From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Sep 28 07:26:59 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 7C9B3C00599 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:26:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm32-vm8.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (nm32-vm8.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [212.82.97.104]) (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 D0825D71 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:26:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s2048; t=1475047476; bh=ZMkUaC0PVcS3JPiO+mnvnE27sQn//VeOrjZIxMZsTYw=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From:Subject; b=Efe5YqxShdMwKH2vYvEx2lzaZaSUlXBlXN7Z1Hsz2waIyYHWRYTyx30Smx0yb+lvVhcsH6He+6Rc1R0WyTQIk5Wk/3LcQtzyhoLx0jLNfEolCBI2WYp5l51N/NN1oKgU6NvAludz5/scjDulwikUP8oHoghsel+yHT72k+koRspRp87yuiik5NKdnkucAUGHE9YapBgfkU29kctGVoidoai3nkp85XAn04svy7ZkWRA0T5MzLCkgEbI5awzrkvdWIqNQGwVH0tQSlDSbHvif54H2sbqb8sZYChLEUu9JIcTFqjpyM7cmDF9SMrOeslreyqBLfsbo/sFVrhsLeMdxWg== Received: from [212.82.98.125] by nm32.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:24:36 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.97] by tm18.bullet.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:24:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp134.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 28 Sep 2016 07:24:36 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 470149.71236.bm@smtp134.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 1oF4GGYVM1naS_2.1bIrGV8dOsI.o_3F1kjneZZrB6qv1WX zf18JH4iAbv0wJpqQLwz1Nc_pC.bE8WF11U7XepV0mS4gh7UbbDnBhpKdpGh kKPsK6IR9SwsLsh_sJWd_qS4Gh8J_ygkivBqD4vj_R1uryeZMs1N2efFyG6o wc21zqeWhBBjZLqIEOtLJNogLEAQvCM0VQojUfsydMhj2BcDzVqZEF7aHJ0H kfg.AG6gDs8dTXo4p22gJajds83vqOgeLNEyuWtKJEXVwp2rypIQ.CBD9COY f6waHvvpATflZJXlPPslfShVbGOPV6OkBwUFAmMA8Ha6l_QSXI1QlKEMGD8y PCsFzCPMRZQmMfTeAs8ZVH6A7SggR4YTGjdwThjEAmVJpa999eBwXFGPqwtx fo5UD.4G11GwfnnON.QL._MRYbjhXKN2ga4DiU0XLpQvA41veyF9b8ZXcSVe aTWR0I.auKAd3CC2BUW9n1Iwq7K10urEafZB0V.MQmGEUoU3kAl4q4rch3SQ XZmD98Lb_51SWEgpeis2HepX7kD0_Dd3o4IofsugdKlDAwShpHFZc X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:24:35 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 version in future ? Message-ID: <20160928092435.40d1da6f@moonstudio> In-Reply-To: <20160928091109.7aa95c9d@moonstudio> References: <0D6BF663-5C95-4625-B412-00E14EF97986@FreeBSD.org> <35.AF.06698.BEF4AE75@dnvrco-oedge03> <20160927134158.74c11036@archlinux.localdomain> <20160928091109.7aa95c9d@moonstudio> 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 07:26:59 -0000 On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:11:09 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >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 Correction, regarding a list with Athlon CPUs the old 32 bit CPU seems only to consume a few Watt more, than the new 64 bit dual-core. IOW the power consumption more or less is equal, OTOH the 32-bit CPU needs much more time to do the same, the newer 64 bit CPU could do.