# Adding two integers vs. adding two floating-point numbers

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**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/adding-two-integers-vs-adding-two-floating-point-numbers/108494 "2024-01-08T02:30:28Z")\
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According to the julia documents,

**adding two integers is very different from adding two floating-point numbers, both of which are distinct from adding an integer to a floating-point number.**

Is adding two integers faster than adding two floating-point numbers? This question should not be confined to julia.

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it depends on your processor, but generally yes. for zen4, for example, [integer adds](https://uops.info/html-instr/ADD_01_R64_R64.html) have a latency of 1 cycle, while [floating point](https://uops.info/html-instr/VADDSD_XMM_XMM_XMM.html) adds have a latency of 3