A new version of both box64 and box86 has been released! While the changelog for box86 doesn’t contain much, there are a lot of new improvements, features and fixes for box64. With some speed increase, improved compatibility and a new subproject, box32, there is a lot. But let’s dive into more details on the performances…
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Box64 and RISC-V
Box64 and RISC-V, the challenges of wrtting the Dynarec, and benchmarks
This article was initially publised for the FOSDEM 2022 virtual event. The host is gone and I’m (quickly) republishing it here. Box86 performances Like for last year, I will present a series of benchmark to try show the efficiency (or not) of box dynarec. This year, I will benchmark both box86 and box64, to show…
Comparing performances I decided to compare the performances of the OpenSource Linux Userspace Emulator that allows you to run x86/x86_64 apps on ARM linux. There are QEMU-user, FEX-emu and Box86/Box64. How to bench Linux userspace emulator Test will consist of the bench I already used a couple of time, and that can be run as…
Measuring performances of an emulator is always a bit tricky. For box86 (and box64), I decided to use benchs of opensource softwares, and compare the results between native and i386 version. A few months ago, I did some benchs and wrote the results for the Fosdem. The article can still be found here. The result…