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		eterm on Oct 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQLite 3.8.7 is 50% faster than 3.7.17 Percentages are multiplicative: 50% fewer cycles for the same work would be 100% faster. 50% more work for the same cycles would be 33% fewer CPU cycles for the same work.

qznc on Oct 7, 2014 [–]

50% fewer cycles might also mean, not faster at all, but your CPU stalls/idles more.

Argorak on Oct 7, 2014 | | [–]

Which can lead to better battery usage or the ability to use slower CPUs.

easytiger on Oct 7, 2014 | | [–]

Which I believe is in fact the case for many of these improvements as per discussion on the thread.

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