Question related to difference in online reported time (when 2 parties launched from same machine vs different machine)

[Mushtari-Sadia]

Does the reported online time for any mpc script significantly differ when two parties are launched from the same machine, vs if the parties were launched from different machines?

[mkskeller]

I would expect so. Communication is a significant cost factor in most computations, and local communication is inherently faster than communication between two machines.