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double vs. float

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  • 17-04-2004 4:34pm
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    Bostitch
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    In C++, ignoring memory differences, will a program using floats run significantly faster than one using doubles?????

    bostitch


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    $lash
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    no .. even for large programs its only very slight .. the only real difference is the amount of memory used..


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    casper-
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    Originally posted by $lash
    no .. even for large programs its only very slight .. the only real difference is the amount of memory used..

    Well...the real difference is the precision change, and for the most part you should just always stick to double imho.


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    Bostitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭Bostitch


    Cheers,
    thats the answer i was hoping for!
    Bostitch.


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    rsynnott
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    And in fact, under certain circumstances, Double speed may even beat float!


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    Silent Bob
    Registered Users Posts: 491 ✭✭Silent Bob


    Originally posted by $lash
    no .. even for large programs its only very slight .. the only real difference is the amount of memory used..
    This is plainly not true.

    It depends what you are doing with the program. I wrote a program a while back that had to do fast-fourier transforms to a 2d array of floating point numbers. The program increased in speed by about 60% when I switched from doubles to floats.

    Yes FFT's are quite intensive, but it just goes to show.


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