Windows 32-bit vs 64-bit | Speed Test

Windows 32-bit vs 64-bit Speed Test. How do the two different architectures compare in speed and performance from benchmarks, real world tests, and more!

Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Startup 0:34
Storage 1:39
RAM Management 1:58
CPU Management 2:28
Battery Life 3:06
Wi-fi Speed 3:52
Opening Applications 4:21
Audio Editing 5:50
Video Editing 6:13
Web Browsing 6:46
File Transfer 7:01
Virus Scan 7:26
Benchmarks 7:44
Conclusion 8:56

Similar to Windows XP vs Windows Vista vs Windows 7 vs Windows 8.1 vs Windows 10 speed comparison test, but a 32-bit vs 64-bit comparison instead.

[TrigrZolt]

I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm really wondering how I said "4x the speed of 32-bit" when it's not even 3x (more like 2.8x)

[TrigrZolt]

I feel like I need to address something that is causing some confusion in the comments. The test was being done on the same exact laptop, these aren't two different machines. The reason why there are two laptops on the video is because I edited two separate videos and combined it into one so everything is synchronized and it could give everyone a better idea of what to expect. I guess when I kept saying "laptops" or "both laptops", it made it sound like these were two separate machines. Everything was done on the same laptop, I just edited two different takes together. Just wanted to point that out :)

Also, yes, I know it's x86, not x32. I thought they were referred to the same thing, only to find out that x32 is not even a thing. Thank you comments section for pointing this out, because this was genuinely something I had mistaken. This is what happens when we assume lol.

[Nabjeab]

“Don’t get a 32 bit windows”
Windows XP 32 bit: Am I a joke to you?

[진짜개구리]

The 32-bit RAM is only recognized as 3.99G, so no matter how many times you increase the RAM, it only supports 3.99G.

[MightyGamer-dylo]

Guess who’s back guys ! Bro I was watching al of your old videos finally you make one after 2 months

[TonOfHam]

It would be great to see the systems preforming with the opposite configurations as CPU speed variations could play a big role.

[MrRS]

See you in a few years when this has millions of views!

[re.liable]

This is the first time I've heard other people talk about VSDC. I used to use it a lot before lol

[empathyisonlyhuman]

Per your internet up/download speeds the difference is in the drivers. Since you are running identical hardware your system that has the 32 bit version running will naturally run into some pretty severe optimization problems as it's not really controlling the device (NIC) correctly. Most hardware will run either version of the drivers properly, however NIC's are particularly susceptible to this problem due to the way in which they operate. If you were to run this test on a true 32 bit machine, the issue would basically disappear assuming that machine doesn't introduce any other bottleneck issues not present on the 64 bit hardware.

[MostLovedGod]

Nice test, surprising results. But when you say won by some time x, you should also mention total time, so we can estimate percentage. Also for multicore benchmarks it is almost 3 times higher score not 4. Overall good video.

[mthf]

The CPU-Z benchmark difference could be because CPU-Z throws a bunch of 64-bit integers at both OSs. On 64-bit, you need only a single instruction to add two 64-bit integers, on 32-bit you need multiple, Hence the giant gap.

[Junse]

Note that some of the software being used may be more optimized for 64bit Windows, and may be the reason why some of the results goes in favour of 64 bit os.

[anthonynorton]

I made the mistake of thinking an old computer was running on a x86 32-processor because that OEM installed a 32-bit XP, so when I replaced XP I picked out 32-bit version of Mint only to find the computer had a 64 bit processor. I switched to the 64-bit version of the distro and there was definitely a difference in speed.

[HBKnowItAll]

Fun fact: This video is older than most of the people playing Roblox.

[greatcanadianmoose]

Nice to see another video from you! I'd love to see a video detailing the differances between Win10 64 and 32 bit though... I mean, 32 bit windows 10 sounds.... exotic lol

[iDontProgramInCpp]

The main difference is pointer size and it does make a big difference in RAM usage (on 32-bit, pointers are 4 bytes long, whereas on 64-bit they are 8)

[theusersf]

ngl I like how you can run both 32 bit and 64 bit OS's on a 64 bit machine

[idfcqsy]

8:08 *almost three times, because if you multiply x32 result by 3, you will get a number, bigger than 64x result

[rekarlopunzalan]

I'm rocking Windows 7 64 bit in my x230. It totally works like a charm (no Windows 10 nagging me for updates, no Cortana, etc). I'll be trying Windows LTSC 2019 soon though as browser and other apps' compatibility with Windows 7 is now slowly dwindling.

[SnaizerFtt]

To clearly see the difference between x32 and x64 you need a suitable config, for example the x64 allows you to put 8 or 16gb of RAM.
I haven't looked at the config of Lenovo's X200s, but by putting SSDs in laptops, this allows the x64 to remove virtual memory which uses disk access as additional RAM, and therefore operation is much better .