Thread Subject: MATLAB 2008a 64-bit Mac OSX Beta: poor bench numbers

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?

"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.