Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

GCC 5.3.1, GCC 6.0, LLVM Clang 3.7, and LLVM Clang 3.8 compiler benchmarks using the Xenial Xerus packages for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler BenchmarksOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0Intel Sky Lake16384MB120GB Samsung SSD 850MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MBRealtek ALC1150DELL P2415QIntel ConnectionUbuntu 16.044.4.0-7-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.4.0X Server 1.17.3radeon 7.6.14.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4Clang 3.7.1-1ubuntu4Clang 3.8.0-+rc2-1~exp1ubuntu2GCC 5.3.1 20160222 + clang (Ubuntu 5.3.1-9ubuntu3) 5.3.1 20160222GCC 6.0.0 20160125ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilersFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUbuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks PerformanceSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave- GCC 5.3.1: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --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-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - GCC 6.0.0 20160125: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-nls --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=yes --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v

LLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%136%172%208%Timed PHP CompilationTimed Apache CompilationC-RayHimeno BenchmarkSciMarkSmallptLAME MP3 EncodingBullet Physics EngineFLAC Audio EncodingStockfishTimed HMMer SearchRedis7-Zip CompressionPostgreSQL pgbenchOpenSSLApache Benchmark

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarkshmmer: Pfam Database Searchscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesstockfish: Total Timebullet: Raytestsbullet: 3000 Fallbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: Convex Trimeshencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancepgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Writepgbench: Buffer Test - Single Thread - Read Writepgbench: Buffer Test - Heavy Contention - Read Writeredis: GETredis: SETapache: Static Web Page ServingLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601258.732531.78627.96313.852538.567731.921446.612236.782366619.8716.7925.722333242.704.515.134.583.051.001.175.3111.47678.536637.61600.247911.953096524.922146299.5048798.858.712433.58284.07311.182538.517604.301429.851890.252405722.2418.6925.942432922.774.615.414.693.271.011.185.3112.09677.236598.18592.327902.492823390.212088730.6748579.468.291581.41735.64316.562667.003058.371129.462628.812305623.6421.9614.672132102.544.124.614.272.780.941.134.9510.86694.006431.46573.407922.133112531.882076119.0649743.628.221573.84737.18316.532610.333077.511127.682604.812371543.5841.0514.832131482.494.014.504.322.740.911.094.8610.61693.406421.59559.297950.753021227.582178042.1549584.51OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 38.738.718.298.221. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

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: CompositeLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601255001000150020002500SE +/- 1.81, N = 4SE +/- 6.89, N = 4SE +/- 1.60, N = 4SE +/- 1.20, N = 42531.782433.581581.411573.841. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125160320480640800SE +/- 1.44, N = 4SE +/- 1.94, N = 4SE +/- 2.36, N = 4SE +/- 1.66, N = 4627.96284.07735.64737.181. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 2016012570140210280350SE +/- 1.32, N = 4SE +/- 1.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.64, N = 4SE +/- 0.71, N = 4313.85311.18316.56316.531. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601256001200180024003000SE +/- 5.98, N = 4SE +/- 12.26, N = 4SE +/- 3.08, N = 4SE +/- 2.94, N = 42538.562538.512667.002610.331. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 2016012517003400510068008500SE +/- 21.73, N = 4SE +/- 37.88, N = 4SE +/- 4.62, N = 4SE +/- 6.30, N = 47731.927604.303058.373077.511. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 2016012530060090012001500SE +/- 9.02, N = 4SE +/- 5.76, N = 4SE +/- 3.14, N = 4SE +/- 1.05, N = 41446.611429.851129.461127.681. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native

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 SolverLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601256001200180024003000SE +/- 7.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.86, N = 3SE +/- 15.39, N = 3SE +/- 10.87, N = 32236.781890.252628.812604.811. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -mavx2

7-Zip Compression

This is a test of 7-Zip using p7zip with its integrated benchmark feature. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601255K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 178.26, N = 3SE +/- 110.79, N = 3SE +/- 229.23, N = 3SE +/- 56.53, N = 3236662405723056237151. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Timed Apache Compilation

This test times how long it takes to build the Apache HTTP Server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To CompileLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601251020304050SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 319.8722.2423.6443.58

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125918273645SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 316.7918.6921.9641.05-lpthread1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pedantic -ldl -lm

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 TimeLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 325.7225.9414.6714.831. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125612182430SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3232421211. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native

Stockfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterStockfish 2014-11-26Total TimeLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601257001400210028003500SE +/- 5.13, N = 3SE +/- 5.36, N = 3SE +/- 4.36, N = 3SE +/- 9.94, N = 33324329232103148-flto-flto1. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -O3 -march=native -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt

Bullet Physics Engine

This is a benchmark of the Bullet Physics Engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: RaytestsLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601250.62331.24661.86992.49323.1165SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 32.702.772.542.491. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: 3000 FallLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601251.03732.07463.11194.14925.1865SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 34.514.614.124.011. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: 1000 StackLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601251.21732.43463.65194.86926.0865SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 35.135.414.614.501. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: 1000 ConvexLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601251.05532.11063.16594.22125.2765SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 34.584.694.274.321. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: 136 RagdollsLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601250.73581.47162.20742.94323.679SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 33.053.272.782.741. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: Prim TrimeshLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601250.22730.45460.68190.90921.1365SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 31.001.010.940.911. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.81Test: Convex TrimeshLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601250.26550.5310.79651.0621.3275SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31.171.181.131.091. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU

FLAC Audio Encoding

This test times how long it takes to encode a sample WAV file to FLAC format three times. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1WAV To FLACLLVM Clang 3.8LLVM Clang 3.7.1GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601251.1972.3943.5914.7885.985SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 55.325.314.954.86-fvisibility=hidden-fvisibility=hidden1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

LAME is an MP3 encoder licensed under the LGPL. This test measures the time required to encode a WAV file to MP3 format. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3LLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601253691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 511.4712.0910.8610.611. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -O3 -march=native -lm

OpenSSL

OpenSSL is an open-source toolkit that implements SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) protocols. This test measures the RSA 4096-bit performance of OpenSSL. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1gRSA 4096-bit PerformanceLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125150300450600750SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3678.53677.23694.00693.401. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read WriteLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 2016012514002800420056007000SE +/- 117.87, N = 3SE +/- 66.57, N = 3SE +/- 75.13, N = 3SE +/- 93.15, N = 36637.616598.186431.466421.59-pthreads -mthreads-pthreads -mthreads1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read WriteLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125130260390520650SE +/- 10.18, N = 4SE +/- 2.91, N = 3SE +/- 6.79, N = 3SE +/- 4.20, N = 3600.24592.32573.40559.29-pthreads -mthreads-pthreads -mthreads1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read WriteLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 201601252K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 39.32, N = 3SE +/- 35.36, N = 3SE +/- 61.24, N = 3SE +/- 38.92, N = 37911.957902.497922.137950.75-pthreads -mthreads-pthreads -mthreads1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Redis

Redis is an open-source data structure server. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: GETLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125700K1400K2100K2800K3500KSE +/- 29057.84, N = 3SE +/- 97365.18, N = 6SE +/- 133050.46, N = 6SE +/- 108149.76, N = 63096524.922823390.213112531.883021227.58-std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterRedis 3.0.1Test: SETLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 20160125500K1000K1500K2000K2500KSE +/- 20142.16, N = 3SE +/- 32867.27, N = 3SE +/- 31524.64, N = 4SE +/- 45034.71, N = 62146299.502088730.672076119.062178042.15-std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl

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 ServingLLVM Clang 3.7.1LLVM Clang 3.8GCC 5.3.1GCC 6.0.0 2016012511K22K33K44K55KSE +/- 247.92, N = 3SE +/- 283.69, N = 3SE +/- 33.52, N = 3SE +/- 78.30, N = 348798.8548579.4649743.6249584.511. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native