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PHP 7.4 To PHP 8.6 Benchmarks, PHP 8.6 JIT Performance

A Phoronix Premium supporter recently relayed a request to see some fresh PHP performance benchmarks. So here are some fresh numbers of PHP 7.4 through the latest PHP 8.5 code plus the current Git state of PHP 8.6 ahead of the official PHP 8.6.0 release later in the year.

PHP 7.4 To PHP 8.6 Benchmarks, PHP 8.6 JIT Performance

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A Phoronix Premium supporter recently relayed a request to see some fresh PHP performance benchmarks.

So here are some fresh numbers of PHP 7.4 through the latest PHP 8.5 code plus the current Git state of PHP 8.6 ahead of the official PHP 8.6.0 release later in the year.

With PHP 8.6 is also a fresh look at the JIT performance enabled too...

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A Phoronix Premium supporter recently relayed a request to see some fresh PHP performance benchmarks. So here are some fresh numbers of PHP 7.4 through the latest PHP 8.5 code plus the current Git state of PHP 8.6 ahead of the official PHP 8.6.0 release later in the year. With PHP 8.6 is also a fresh look at the JIT performance enabled too...

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