Re: amd64 running on Intel Celeron and Pentium? (was: [SECURITY] [DSA 5113-1] firefox-esr security update)

On 15.04.22 04:50, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 03:45:37PM +0200, Levis Yarema wrote:
>> Is there in deed any reason to prefer amd64 over i586 if you have the
>> choice and a machine with 2GB RAM or less, apart from perhaps long term
>> support?
> 
> Twice the registers and sse instructions for fpu rather than x87?
> 

   That is not correct. You can make use of SSE instructions also in 
x86_32/i386 mode.

I found f.i.:
https://gcc.gcc.gnu.narkive.com/k0KqaZF2/i386-sse-test-question