[SciPy-User] SciPy+NumPy on 4 major linux distributions

[David Cournapeau]

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:59 AM, Lev Givon<lev at columbia.edu> wrote:

> I'm not sure whether the current prebuilt libraries are built with
> thread support. I'm also not sure whether the current (3.8.3) prebuilt
> libraries consistently provide any improved performance compared to
> the netlib blas/lapack.

The netlib blas/lapack built with gfortran has quite poor performance.
Using SSE/SSE2 alone gives a significant boost. Of course, building
your own will give improved performance.

cheers,

David