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# Hyperthreading (SMT), if available on Intel CPUs, is beneficial. A "virtual" core has only about 20% performance of a "physical" core but it comes at no cost - you just have to switch it on in the BIOS of the machine. | # Hyperthreading (SMT), if available on Intel CPUs, is beneficial. A "virtual" core has only about 20% performance of a "physical" core but it comes at no cost - you just have to switch it on in the BIOS of the machine. | ||
# The 64-bit binaries generally are a bit faster than the 32-bit binaries (but that's not specific for XDS). The latter are no longer distributed anyway. | # The 64-bit binaries generally are a bit faster than the 32-bit binaries (but that's not specific for XDS). The latter are no longer distributed anyway. | ||
== Cluster == | == Cluster == |