Compiler Flags Comparizon Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a ASUS G73Jh v1.0 and ASUS AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1024MB on Gentoo via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 720Q: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS G73Jh v1.0, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 256GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 500GB Seagate ST9500420AS, Graphics: ASUS AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1024MB (300/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8131 Gigabit + Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 3.14.1-brn1 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.4 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 151.84 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 72.24 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 639.85 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 836.77 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 728.10 |================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 59.43 |=================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 32.91 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 2089 |==================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 3830667 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 28639 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 494.50 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 8443 |==================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 27.77 |=================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 106.92 |================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 8.59 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 10.49 |=================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 10.21 |=================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 6.16 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 1.83 |==================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 2.34 |==================================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 12.37 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 27.09 |=================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 27.34 |=================================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 104.59 |================================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 144.57 |================================================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 218.50 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 149.67 |================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 7020.88 |=================================================