bestHint = hint
			continue
		}

		// both hints has the same preferred value, but the current hint has less NUMA nodes than the extended one
		if hint.Preferred == bestHint.Preferred && hint.NUMANodeAffinity.IsNarrowerThan(bestHint.NUMANodeAffinity) {
			bestHint = hint
		}
	}
	return &bestHint
}

// GetAllocatableMemory returns the amount of allocatable memory for each NUMA node