Float or Double?

Question

Which is faster, double or float, when preforming arithimic (+-*/%), and is it worth just using float for memory reasons? Precision is not an issue much of an issue.

Answer 1

The processing speed on both types should approximately be the same in CPUs nowadays.

"use whichever precision is required for acceptable results."

Related questions have been asked a couple of times here on SO, here is one.

Edit:

In speed terms, there's no difference between float and double on the more modern hardware.

Please check out this article from developer.android.com.