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I think the point isn't subtleties about scaling with more hardware, but about the fact that the percentages mean very different things depending on whether the
by gjm11 5y ago
I think the point isn't subtleties about scaling with more hardware, but about the fact that the percentages mean very different things depending on whether they're describing times or rates.
A 50% improvement in build time means becoming 2x as fast. A 50% improvement in build rate means becoming 1.5x as fast.
An 80% improvement in build time means becoming 5x as fast. An 80% improvement in build rate means becoming 1.8x as fast.
- usrusr 5y agoWhenever I feel like I might be lost in some mathematic question I look at the extremes. Doesn't always help but often enough. Here it's "one of them could very well be more than 100% with an even better speedup, the other certainly not"
- cyberpunk 5y agoAhh, I got it now. Doh. Thank you!