[Python-checkins] bpo-40197: Better describe the benchmark results table (GH-19386)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1bf7dee8d35cb19db7ee98229dd2e5726e6c7606
commit: 1bf7dee8d35cb19db7ee98229dd2e5726e6c7606
branch: 3.8
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-04-10T13:00:15-07:00
summary:
bpo-40197: Better describe the benchmark results table (GH-19386)
(cherry picked from commit c63629e7c09da80a6b7d0253d04a9b3f57f88eff)
Co-authored-by: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index a7abdf0252e5b..ad7d5d4c670b3 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -2210,7 +2210,13 @@ Here's a summary of performance improvements since Python 3.3:
Timing loop:
loop_overhead 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
- (Measured from the macOS 64-bit builds found at python.org)
+The benchmarks were measured on an
+`Intel® Core™ i7-4960HQ processor
+<https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/76088/intel-core-i7-4960hq-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz.html>`_
+running the macOS 64-bit builds found at
+`python.org <https://www.python.org/downloads/mac-osx/>`_.
+The benchmark script displays timings in nanoseconds.
+
Notable changes in Python 3.8.1
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