Performance wise? Maybe writing hand-tuned assembly code will be faster. Or using CUDA. Don't optimize performance where you don't have to. Are small calculatio

Performance wise? Maybe writing hand-tuned assembly code will be faster. Or using CUDA. Don't optimize performance where you don't have to. Are small calculations the long pole in your app that talks to a db? Almost certainly not. Pick a method that maximizes robustness, ease of understanding, servicing, openness to feature changes, and accountability. In my experience that typically means client side code, not queries or sprocs.