LLVM/Clang 3.0 On Intel Sandy Bridge
Benchmarking GCC and LLVM on an Intel Core i7 2630QM Sandy Bridge notebook from ZaReason for a future article on Phoronix.


GCC 4.6.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Compal PBL21, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB Super Talent STT_FTM28G225H, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2048MB (672/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC259, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 15740.72 |=========================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 71.60 |============================================================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 143 |==============================================================


POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 904 |==============================================================


TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 411520 |===========================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 24.71 |============================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 8.00 |=============================================================


x264 2010-11-22
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 78.15 |============================================================


OpenSSL 1.0.0a
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 67.13 |============================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 3473000 |==========================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 11087 |============================================================


John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 713 |==============================================================


7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.6.1 . 12904 |============================================================