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You can't have 9.3x less memory, either. You can have (1/9.3)x as much memory, or they could just say 10% as much or 90% less.



I agree that it is technically unsound, but the meaning of "Nx less of something" is still relatively unambiguous when N>1.


Yes, it’s stupid (ambiguous, imprecise) terminology, but pretty common usage when describing computer benchmark results.




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