than an 
i386 world.

In both cases, I'm using the default install of 6.0 RC-1 on the same 
AMD 64 3000+ with 1GB of RAM.  I'm finding that build world takes 48 
minutes under i386 and 51 minutes under amd64.

Is this expected?

cheers
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Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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