AVX may perform slightly better than FMA (~10%) on Intel Broadwell (2014) CPUs. This applies only to Asteroids, other apps may behave differently.
> some users have wanted to use lesser optimization levels because the app wasnt much slower, but consumed less energy and produced less heat (by a factor greater than the loss in performance)
Using a less optimized app reduces CPU power consumption, but it also sacrifices performance and efficiency. From my perspective, underclocking the CPU is a better approach.
Well, some apps offer a way to force different optimizations, if it works better on your HW, go for it.
Seems, to me, that AVX runs
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Seems, to me, that AVX runs faster on my Win11 than FMA.
Thanks ahorek & ian.
AVX may perform slightly
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AVX may perform slightly better than FMA (~10%) on Intel Broadwell (2014) CPUs. This applies only to Asteroids, other apps may behave differently.
> some users have wanted to use lesser optimization levels because the app wasnt much slower, but consumed less energy and produced less heat (by a factor greater than the loss in performance)
Using a less optimized app reduces CPU power consumption, but it also sacrifices performance and efficiency. From my perspective, underclocking the CPU is a better approach.
Well, some apps offer a way to force different optimizations, if it works better on your HW, go for it.