GCC 4.8 Intel Core i7 990X Benchmarking GCC 4.7.2 versus GCC 4.8.0 compiler benchmarking from an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown system running Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Compiler GCC benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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GCC 4.8 Intel Core i7 990X Benchmarking Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores) MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R 12288MB 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (500/333MHz) Realtek ALC889 Realtek RTL8111/8168B Ubuntu 13.04 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64) Unity 6.6.0 X Server 1.13.2 NVIDIA 313.26 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.26 GCC 4.7.2 ext4 1920x1080 GCC 4.7 Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores) Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2 16384MB 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 1024MB (607/1603MHz) Realtek ALC898 Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection Ubuntu 12.04 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.18.0 X Server 1.11.3 NVIDIA 310.40 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.40 GCC 4.6 + CUDA 5.0 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-lto - Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-cloog --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - Scaling Governor: ondemand OpenCL Details - Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0: GPU Compute Cores: 8 System Details - Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0: GPU Compute Cores: 8.
GCC 4.8 Intel Core i7 990X Benchmarking rodinia: OpenMP CFD Solver clomp: Static OMP Speedup dolfyn: Computational Fluid Dynamics lammps: Rhodopsin Protein ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment blake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1 botan: Tiger botan: KASUMI botan: AES-256 botan: Twofish botan: CAST-256 botan: X9.19-MAC john-the-ripper: Blowfish john-the-ripper: Traditional DES john-the-ripper: MD5 ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver build-imagemagick: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples encode-flac: WAV To FLAC encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 ffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DV mencoder: AVI To LAVC minion: Graceful minion: Solitaire minion: Quasigroup n-queens: Elapsed Time nero2d: Total Time tachyon: Total Time apache: Static Web Page Serving Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 74.19 6.52 29.44 49.36 5028.52 5.67 5.96 360.43 39.35 154.60 175.13 85.71 77.12 106.33 1527.02 58.05 22.78 23.78 66.67 32 6.99 17.23 19.06 25.33 71.58 107.44 157.81 28.82 1217.14 11.34 26033.21 74.26 6.54 30.23 48.46 4993.21 5.72 6.16 376.26 37.91 133.38 172.71 87.37 76.19 7272 12345000 33996 107.30 1337.12 59.67 23.11 18.83 66.79 32 6.94 17.00 19.35 25.69 72.40 103.05 153.93 29.66 1225.51 11.77 26122.05 82.42 5.00 22.19 36.52 5982.46 4.92 5.30 423.75 68.23 169.58 199.88 91.69 85.73 5785 22467333 39980 136.31 1806.12 46.28 22.99 40.52 73.96 81 5.35 12.63 13.94 19.52 56.46 73.76 122.36 34.64 403.39 12.39 34983.28 OpenBenchmarking.org
Rodinia Test: OpenMP CFD Solver OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.51, N = 3 74.19 74.26 82.42 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fopenmp
CLOMP Static OMP Speedup OpenBenchmarking.org Speedup, More Is Better CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.05, N = 5 SE +/- 0.06, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 6.52 6.54 5.00 1. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
Dolfyn Computational Fluid Dynamics OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 7 14 21 28 35 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 29.44 30.23 22.19
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 11 22 33 44 55 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 49.36 48.46 36.52 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 1300 2600 3900 5200 6500 SE +/- 12.50, N = 3 SE +/- 2.88, N = 3 SE +/- 28.05, N = 3 5028.52 4993.21 5982.46 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 1.287 2.574 3.861 5.148 6.435 SE +/- 0.09, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 6 5.67 5.72 4.92 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
BLAKE2 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1 OpenBenchmarking.org Cycles Per Byte, Fewer Is Better BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.31, N = 6 5.96 6.16 5.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native
Botan Test: Tiger OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: Tiger Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 90 180 270 360 450 360.43 376.26 423.75 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
Botan Test: KASUMI OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: KASUMI Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 15 30 45 60 75 39.35 37.91 68.23 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
Botan Test: AES-256 OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: AES-256 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 40 80 120 160 200 154.60 133.38 169.58 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
Botan Test: Twofish OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: Twofish Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 40 80 120 160 200 175.13 172.71 199.88 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
Botan Test: CAST-256 OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: CAST-256 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 20 40 60 80 100 85.71 87.37 91.69 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
Botan Test: X9.19-MAC OpenBenchmarking.org Mbytes/s, More Is Better Botan 1.10.3 Test: X9.19-MAC Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 20 40 60 80 100 77.12 76.19 85.73 1. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 1600 3200 4800 6400 8000 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 17.90, N = 3 7272 5785 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
John The Ripper Test: Traditional DES OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 5M 10M 15M 20M 25M SE +/- 41000.00, N = 3 SE +/- 76381.35, N = 3 12345000 22467333 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
John The Ripper Test: MD5 OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 9K 18K 27K 36K 45K SE +/- 31.75, N = 3 SE +/- 14.42, N = 3 33996 39980 1. (CC) gcc options: -lssl -lcrypto -lm -lz -fopenmp -lcrypt -ldl
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 1.79, N = 3 106.33 107.30 136.31 -march=native -march=native 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 2.54, N = 3 SE +/- 5.16, N = 3 SE +/- 4.02, N = 3 1527.02 1337.12 1806.12 -march=native -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 58.05 59.67 46.28
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 22.78 23.11 22.99 -O3 -march=native -O3 -march=native -lz -O2 -lz 1. (CC) gcc options: -pedantic -ldl -lm
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 23.78 18.83 40.52 -march=native -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 66.67 66.79 73.96 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 32 32 81 -O3 -march=native -O3 -march=native 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 6.99 6.94 5.35 -O3 -march=native -O3 -march=native -O2 1. (CXX) g++ options: -logg -lm
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 17.23 17.00 12.63
FFmpeg H.264 HD To NTSC DV OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 19.06 19.35 13.94 -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2
Mencoder AVI To LAVC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 25.33 25.69 19.52 -lXxf86vm -lpng -lz -lXxf86vm -ffast-math -lncurses -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lfreetype -lrtmp -lXss 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lasound -ldl -lpthread -lbz2 -lmad -rdynamic -lXext -lX11 -lcaca -lSDL -lGL -lpulse
Minion Benchmark: Graceful OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.37, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 71.58 72.40 56.46 -lz -lbz2 -lz -lbz2 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
Minion Benchmark: Solitaire OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.76, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 107.44 103.05 73.76 -lz -lbz2 -lz -lbz2 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
Minion Benchmark: Quasigroup OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.44, N = 3 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 157.81 153.93 122.36 -lz -lbz2 -lz -lbz2 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 28.82 29.66 34.64 -march=native -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3
Open FMM Nero2D Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 300 600 900 1200 1500 1217.14 1225.51 403.39 -O3 -march=native -O3 -march=native -O2 -lgfortran -lquadmath 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lm
Tachyon Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 6 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 11.34 11.77 12.39 1. (CC) gcc options: -m32 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ltachyon -lm -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 7K 14K 21K 28K 35K SE +/- 121.28, N = 3 SE +/- 119.32, N = 3 SE +/- 287.31, N = 3 26033.21 26122.05 34983.28 -O3 -march=native -O3 -march=native -O2 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread
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