A 32-bit integer isn't always more efficient at the instruction level, but it tends to generally be more efficient when aggregated into an array, e.g., as it requires half the memory (more indices that can fit into a single page/cache line, e.g.).
A 32-bit integer isn't always more efficient at the instruction level, but it tends to generally be more efficient when aggregated into an array, e.g., as it requires half the memory (more indices that can fit into a single page/cache line, e.g.).