<page_title> Floating-point arithmetic </page_title> <section_title> Internal representation </section_title> <table> <cell> Single <col_header> Type </col_header> </cell> <cell> 24 <col_header> Bits precision </col_header> </cell> <cell> Double <col_header> Type </col_header> </cell> <cell> 53 <col_header> Bits precision </col_header> </cell> <cell> Quad <col_header> Type </col_header> </cell> <cell> 113 <col_header> Bits precision </col_header> </cell> </table>
Single precision format has 24 bits of precision, double precision format has 53 and quad has 113.