SuperPI Windows VS Linux

[alanore]

Whats faster for SuperPI 1M Windows or Linux. I have a relic of a processor AMD Althon XP1800 (pally) and its about 7seconds quicker under Linux, compaired to windows. Is this the norm for higher end processors and computers.

My PI time was 64secs

[Flib]

how do you bench super PI under linux?
I think you can't compare the windows based one to a linux based one.
The linux based one uses maybe SSE2 etc. and an other way for calculating PI.

Or did you use Wine?

[vegeta]

Originally Posted by Flib

how do you bench super PI under linux?
I think you can't compare the windows based one to a linux based one.
The linux based one uses maybe SSE2 etc. and an other way for calculating PI.

Or did you use Wine?

Here you can download the linux version
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=36835

I'm not gonna try it out, I'm not familliar with linux and I don't like messing around with it.

[alanore]

Nahh I used the linux version, I dont think its that diffrent to the Windows version.

I'm not gonna try it out, I'm not familliar with linux and I don't like messing around with it.

Its actually quite easy to run under linux and you dont need much knowledge to run it. I recon If I used gentoo with a good Kernel I might get even better.

[exscape]

Since you can't compare your scores anyway, what's the point, unless you need those digits of Pi of course...

[alanore]

How cant you compaire them?

[Chris_F]

I get about 10 seconds less using Linux SuperPi. In windows I get around 39 seconds for 1M, while in Linux I get 28 seconds.