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A comment on Intel i7 loop performance anomaly.

Re:Intel i7 loop performance anomaly by wreegab on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @03:22PM (#6842906)
Could this be due to throttling down as per heat? First benchmark would cause more heat to be generated, thus throttling down going on?
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Re:Intel i7 loop performance anomaly by Guvante on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @05:36PM (#6843686)
The instructions per cycle is the interesting number. It is independent of frequency.
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