SEGGER EMBEDDED STUDIO OS X WINDOWS 7

Linux is faster even when run as a virtual machine on Windows! With 1:30 it is quite a bit slower than the “native” Linux, but still much faster than the Windows executable. Since I am one of those Windows users, I wanted to find out if this performance gain can also be achieved using Linux in a virtual machine. In this case it is amazing 70% faster than the Windows 64-bit build. Using Linux saves a lot of time when building. Much to my surprise, it turned out Linux is considerably faster!

SEGGER EMBEDDED STUDIO OS X WINDOWS 7

As this is the same machine I used to benchmark the Windows builds, I expected similar results as with Windows 7 64-bit.

Instead of just benchmarking the 2 Windows builds, I now included Linux and Mac.įor the first test I booted up the Linux distribution, a Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit, I installed as a second OS on my computer, and re-compiled the project. I did the same thing I did in my last post: I used different builds of Embedded Studio to compile a large project. In times of virtual machines and programs being available cross-platform, I wanted to find out which OS delivers the best performance.

Most of us use Windows, as most of us are most familiar with it, but also because a lot of tools we use are available for Windows only.Ĭhoosing one or the other operating system is not only a question of personal preferences, but may also increase efficiency. The 64-bit version was the clear winner, with a performance gain of about 5 – 20%.īut what can we get from working with different operating systems?Īt SEGGER, we developers are free to select the operating system to use. Last week, I compared the speed of the 64-bit and the 32-bit build of Embedded Studio and the GCC compiler.

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