GCC 8 Compiler Benchmarking Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS) and NV134 8192MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.2-041602-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.16.2-041602-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 8.1.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 15.67 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 16.19 |============================================ GNU MPC 1.1.0 Multi-Precision Benchmark Global Score > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 9250 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 9937 |============================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 10.31 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 10.82 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 7.392 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.57 |============================================ GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.60 |============================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 14097.20 |======================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 14675.17 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2668.23 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2655.78 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 842.58 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 798.95 |========================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 699.07 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 715.32 |=========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 3001.41 |===================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 3398.36 |========================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 6680.34 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 6249.96 |======================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2117.77 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2116.31 |========================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1398624 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1366694 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 174 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 189 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 194 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 207 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 217 |========================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 243 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 225 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 249 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 100 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 106 |============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2721.09 |===================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 3047.65 |========================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 655119 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 567977 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 37.33 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 38.88 |============================================ Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 48.01 |=========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 49.64 |============================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 5.44 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 5.87 |============================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 6 |================================================ GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4 |================================ Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2946 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2817 |=========================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 58.80 |============================================ GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 38.51 |============================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.66 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.47 |========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4.18 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 3.79 |========================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4.74 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4.26 |======================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4.55 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4.06 |======================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.68 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2.44 |========================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 0.98 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 0.88 |======================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1.15 |============================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1.03 |======================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 10.11 |============================================ GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 8.94 |======================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 11.13 |============================================ GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 9.93 |======================================= OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4701.17 |========================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 4701.93 |========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 9431.06 |===================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 10444.36 |========================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2834089.67 |====================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2924082.50 |======================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2112444.40 |=================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2320715.08 |======================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1761252.42 |==================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1930905.38 |======================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2583124.38 |==================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2783213.08 |======================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 1962968.50 |==================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 2127760.48 |======================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.9.9 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 44189.14 |========================================= GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 44475.36 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 7.3.0: Core i9 7980XE . 30878.60 |======================================== GCC 8.1.0: Core i9 7980XE . 31919.79 |=========================================