From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 00:56:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF48316A41C for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 00:56:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ray@redshift.com) Received: from outgoing.redshift.com (outgoing.redshift.com [207.177.231.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D41843D49 for ; Tue, 31 May 2005 00:56:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ray@redshift.com) Received: from workstation (216-228-19-21.dsl.redshift.com [216.228.19.21]) by outgoing.redshift.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 52C1297066; Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.20050530175629.00a77268@pop.redshift.com> X-Mailer: na X-Sender: redshift.com Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 17:56:29 -0700 To: Mathew Schofield , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org From: ray@redshift.com In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Subject: Re: AMD64 Faster? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 00:56:03 -0000 Depends on what you are doing. I have tested i386 running on a single Xeon 2.4ghz against a dual AMD 246 opteron running FreeBSD AMD64. In some cases, the AMD is faster, in other cases the Xeon is faster. >From what I have seen, the AMD's strong point is running MySQL select very fast as compared to the Xeon. In my case, it may relate to some other variable, or it may be MySQL using the two physical CPU's better then the Intel's two logical. For the most part, (at least with the two machines I used above), they were pretty evenly matched. When I first started testing the AMD machine with FreeBSD AMD64, I was expecting some huge difference - but so far I haven't really seen it. Ray At 08:38 AM 5/31/2005 +1000, Mathew Schofield wrote: | Is the AMD64 Version of FreeBSD Significantly faster then the i386 | version? I am using Windows XP 64 Bit atm and it is *incredibly* | faster then the 32 bit version. I am just curious to if FreeBSD's | AMD64 Version is snappy and ... any good? | | -- | This is a private letter and only the intended people may read this | message. You may not store, quote or publish this document for any | purposes. The data/information held within this message are for | private use, and no one may disclose it. There are no guarentees that | the information disclosed is accurate, or that the links/attached | files will not be contaminated with Viruses. You use all links, and | all attachments, at your own free will and thus risk. You have been | warned. | _______________________________________________ | freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list | http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 | To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | |