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A comment on GC progress from JDK 8 to JDK 17. Parent comment
Instructions per clock have risen steadily, even though the frequency stays the same. About doubled since 2011 according to cinebench[0].
That being said, I agree the faster machines argument doesn't hold much water.
[0]: https://cpugrade.com/a/i/articles/cbr15-ipc-comparison.png
https://cpugrade.com/articles/cinebench-r15-ipc-comparison-g...
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Instructions per clock have risen steadily, even though the frequency stays the same. About doubled since 2011 according to cinebench[0].
That being said, I agree the faster machines argument doesn't hold much water.
[0]: https://cpugrade.com/a/i/articles/cbr15-ipc-comparison.png
https://cpugrade.com/articles/cinebench-r15-ipc-comparison-g...