subxero Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 I know there are varied opinions on this, but in a moment of geekines (boredom), I ran geekbench tests which in my opinion show the obvious (IMHO). I ran the 32-bit and 64-bit tests booting from the 32-bit and 64-bit kernels respectively. (-x32 / -x64 and checked status in Terminal before testing.) The scores are identical. Running the 64-bit test booting from the 32-bit kernel produced the same result as running it from booting in 64-bit mode. Same for 32-bit test. Obviously the 64-bit test shows a higher benchmark score with both kernels, but both kernels produce the same result for both tests. I also (i'm so bored) timed launch times of applications like Photoshop and Adobe Premier. Identical launch times booting from both kernels... and timed the same video project's processing times - you guessed it - identical! Am I missing something (seing as how most focus is on getting 64-bit running smooth (which it does - bar my inability to find a 64-bit Realtek Lan driver which works) , or are we all thinking of Apple 64-bit in a Windows 64-bit frame of mind? Don't flame me...I am just asking for opinions for enlightenment...(enlighten me) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190705-64-bbit-kernel-vs-32-bit-kernel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Well, like is said elsewhere and probably soon a million time. The userland part is running in 64-bit regardless of the kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/190705-64-bbit-kernel-vs-32-bit-kernel/#findComment-1290743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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