From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 28 07:14:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 033F1C00077 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:14:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm39-vm2.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm39-vm2.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.161]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3851A153 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1475046670; bh=XxqiLadU3rMQyX8StEHzqfme080mCugoPVr1CNiKXIQ=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=JjEUPQkk51vvU1xb8CaHVOVef5GWLYwvYHH8IJrRiOkTiDvzAW3mqFF6cAMc32E7UhPCEFjoKGptaCrmO6g6LnSNlgwhfrbdY08cZsLPe2giVirmXdEqMWjpDRatjemKMezOZRBZ/6lnpUpEnAG/Hhaw7V34zakYhtv0NVpAYoMc8id6y8/Q8f78WrEbu0y1ZsP89L9ojEbTfZ67wmduIgao8KT9ox6aq92qf2o9UTanJkHwEkuASlI+h4z1PcXoCwjXmFGPANazAEji8VhsFlJq8jguOqA6oANWKfaTqVMwO1yOgIsHlrZKGho2rv56Pffc67NUWMk/VJNO3142ag== Received: from [212.82.98.57] by nm39.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:11:10 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.89] by tm10.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:11:10 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp126.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:11:10 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 476988.41097.bm@smtp126.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: EXPAEvQVM1kttrEwHWZl0NJ8k5eJZhpyW39Ifxx3d7mbx_i FPSLlyNPf4GpoIUGe25gBbZFq_HN0soLeSsR2KsH8a4YIN4E3hfPQdtEAD9s 1xounIPTtaxDf_wkIdq9uoPfNEgdWnGq9TK.X4JallEIAd..JlxqP8Rrer0j sp.ewr21afzaloUQMKdwAIBDPGWSjtZxgybfjOx4UDchaQUeh.LcfCky.lIC .qi4Jf14c1RKSPX22uwKNt3WQwR0FZcoziCFs9jKxJ.fgow_gGt2ia8kKwST EtrEJalQIEcvqZevhbf9Uo9Y2NitOxh74mn11z.TjrCQX_ueiSwRd7Q26u5Z PXsi9fHqueTxZkiusri71PdU_ZqACNkDdVm1bEL_dlBS9fN5IPjT3oND80ge BwVYSbgpl5EI4i2CMmkAUM1GmkAe40lKivgQEOuJo4wDmfMrEdlLOdBTivOZ hRgQEaKHiaRMS63vHWtGakRJTk0QBddLoGG9kPYHbUr8FfC1cxFZD7wd9krV Rs3Uw4pAgZBTwnb7y33gjNZdoSMeJX9W.vGyidQotwCtMqqD1CaiBRy1dZDp Ol6rm8Z7UnSnWvrNQpO2mblFf841p X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:11:09 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 version in future ? Message-ID: <20160928091109.7aa95c9d@moonstudio> In-Reply-To: References: <0D6BF663-5C95-4625-B412-00E14EF97986@FreeBSD.org> <35.AF.06698.BEF4AE75@dnvrco-oedge03> <20160927134158.74c11036@archlinux.localdomain> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0-2-ge48b73 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-ubuntustudio-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:14:18 -0000 On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:33:34 -0700, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: >- 64 bit CPU will consume more power than only 32 bit CPU . Hi, I seriously doubt that this is true. More likely a dual-core 64 bit does consume around half of what a 32 bit single core consumes. This at least is true for my old 32 bit Athlon and my currently used 64 bit dual core Athlon. Those 64 bit CPUs don't get nearly as hot as the old 32 bit CPUs do. That the newer 64 bit CPUs provide frequency scaling OTOH doesn't make such a big difference regarding power consumption. Regards, Ralf