I tried this on linux some years ago and got maybe 15% faster execution in 64 bits than 32 (on the same 64 bit machine). I didn't think to report that since by default Pd always runs 64 bit if the underlying linux does.
cheers Miller On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:00:50AM +0100, Lorenzo Sutton wrote: > On 29/10/2013 02:43, Miller Puckette wrote: > >Just FYI. > > > >I just heard back from Rand Steiger who tried out a big patch in both the > >32 and 64 bit versions of Pd on Macintosh - 64 bits came out substantially > >faster. So if you've got a 64 bit machine, I think you're going to want the > >64 bit Pd, unless you have old externs that can't load into it. > > Very interesting, thanks for sharing. > Is this something specific to macs or was this just chance? Are > there any other 'benchmarks' for linux? > > Lorenzo. > > > _______________________________________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list