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Float Algorithm Performance

Note that these tests are carefully designed to test performance of the underlying algorithms and not memory allocation or variable copying. As usual, performance results should be taken with a healthy dose of scepticism, and real-world performance may vary widely depending upon the specifics of the program. In each table relative times are given first, with the best performer given a score of 1. Total actual times are given in brackets, measured in seconds for 500000 operations.

Table 1.22. Operator *

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cpp_bin_float

4.45465 (0.0720574s)

4.33995 (0.111688s)

2.90491 (0.850904s)

cpp_dec_float

3.82572 (0.061884s)

5.06288 (0.130292s)

5.77019 (1.6902s)

gmp_float

1.28958 (0.02086s)

1 (0.0257348s)

1 (0.292919s)

mpfr_float

1 (0.0161758s)

2.57159 (0.0661794s)

1.09888 (0.321884s)


Table 1.23. Operator *(int)

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cpp_bin_float

7.78457 (0.0399504s)

8.32801 (0.0464923s)

5.78369 (0.12206s)

cpp_dec_float

12.2836 (0.0630393s)

22.4215 (0.125171s)

115.745 (2.44271s)

gmp_float

1 (0.00513201s)

1 (0.00558264s)

1 (0.0211042s)

mpfr_float

6.55686 (0.0336498s)

6.08531 (0.0339721s)

3.75579 (0.0792629s)


Table 1.24. Operator *(unsigned long long)

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cpp_bin_float

3.96061 (0.0508387s)

9.0225 (0.0540758s)

3.84877 (0.0843974s)

cpp_dec_float

5.80905 (0.0745654s)

24.6321 (0.147631s)

122.419 (2.68446s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0128361s)

1 (0.00599344s)

1 (0.0219284s)

mpfr_float

2.15124 (0.0276134s)

4.61073 (0.0276341s)

2.31056 (0.0506668s)


Table 1.25. Operator *=(unsigned long long)

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cpp_bin_float

6.54027 (0.0500366s)

5.58857 (0.0547429s)

3.33593 (0.0987612s)

cpp_dec_float

9.23894 (0.0706828s)

17.6238 (0.172634s)

81.1437 (2.40228s)

gmp_float

1 (0.00765054s)

1 (0.00979552s)

1 (0.0296053s)

mpfr_float

2.99517 (0.0229147s)

3.55395 (0.0348128s)

2.42098 (0.0716736s)


Table 1.26. Operator +

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cpp_bin_float

2.61482 (0.0479759s)

6.91285 (0.0901201s)

8.04302 (0.219881s)

cpp_dec_float

1.08384 (0.0198859s)

1.6631 (0.0216812s)

7.59843 (0.207727s)

gmp_float

1.00042 (0.0183555s)

1 (0.0130366s)

1 (0.0273382s)

mpfr_float

1 (0.0183477s)

1.4588 (0.0190178s)

2.22935 (0.0609463s)


Table 1.27. Operator +(int)

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cpp_bin_float

11.8195 (0.0524679s)

13.9144 (0.0871804s)

13.6745 (0.165014s)

cpp_dec_float

3.22445 (0.0143136s)

2.703 (0.0169356s)

12.5227 (0.151114s)

gmp_float

1 (0.00443909s)

1 (0.00626549s)

1 (0.0120673s)

mpfr_float

5.78563 (0.0256829s)

4.78942 (0.0300081s)

5.21353 (0.062913s)


Table 1.28. Operator +(unsigned long long)

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21.4259 (0.109321s)

16.4546 (0.128103s)

14.7256 (0.16427s)

cpp_dec_float

4.53931 (0.0231609s)

3.75913 (0.0292658s)

13.3516 (0.148942s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0051023s)

1 (0.00778526s)

1 (0.0111554s)

mpfr_float

5.11905 (0.0261189s)

3.73777 (0.0290995s)

5.52758 (0.0616622s)


Table 1.29. Operator +=(unsigned long long)

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6.6778 (0.109847s)

6.84045 (0.0942496s)

9.09759 (0.157162s)

cpp_dec_float

1.06799 (0.017568s)

1.71962 (0.0236933s)

10.7777 (0.186187s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0164496s)

1 (0.0137783s)

1 (0.0172751s)

mpfr_float

3.47654 (0.0571878s)

3.64857 (0.0502709s)

4.56004 (0.0787754s)


Table 1.30. Operator -

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5.04597 (0.0688937s)

4.65775 (0.0896788s)

7.55005 (0.196627s)

cpp_dec_float

1.42357 (0.0194363s)

1.62766 (0.0313385s)

8.16298 (0.21259s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0136532s)

1 (0.0192537s)

1 (0.0260432s)

mpfr_float

1.76726 (0.0241287s)

2.05663 (0.0395976s)

2.48295 (0.0646638s)


Table 1.31. Operator -(int)

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6.31633 (0.0848243s)

7.07646 (0.084402s)

6.65523 (0.181209s)

cpp_dec_float

1.6139 (0.0216737s)

2.20945 (0.0263524s)

5.27802 (0.14371s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0134294s)

1 (0.0119272s)

1 (0.0272281s)

mpfr_float

5.1551 (0.0692297s)

5.48391 (0.0654074s)

2.6116 (0.0711089s)


Table 1.32. Operator -(unsigned long long)

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9.08373 (0.102878s)

4.54284 (0.0883961s)

7.01771 (0.185162s)

cpp_dec_float

2.19345 (0.0248419s)

1.47898 (0.0287785s)

5.71248 (0.150724s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0113255s)

1 (0.0194584s)

1 (0.026385s)

mpfr_float

5.35926 (0.0606961s)

2.92255 (0.056868s)

3.43277 (0.0905736s)


Table 1.33. Operator -=(unsigned long long)

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8.73347 (0.129938s)

4.58762 (0.101449s)

5.43827 (0.163157s)

cpp_dec_float

1.67927 (0.0249846s)

1.79526 (0.0396995s)

6.63379 (0.199025s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0148782s)

1 (0.0221136s)

1 (0.0300017s)

mpfr_float

3.96488 (0.0589902s)

3.30899 (0.0731736s)

3.51566 (0.105476s)


Table 1.34. Operator /

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5.40221 (0.549759s)

10.0182 (1.39191s)

12.3684 (5.32129s)

cpp_dec_float

8.16505 (0.83092s)

12.483 (1.73437s)

52.8644 (22.744s)

gmp_float

1 (0.101766s)

1 (0.138938s)

1 (0.430233s)

mpfr_float

1.6699 (0.169939s)

2.16251 (0.300455s)

2.82683 (1.2162s)


Table 1.35. Operator /(int)

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5.81464 (0.141651s)

12.2991 (0.271491s)

8.20246 (0.643802s)

cpp_dec_float

16.4865 (0.40163s)

39.0331 (0.861622s)

164 (12.8722s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0243611s)

1 (0.0220741s)

1 (0.0784889s)

mpfr_float

2.25501 (0.0549347s)

2.6832 (0.0592293s)

1.60852 (0.126251s)


Table 1.36. Operator /(unsigned long long)

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10.879 (0.19558s)

10.4845 (0.244599s)

8.82445 (0.621615s)

cpp_dec_float

22.028 (0.396014s)

42.4784 (0.991001s)

201.351 (14.1836s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0179778s)

1 (0.0233296s)

1 (0.0704423s)

mpfr_float

2.89723 (0.0520857s)

2.6935 (0.0628383s)

1.67233 (0.117803s)


Table 1.37. Operator /=(unsigned long long)

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11.0264 (0.215322s)

7.78235 (0.256093s)

8.31638 (0.638041s)

cpp_dec_float

20.9412 (0.408938s)

38.8146 (1.27727s)

142.377 (10.9233s)

gmp_float

1 (0.0195279s)

1 (0.032907s)

1 (0.076721s)

mpfr_float

2.67894 (0.0523141s)

2.16678 (0.071302s)

1.5964 (0.122477s)


Table 1.38. Operator construct

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1.37355 (0.00608929s)

1 (0.0152335s)

cpp_dec_float

1.23911 (0.00383901s)

1 (0.00443324s)

1.6806 (0.0256013s)

gmp_float

7.50258 (0.0232445s)

5.47554 (0.0242744s)

5.81062 (0.0885159s)

mpfr_float

24.9598 (0.0773304s)

19.5526 (0.0866815s)

5.00378 (0.0762248s)


Table 1.39. Operator construct(unsigned long long)

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2.08541 (0.0175206s)

3.12821 (0.0267453s)

1.32687 (0.0570308s)

cpp_dec_float

1 (0.00840151s)

1 (0.00854971s)

1 (0.0429815s)

gmp_float

3.08163 (0.0258903s)

2.44895 (0.0209379s)

2.12806 (0.0914671s)

mpfr_float

10.6814 (0.08974s)

8.42482 (0.0720298s)

1.8282 (0.0785786s)


Table 1.40. Operator construct(unsigned)

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1.04974 (0.00808983s)

1.38823 (0.0120486s)

1.16321 (0.0530205s)

cpp_dec_float

1 (0.00770653s)

1 (0.00867913s)

1 (0.0455813s)

gmp_float

3.88496 (0.0299395s)

2.90503 (0.0252132s)

1.82072 (0.0829907s)

mpfr_float

13.3088 (0.102564s)

8.41333 (0.0730204s)

1.78408 (0.0813206s)


Table 1.41. Operator str

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4.71882 (0.0051705s)

12.4899 (0.043165s)

cpp_dec_float

2.94087 (0.00145276s)

1.64843 (0.00180621s)

3.16004 (0.0109211s)

gmp_float

1 (0.000493989s)

1 (0.00109572s)

1 (0.00345598s)

mpfr_float

4.60349 (0.00227407s)

1.21213 (0.00132816s)

1.41569 (0.0048926s)


Table 1.42. Platform Details

Version

Compiler

GNU C++ version 10.3.0

GMP

6.2.0

MPFR

262146

Boost

107800

Run date

Sep 30 2021



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