Re: How much slower are numerics?

Tom Lane wrote:
> On modern hardware, I'd expect float operations to be at least an order
> of magnitude faster than numerics
> [snip]
> regression$# declare x float8 := 0;
> regression=# select timeit(1000000);
> Time: 13700.960 ms
> [snip]
> regression$# declare x numeric := 0;
> regression=# select timeit(1000000);
> Time: 22145.408 ms

But, this is less than a factor of 2 difference, similar to what one of
the previous INSERT examples showed. Or am I missing something?

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