3 ms·Unless it bloats your data to the point where other stuff falls out of L1 cache.by ori_b 15y agoUnless it bloats your data to the point where other stuff falls out of L1 cache.viraptor 15y agoLet's not go too far with that. L1 cache started with 8K on i486. I'm talking about 256 bytes.ori_b 15y agoCurrent L1 caches are 32k. There's an awful lot of data that would like to be in there -- If you're going to talk about micro-optimization, it's something to keep an eye on.