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@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ subtract | 12 _N_ + 3 |27 | 51 | 99
multiply | 28 _N_**2 + 11 _N_ + 3 | 137 | 495 |1883
divide | 15 _N_**2 + 119 _N_ + 111 | 409 | 827 | 2023
The remaining operations are of about the same complexity as addition and subtraction, or less. Given that JUMPDEST is a no-op, and is assigned a gas price of 1, this can be taken as the overhead of the interpreter. All of the arithmetic operations are assigned the same gas price of 5, for a remaining runtime of 4. The interpreter loop itself takes about 6 to 8 C instructions, so ADD and SUB are reasonably priced, but MUL is some 5 to 21 times slower than ADD or SUB, and DIV is some 18 to 35 times slower, so they are clearly mispriced.
The remaining operations are of about the same complexity as addition and subtraction, or less. Given that JUMPDEST is a no-op, and is assigned a gas price of 1, this can be taken as the overhead of the interpreter. All of the arithmetic operations are assigned the same gas price of 5, for a remaining runtime of 4. The interpreter loop itself takes about 6 to 8 C instructions, so ADD and SUB are reasonably priced, but MUL is some 5 to 21 times slower than ADD or SUB, and DIV is some 15 to 23 times slower, so they are clearly mispriced.
By comparison, on most [Intel](https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/IntrinsicsGuide) and [ARM](https://developer.arm.com/docs/100166_0001/latest/programmers-model/instruction-set-summary/table-of-processor-instructions) SIMD units instructions take approximately the following cycle counts, independent of register width.