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minus-squaredylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI mean if the CPU that’s running these instructions is super low power then 0.02 might be worth it
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOr if you’re scaling a large cluster of CPUs for parallel computations where a 0.02% increase can make a tangible difference in runtimes.
minus-squareblackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOnly if you’d removed and fixed all other bottlenecks that would gain you more than 0.02%. And I’m not convinced there are many if any projects of any reasonable size where that has been the case.
I mean if the CPU that’s running these instructions is super low power then 0.02 might be worth it
Or if you’re scaling a large cluster of CPUs for parallel computations where a 0.02% increase can make a tangible difference in runtimes.
Only if you’d removed and fixed all other bottlenecks that would gain you more than 0.02%. And I’m not convinced there are many if any projects of any reasonable size where that has been the case.