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From: "Sakhr " <sakhr98@Remove.This.hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: MATLAB 2008a 64-bit Mac OSX Beta: poor bench numbers
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:01:02 +0000 (UTC)
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"Sridhar Mahadevan" <mahadeva@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message <g65rc2$kqa$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> 
> I tried out the new beta 64-bit release for the Mac OS X. On my Powerbook 
> (2.33 ghz, Core 2 Duo, 3 gig), sadly, performance leaves a lot to be desired still. 
> 
> Here are my bench numbers: 
> 
> >> bench
> 
> ans =
> 
>     0.0899    0.2568    0.1678    0.3862    0.8195    1.5147
> 
> 
> I can't understand why the graphics routine is *so* slow. Anyone try this beta?
> 
> 
> 


It seems there is an issue with Matlab on 64bit machines.
Another example is found at:

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/238787#609415

Best regards, Sakhr.