srvaldez wrote:@Coolman
it is your choice which compiler version you want to use, in my experience, FBx64 executables are usually faster than FBx86, except for graphics
I don't have a real world benchmark, so here's the nbody benchmark
my times on Windows 10 x64
FBwin32 fbc -w all -asm intel -gen gas
launched four times. the result is not constant
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 23.55617942135427 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 27.06140585355911 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 27.09792673439802 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 26.94121167771459 seconds
FBwin32 fbc -w all -asm intel -gen gcc -Wc -O2
launched four times. the result is not constant
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 10.57177684700469 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 12.42956154142667 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 13.75664050981891 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 13.70927023998706 seconds
FBwin64 fbc -w all -asm intel -gen gcc -Wc -O2
launched four times. the result is not constant
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 10.85466894134879 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 12.73996500298381 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 12.79951698612422 seconds
-0.169075164
-0.169059907
elapsed time 12.76374577032402 seconds
thank you for the example.
the results are quite similar with a small advantage for the 64 bit version. I expected better...
very interesting.