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Something I didn't see mentioned in the article about AVX512, aside from the xsave/xrstor overhead, is that AVX512 is power hungry and causes CPU frequency scal
by donaldihunter 2y ago
Something I didn't see mentioned in the article about AVX512, aside from the xsave/xrstor overhead, is that AVX512 is power hungry and causes CPU frequency scaling. See [1], [2] for details and as an example of how nuanced it can get.
[1] https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documents/cryptography-processing-with-3rd-gen-intel-xeon-scalable-processors-19-may-2021.pdf https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/e...
[2] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/accelerating-x265-with-intel-advanced-vector-extensions-512-intel-avx-512.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...
- Narishma 2y agoThat is only the case in specific Intel CPU models.