GCC AMD Bulldozer Compiler Tuning
AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer compiler tuning using GCC 4.7.1 with different march options for the test profiles to look at the latest AMD GCC performance. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


march=nocona: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

march=core2: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

march=k8: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

march=k8-sse3: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

march=barcelona: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

march=bdver1: 

	Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 99  |=================================================
march=core2 ..... 96  |================================================
march=k8 ........ 97  |================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 95  |===============================================
march=barcelona . 107 |=====================================================
march=bdver1 .... 113 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 65  |====================================
march=core2 ..... 99  |=======================================================
march=k8 ........ 63  |===================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 62  |===================================
march=barcelona . 86  |================================================
march=bdver1 .... 100 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 126 |=================================================
march=core2 ..... 139 |======================================================
march=k8 ........ 128 |==================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 126 |=================================================
march=barcelona . 139 |======================================================
march=bdver1 .... 144 |========================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 160 |========================================================
march=core2 ..... 158 |=======================================================
march=k8 ........ 151 |=====================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 150 |=====================================================
march=barcelona . 156 |=======================================================
march=bdver1 .... 157 |=======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 68 |=========================================================
march=core2 ..... 67 |========================================================
march=k8 ........ 67 |========================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 66 |=======================================================
march=barcelona . 61 |===================================================
march=bdver1 .... 66 |=======================================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 654.27 |==================================================
march=core2 ..... 670.75 |===================================================
march=k8 ........ 614.83 |===============================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 678.97 |===================================================
march=barcelona . 669.28 |===================================================
march=bdver1 .... 698.92 |=====================================================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
march=nocona .... 31.20 |=================================================
march=core2 ..... 33.22 |====================================================
march=k8 ........ 33.02 |====================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 32.98 |====================================================
march=barcelona . 33.07 |====================================================
march=bdver1 .... 34.41 |======================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
march=nocona .... 36.84 |======================================
march=core2 ..... 36.38 |=====================================
march=k8 ........ 52.84 |======================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 52.82 |======================================================
march=barcelona . 36.09 |=====================================
march=bdver1 .... 26.99 |============================


Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
march=nocona .... 33 |===========================================
march=core2 ..... 33 |===========================================
march=k8 ........ 44 |=========================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 44 |=========================================================
march=barcelona . 32 |=========================================
march=bdver1 .... 30 |=======================================


Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
march=nocona .... 549.43 |=============================================
march=core2 ..... 531.27 |============================================
march=k8 ........ 643.59 |=====================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 636.99 |====================================================
march=barcelona . 534.42 |============================================
march=bdver1 .... 561.85 |==============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11
TPC-B Transactions Per Second
TPS > Higher Is Better
march=nocona .... 2064.40 |====================================================
march=core2 ..... 2039.71 |===================================================
march=k8 ........ 1986.18 |==================================================
march=k8-sse3 ... 2018.34 |===================================================
march=barcelona . 2037.11 |===================================================
march=bdver1 .... 1916.51 |================================================