GCC 4.8 vs. GCC 4.9 AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini APU

GCC 4.8 vs. 4.9 benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a Phoronix.com article using the AM1 Athlon 5350 APU.

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GCC 4.8 Tuned

Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

GCC 4.9.0 RC1

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0 20140411, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GCC 4.8 vs. GCC 4.9 AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini APUOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores)ASUS AM1I-AAMD Family 16h Root Complex3584MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MBAMD Device 9840VE228Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.2.0X Server 1.15.0radeon 7.3.993.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.2GCC 4.9.0 20140411ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilersFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGCC 4.8 Vs. GCC 4.9 AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini APU BenchmarksSystem Logs- --enable-checking=release- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

GCC 4.8 Tuned vs. GCC 4.9.0 RC1 ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+3.1%+3.1%+6.2%+6.2%+9.3%+9.3%12.2%3.8%3.8%3.3%Time To CompileTotal Time7.8%Monte CarloFLOAT3.8%D.L.M.FRhodopsin Protein3.6%S.W.P.SP.P.S2%Timed ImageMagick CompilationC-RaySciMarkHierarchical INTegrationSciMarkLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics SimulatorApache BenchmarkHimeno BenchmarkGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1

GCC 4.8 vs. GCC 4.9 AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini APUlammps: Rhodopsin Proteinscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5himeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Sampleshint: FLOATapache: Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1140.69398.45201.9939.26586.94596.80567.252085678166727908121.74453.4472.13108134228277.215017.75145.78404.07209.7338.74587.18619.27565.44119.30403.9677.74129301190.585185.06OpenBenchmarking.org

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1306090120150SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.54, N = 4140.69145.781. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1306090120150Min: 140.12 / Avg: 140.69 / Max: 141.41Min: 142.97 / Avg: 145.78 / Max: 153.381. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC190180270360450SE +/- 0.36, N = 4SE +/- 0.41, N = 4398.45404.071. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: CompositeGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC170140210280350Min: 397.76 / Avg: 398.45 / Max: 399.22Min: 403.51 / Avg: 404.07 / Max: 405.291. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC150100150200250SE +/- 0.01, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4201.99209.731. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC14080120160200Min: 201.97 / Avg: 201.99 / Max: 202.02Min: 209.71 / Avg: 209.73 / Max: 209.791. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1918273645SE +/- 0.34, N = 4SE +/- 0.03, N = 439.2638.741. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1816243240Min: 38.8 / Avg: 39.26 / Max: 40.26Min: 38.69 / Avg: 38.74 / Max: 38.791. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1130260390520650SE +/- 1.14, N = 4SE +/- 0.87, N = 4586.94587.181. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1100200300400500Min: 584.41 / Avg: 586.94 / Max: 589.49Min: 585.67 / Avg: 587.18 / Max: 589.661. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1130260390520650SE +/- 0.80, N = 4SE +/- 1.25, N = 4596.80619.271. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1110220330440550Min: 595.12 / Avg: 596.8 / Max: 598.29Min: 617.07 / Avg: 619.27 / Max: 622.861. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1120240360480600SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.07, N = 4567.25565.441. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1100200300400500Min: 567.09 / Avg: 567.25 / Max: 567.47Min: 565.22 / Avg: 565.44 / Max: 565.521. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: BlowfishGCC 4.8 Tuned400800120016002000SE +/- 1.67, N = 320851. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: Traditional DESGCC 4.8 Tuned1.5M3M4.5M6M7.5MSE +/- 11020.18, N = 367816671. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.8.0Test: MD5GCC 4.8 Tuned6K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 18.33, N = 3279081. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1306090120150SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3121.74119.301. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC120406080100Min: 121.52 / Avg: 121.74 / Max: 121.98Min: 118.93 / Avg: 119.3 / Max: 1201. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC1100200300400500SE +/- 4.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3453.44403.96
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC180160240320400Min: 445.17 / Avg: 453.44 / Max: 461.72Min: 402.32 / Avg: 403.96 / Max: 405.5

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC120406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 372.1377.741. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC11530456075Min: 72.11 / Avg: 72.13 / Max: 72.16Min: 77.73 / Avg: 77.74 / Max: 77.751. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.8 Tuned20406080100SE +/- 0.67, N = 31081. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native

Hierarchical INTegration

This test runs the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory Hierarchical INTegration (HINT) benchmark. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgQUIPs, More Is BetterHierarchical INTegration 1.0Test: FLOATGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC130M60M90M120M150MSE +/- 12152.73, N = 3SE +/- 333810.75, N = 3134228277.21129301190.581. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgQUIPs, More Is BetterHierarchical INTegration 1.0Test: FLOATGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC120M40M60M80M100MMin: 134205550.61 / Avg: 134228277.21 / Max: 134247103.25Min: 128633664.29 / Avg: 129301190.58 / Max: 129644718.161. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -lm

Apache Benchmark

This is a test of ab, which is the Apache benchmark program. This test profile measures how many requests per second a given system can sustain when carrying out 1,000,000 requests with 100 requests being carried out concurrently. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC111002200330044005500SE +/- 33.69, N = 3SE +/- 91.11, N = 35017.755185.061. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.7Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8 TunedGCC 4.9.0 RC19001800270036004500Min: 4962.12 / Avg: 5017.75 / Max: 5078.5Min: 5084.84 / Avg: 5185.06 / Max: 5366.961. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native

GCC 4.8 Tuned

Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 11 April 2014 09:01 by user phoronix.

GCC 4.9.0 RC1

Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0 20140411, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 11 April 2014 14:15 by user phoronix.