Sandy Bridge Compiler Tests Running pts/build-apache-1.4.0, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.2.0, pts/apache-1.3.0, pts/pgbench-1.2.0, pts/john-the-ripper-1.0.1, pts/byte-1.1.0, pts/c-ray-1.0.0, pts/povray-1.0.0, pts/himeno-1.0.0, pts/mafft-1.2.0, pts/mrbayes-1.2.0, pts/hmmer-1.1.0, pts/x264-1.2.0, pts/bullet-1.0.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.5.0, pts/npb-1.0.0, pts/encode-flac-1.2.0, pts/graphics-magick-1.4.1, pts/openssl-1.5.0, pts/gcrypt-1.0.0. GCC 4.5.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 core2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 corei7: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GCC 4.4.5 - Stock: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: System76 Serval Professional, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M 2048MB (575/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.18, OpenGL: 4.1.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Apache Compilation 2.2.17 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 29.17 |======================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 36.46 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 21.22 |============================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 21.16 |============================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 21.23 |============================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 28.91 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 328.51 |=================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 328.76 |=================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 21591.79 |============================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 21957.24 |============================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 19778.70 |========================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 19499.78 |========================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 21803.46 |============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 2038.32 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 1749.99 |======================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 1907.66 |============================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 1807.03 |========================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 1958.68 |============================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 1918.54 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 3852000 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 3856000 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 3849333 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 3838333 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 3855333 |=============================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 3829000 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 13086 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 13074 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 13042 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 13019 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 13074 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 13058 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.3.1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 817 |================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 840 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 839 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 837 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 840 |=================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 812 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 23896551.77 |=========================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 23243455.27 |========================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 23243829.50 |========================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 23234286.13 |========================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 23268380.07 |========================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 23087060.63 |========================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Register Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 1.00 | GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 2407702.60 |============================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 1.00 | GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 2408670.23 |============================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Computational Test: Floating-Point Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 ............ 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 1.00 | GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 1.00 | GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 2411569.93 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 71.86 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 71.64 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 71.75 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 71.84 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 71.47 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 70.69 |================================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 766 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 750 |================================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 560 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 557 |===================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 550 |==================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 772 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 366.68 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 ............ 369.77 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 364.83 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 366.94 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 368.89 |================================================ GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 365.75 |=============================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 21.77 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 ............ 22.06 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 22.11 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 21.81 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 21.94 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 22.11 |================================================= Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 18.68 |============================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 18.87 |============================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 19.14 |============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 8.02 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 8.02 |=================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 20.45 |================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 13.79 |================ GCC 4.6.0 ............ 13.59 |================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 41.24 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 40.80 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 40.21 |================================================ GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 13.98 |================= x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 87.91 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 ............ 89.52 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 89.38 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 89.14 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 89.09 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 87.66 |================================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 13.09 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 13.09 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 14.94 |=================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 15.09 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 6.79 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 6.86 |===================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 11.70 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 9.60 |=========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 9.80 |=================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 10.02 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 22.27 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 18.67 |============================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.75 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 25.97 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 21.81 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 15714 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 15450 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 15576 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 15806 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 15454 |================================================ GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 15705 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 10206.81 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 9841.07 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 2424.62 |================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 2416.51 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 182.59 |=================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 177.76 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 5605.07 |=============================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 5972.26 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 168.26 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 ............ 167.86 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 167.02 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 167.86 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 168.14 |================================================ GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 166.75 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 10075.28 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 9533.99 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 5399.85 |================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 5263.92 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 5134.75 |================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 4980.86 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ......... 36.73 |==================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock . 35.40 |================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 7.04 |================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 6.68 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 6.51 |============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 6.61 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 6.54 |============================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 7.09 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 141 |=============================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 152 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 58 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 62 |===================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 77 |========================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 140 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 101 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 76 |====================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 66 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 65 |================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 69 |=================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 100 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 64 |==================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 53 |=========================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 24 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 25 |==================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 25 |==================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 63 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 125 |=================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 94 |====================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 46 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 46 |=================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 46 |=================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 123 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 66 |==================================================== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 55 |=========================================== GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 30 |======================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 30 |======================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 30 |======================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 65 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 80.20 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 ............ 79.88 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 79.18 |================================================ GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 79.55 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 79.83 |================================================= GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 79.90 |================================================= Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.5.2 ............ 2617 |============== GCC 4.6.0 ............ 2330 |============ GCC 4.6.0 core2 ...... 9283 |================================================= GCC 4.6.0 corei7 ..... 9413 |================================================== GCC 4.6.0 corei7-avx . 9473 |================================================== GCC 4.4.5 - Stock .... 2627 |==============