Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> writes:

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> The P4 microarchitecture is known for its weird performance model:
> some code runs very fast, some similar code very slow.
> In my experience, AMD processors as well as the Pentium-M are
> much more consistent performance-wise.

Ok, I wasn't aware of this. I don't have access to machines using AMD
or Pentium-M processors, unfortunately.

Anyway, the timing of the OCaml VM was just a side experiment for me:
I wanted to see whether the speedup provided by threaded code in the
OCaml VM was similar to the one it provides in a VM we develop for a
course. Now that I've answered that question, I think I'll leave it at
that.

Thank you for your suggestion about VTUNE, I'll think about it if I
ever need a detailed analysis tool.

Michel.