Two Cores, Less Waiting
In a comment on a previous post, Kevin Purcell asked about the effect of the second CPU core on build performance. Here are the results.
MacBook Pro 1.83, 2GB, local build, 1 CPU | 22:59 |
MacBook Pro 1.83, 2GB, local build, 2 CPU | 13:42 |
Note that the 2-CPU timing is faster than the previous time for this machine; in the interim, it's been upgraded to 2GB (even 1.5 isn't enough once Xcode gets rolling), so the timings above should only be used to compare 1-CPU vs. 2-CPU performance.