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In a linked blog post [0] and on the Rust performance page [1] the performance metric "instructions" is used. What exactly is meant by that? Number of instructi
by daoxid 6y ago
In a linked blog post [0] and on the Rust performance page [1] the performance metric "instructions" is used. What exactly is meant by that? Number of instructions executed?
[0] https://nikic.github.io/2020/05/10/Make-LLVM-fast-again.html https://nikic.github.io/2020/05/10/Make-LLVM-fast-again.html
[1] https://perf.rust-lang.org/ https://perf.rust-lang.org/
- nnethercote 6y agoYes. The good thing about this metric is that there is very little variation, unlike wall times, which makes it easier to spot regressions.