Table 1. Gain in time D (percentage of one task) and speedup when the probability of invalid speculation is either 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4.

N	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
D1∕4	0.75	1.31	1.73	2.05	2.29	2.47	2.6
S1∕4	1.6	1.78	1.77	1.7	1.62	1.54	1.48
D1∕2	0.5	0.75	0.875	0.938	0.969	0.984	0.992
S1∕2	1.33	1.33	1.28	1.23	1.19	1.16	1.14
D3∕4	0.25	0.312	0.328	0.332	0.333	0.333	0.333
S3∕4	1.14	1.12	1.09	1.07	1.06	1.05	1.04