From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on ip-172-31-65-14.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:2844:b0:6ef:757:2be7 with SMTP id h4-20020a05620a284400b006ef07572be7mr41035816qkp.253.1667966852763; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:07:32 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6214:21ca:b0:4bb:4a55:b63b with SMTP id d10-20020a05621421ca00b004bb4a55b63bmr52372404qvh.0.1667966852647; Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:07:32 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 20:07:32 -0800 (PST) Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=174.26.235.106; posting-account=x5rpZwoAAABMN2XPwcebPWPkebpwQNJG NNTP-Posting-Host: 174.26.235.106 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: GNAT Speed Comparison on Older Intel versus Apple Silicon M1 From: Jerry Injection-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:07:32 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: reader01.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:64582 List-Id: I use GNAT on a late 2008 MacBook Pro with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo for h= eavy numerical computing. It is not uncommon for my programs to run several= minutes to several hours. Does anyone have a feel for how much speed incre= ase I would see using GNAT on an Apple Silicon M1 PowerBook Pro? My main cu= riosity is single-core runs since GNAT does not parallelize; I am aware tha= t I can run multiple programs simultaneously on multiple cores. Jerry