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Re:Subnormal floating-point numbers are expensive on Intel p... by pixelpoet on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:49AM (#49754397)
That's what I mean though- in the Core 2 Duo vs K8 / Athlon days, Intel was much slower for denormals and subnormals than AMD. I'm not sure why but I thought this was common knowledge.
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