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Looks like AMD is the way to go for compilation workloads. Very impressive. Check out the chromium compile benchmarks: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-

by mda 10y ago

Looks like AMD is the way to go for compilation workloads. Very impressive. Check out the chromium compile benchmarks: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-amd-ryzen-5-1600x-vs-core-i5-review-twelve-threads-vs-four/9 http://www.anandtech.com/show/11244/the-amd-ryzen-5-1600x-vs...

zeotroph 10y ago
All these nice graphs, but only few publications get that an indicator towards "better" (more points, fewer milliseconds, more fps, fewer watts) greatly improves comprehension speed, especially when multiple graphs using different metrics are used. <= better better =>
- simlevesque 10y ago
  I'm not sure what you are complaining about but there is such an indicator on the graph.
  - zeotroph 10y ago
    In the linked example it first says "Points" (implying more are better), and then "Lower is better" for some timed benchmark. That is not and indicator but text for which one has to slow down to read it, for skimming over a lot of graphs an arrow or triangle helps a lot, just like the already color-coded bars do. I can't remember where I saw it first, but for me at least it makes quite a difference.
    - banachtarski 10y ago
      Better is on the top for all the graphs...
- kbenson 10y ago
  These are fairly easy to comprehend, as they are sorted from best (at the top) to worst (at the bottom). Having an indicator would be nice, but since all the graphs are sorted, it's fairly obvious.
- jandrese 10y ago
  The one at the top is best, so if the top one has the shortest bar then shorter is better. If the top one has the longest bar then longer is better. Plus it says in the title of each graph which way is better. But really, the best way to read the graphs is to look at the labels on the left and see the ranking. You can glance at the bars to get an idea of the magnitude of the difference, but these graphs are really designed to emphasize the ranking.
thomastjeffery 10y ago
Absolutely. Compiling scales well across threads, especially with solid state drives. Even piledriver had this advantage, at least considering the price over the last several years. My FX-8320e was ~$120 when I got it a couple years ago, and overclocked to 4.1ghz without any difficulty. Sure, the IPC is not great, but with 8 threads at that price, it's been well worth it. I won't be upgrading this system for a while, and by then I will almost definitely be going to Ryzen.

by mda 10y ago

zeotroph 10y ago

All these nice graphs, but only few publications get that an indicator towards "better" (more points, fewer milliseconds, more fps, fewer watts) greatly improves comprehension speed, especially when multiple graphs using different metrics are used. <= better better =>

simlevesque 10y ago
I'm not sure what you are complaining about but there is such an indicator on the graph.
- zeotroph 10y ago
  In the linked example it first says "Points" (implying more are better), and then "Lower is better" for some timed benchmark. That is not and indicator but text for which one has to slow down to read it, for skimming over a lot of graphs an arrow or triangle helps a lot, just like the already color-coded bars do. I can't remember where I saw it first, but for me at least it makes quite a difference.
  - banachtarski 10y ago
    Better is on the top for all the graphs...
kbenson 10y ago
These are fairly easy to comprehend, as they are sorted from best (at the top) to worst (at the bottom). Having an indicator would be nice, but since all the graphs are sorted, it's fairly obvious.
jandrese 10y ago
The one at the top is best, so if the top one has the shortest bar then shorter is better. If the top one has the longest bar then longer is better. Plus it says in the title of each graph which way is better. But really, the best way to read the graphs is to look at the labels on the left and see the ranking. You can glance at the bars to get an idea of the magnitude of the difference, but these graphs are really designed to emphasize the ranking.

thomastjeffery 10y ago

Absolutely. Compiling scales well across threads, especially with solid state drives. Even piledriver had this advantage, at least considering the price over the last several years. My FX-8320e was ~$120 when I got it a couple years ago, and overclocked to 4.1ghz without any difficulty. Sure, the IPC is not great, but with 8 threads at that price, it's been well worth it. I won't be upgrading this system for a while, and by then I will almost definitely be going to Ryzen.