Feel the difference (x32 and x64)

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In my Last post I have already discussed about the architectural and performance difference between 32 bit and 64 bit computer architectures.

Today we’ll see and feel the
Difference between the 32bit and 64bit Computer Architectures under some test cases.

 

Comparison Platform

A test was performed to determine and compare the performance of the 32bit and 64bit machine.
What was put to the test—

• Hardware Specifications : A Desktop PC with a Core 3.0 GHz processor,
  4GB of RAM
  and a GetForce 8800GT graphics card.
• Both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 on the same machine.
• With the exact same set of programs and drivers—and installed in the same order.
• Both installations were used for at least three days in order to ensure that the Windows Indexer, the Windows Superfetch, and other features would not interfere.
• The comparison was strictly held as per official benchmark guidelines provided by Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Developer Central.

The Comparing Benchmarks

The above two architectures has been tested according to the following benchmarks…
(Description of the benchmarks are provided in their respective sections)

• Compressing a 1 GB file into ZIP format
• 3D Mark Vantage
• PC Mark Vantage
• Cinebench
• Crysis Test

Compressing a 1 GB file into ZIP format

Compressing a 1 GB file into ZIP format: This test shows how well the operating system handles tasks that really push the CPU. To compress the file, we used WinRAR, and on the 64-bit edition of Windows, we used the 64-bit version of WinRAR.

The WinRAR test

The 64-bit version of WinRAR is clearly the leader. It was able to compress a 1080p HD file in little over one minute. The 32-bit version of Windows and WinRAR took noticeably longer to complete the task.

3D Mark Vantage

3D Mark Vantage: This measures the performance of modern 3D games with standard settings.

It was noticed that the increased memory consumption of the 64-bit version of Windows slowed down the performance. The 32-bit version of Windows left its memory-hungry counterpart in the dust. As you can see, adding more RAM and going to 64-bit changed the game.

PC Mark Vantage

PC Mark Vantage: This series of benchmark tools is designed to test the productivity of the CPU, and read/write speeds of the memory and hard disks. It also tests the machine by automatically performing tasks such as playing multiple video files, editing photos or filling up WordPad with dozens of pages of text.

The latest version of the PC Mark Vantage is much more focused on actual (rather than simulated) scenarios. For example, PC Mark opens WordPad, several browser instances and HD videos, and edits photos over the course of the benchmark. The results here were quite obvious; when working with multiple programs, 64-bit takes the lead—in combination with 4 Gb of RAM. Under the 2 GB system, the 32-bit version performed faster, probably because the 64-bit edition of Windows used up more RAM, and was not able to free up more for the benchmarks.

Cinebench

Cinebench: This benchmark measures the processor and graphics card performance under real world scenarios. It is based on the very popular CINEMA 4D, a product to create 3D special effects.

Cinebench, which made heavy use of the CPU and GPU, really took advantage of the 64-bit environment, as it drew a lot of data-intense 3D graphics on the screen.

The Cinebench Test

Crysis

Crysis: This is a graphically intense game to see if there is a gain in performance. As in the case of WinRAR, we used the 64-bit version of Crysis.

Crysis was configured with a resolution of 1680×1050 and used the “Medium” graphic settings, which provide a good compromise between performance and visual quality. The 64-bit optimized version of Crysis did not take the lead with more memory, and again did not perform well with less memory. This came to us as quite a surprise, as Crysis features its own 64-bit mode; however, it didn’t get slower. We figure that the 64-bit mode is a benefit in situations where there are more enemies and larger territories in the game than in the standard Crysis benchmark.

The Bottom line

From the above practical comparisons performed…
It is quite clear that 64 bit of windows always performs a step better when performed with sufficient main memory (RAM) (i.e. 4GB or more).

*source : internet

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