Star Are 64-bit Binaries Really Slower than 32-bit Binaries?
Linked by Tony Bourke on Thu 22nd Jan 2004 21:29 UTC
Benchmarks When running tests, installing operating systems, and compiling software for my Ultra 5, I came to the stunning realization that hey, this system is 64-bit, and all of the operating systems I installed on this Ultra 5 (can) run in 64-bit mode.
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Sun compiler
by Al Dente on Thu 22nd Jan 2004 22:16 UTC

Since 64 bit support is rather young in gcc it may have been more fair to use Sun's compiler for the tests.

Unless things have changed recently I believe that you can demo Sun's c compilers without buying them.