Re: CPU stress tests for LilyPond

[Hans Åberg]

> On 2 Dec 2021, at 02:41, Paolo Prete <paolopr976@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Hans,
> 
> I don't think this test can give reliable results for what we need to compare.
> With my processor (Intel Celeron N3350) it took 96 seconds to compile MSDN.ly 
> 
> But my CPU is listed with score 287:
> https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/intel-celeron-n3350
> ---> (1712 / 287)
> 
> From what I see,  is it true that geekbench 5 is single core, but it 
> intensively uses RAM and the test we need should not be focused on RAM. I 
> would consider a Gzip compression test, instead.
> 
> https://openbenchmarking.org/vs/Processor/Apple%20M1,Intel%20Celeron%20J3455
> 
> (note that it compares Apple M1 with Celeron J3455, which is NOT my CPU, but 
> it should be very similar for single-core tests.)

On the M1, Lilypond may run in interpreted mode, emulating Intel, which is 
slower than native Apple Silicon code. MacPorts can make native code, but I do 
not know if it currently does with Lilypond.