Use the 32 bit version on machines with less than 2GB of RAM. Otherwise always pick the native CPU platform format (should be 64 bit nowadays except on ARM).
One thing I don't understand is, Node.js has a memory limit of 1.76 GB on 64bit systems, it's not even close to a normal program memory limit on a 32bit system. How could it make a difference on memory perspective?
Denny Trebbin
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The difference is just memory.
Use the 32 bit version on machines with less than 2GB of RAM. Otherwise always pick the native CPU platform format (should be 64 bit nowadays except on ARM).