> On 2 Dec 2021, at 02:41, Paolo Prete <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Hans, > > I don't think this test can give reliable results for what we need to compare. > With my processor (Intel Celeron N3350) it took 96 seconds to compile MSDN.ly > > But my CPU is listed with score 287: > https://browser.geekbench.com/processors/intel-celeron-n3350 > ---> (1712 / 287) > > From what I see, is it true that geekbench 5 is single core, but it > intensively uses RAM and the test we need should not be focused on RAM. I > would consider a Gzip compression test, instead. > > https://openbenchmarking.org/vs/Processor/Apple%20M1,Intel%20Celeron%20J3455 > > (note that it compares Apple M1 with Celeron J3455, which is NOT my CPU, but > it should be very similar for single-core tests.)
On the M1, Lilypond may run in interpreted mode, emulating Intel, which is slower than native Apple Silicon code. MacPorts can make native code, but I do not know if it currently does with Lilypond.
