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Historical GCCOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 11.103.1.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4NVIDIA 290.034.2.0 NVIDIA 290.03GCC 4.2.4 + LLVM 3.0GCC 4.3.6 + LLVM 3.0GCC 4.4.6 + LLVM 3.0GCC 4.5.3 + LLVM 3.0GCC 4.6.1 + LLVM 3.0GCC 4.7.0 + LLVM 3.0ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilersFile-SystemScreen ResolutionHistorical GCC BenchmarksSystem Logs- Compiz was running on this system.

GCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%153%206%259%312%GraphicsMagickC-RayTimed PHP CompilationFLAC Audio EncodingTimed Apache CompilationLAME MP3 EncodingNGINX BenchmarkApache Benchmarkx264FFmpegOgg Encoding

Historical GCCc-ray: Total Timegraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpencompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testx264: H.264 Video Encodingffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-ogg: WAV To Oggencode-flac: WAV To FLACapache: Static Web Page Servingnginx: Static Web Page Servingbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To CompileGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102249.38984118531517981100.5510.2126.9710.908.2121599.7326837.9023.0331.2351.15108641877301748899.3110.1628.0010.977.8521606.3126213.0723.0128.3456.7614397591298217869102.2210.1227.8510.987.9321631.7126532.4123.5327.5150.8814392581288217987102.8110.0827.9711.007.8720487.0925103.9223.8727.8151.24160111661489817912102.9510.2428.6611.037.5520858.7325262.4523.7629.7035.8810168178331104.7310.2026.0910.987.1121310.1426535.1225.6932.40OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110221326395265SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 349.3851.1556.7650.8851.2435.88
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110221122334455Min: 49.34 / Avg: 49.38 / Max: 49.42Min: 51.14 / Avg: 51.15 / Max: 51.16Min: 56.74 / Avg: 56.76 / Max: 56.78Min: 50.86 / Avg: 50.88 / Max: 50.9Min: 51.23 / Avg: 51.24 / Max: 51.25Min: 35.87 / Avg: 35.88 / Max: 35.9

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110224080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 398108143143160101
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022306090120150Min: 98 / Avg: 98 / Max: 98Min: 108 / Avg: 108 / Max: 108Min: 143 / Avg: 143 / Max: 143Min: 143 / Avg: 143 / Max: 143Min: 160 / Avg: 160 / Max: 160Min: 101 / Avg: 101 / Max: 101

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34164979211168
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100Min: 40 / Avg: 40.67 / Max: 41Min: 64 / Avg: 64 / Max: 64Min: 97 / Avg: 97 / Max: 97Min: 92 / Avg: 92.33 / Max: 93Min: 109 / Avg: 110.67 / Max: 113Min: 68 / Avg: 68 / Max: 68

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110221530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3181859586617
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110221326395265Min: 18 / Avg: 18 / Max: 18Min: 18 / Avg: 18 / Max: 18Min: 58 / Avg: 58.67 / Max: 59Min: 58 / Avg: 58 / Max: 58Min: 66 / Avg: 66 / Max: 66Min: 17 / Avg: 17 / Max: 17

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3537712912814883
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022306090120150Min: 53 / Avg: 53 / Max: 53Min: 77 / Avg: 77 / Max: 77Min: 129 / Avg: 129 / Max: 129Min: 128 / Avg: 128 / Max: 128Min: 148 / Avg: 148 / Max: 148Min: 83 / Avg: 83 / Max: 83

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3153082829831
OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100Min: 15 / Avg: 15 / Max: 15Min: 30 / Avg: 30 / Max: 30Min: 82 / Avg: 82 / Max: 82Min: 82 / Avg: 82 / Max: 82Min: 98 / Avg: 98 / Max: 98Min: 31 / Avg: 31 / Max: 31

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.14K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 54.93, N = 3SE +/- 79.38, N = 3SE +/- 22.10, N = 3SE +/- 42.62, N = 3SE +/- 88.81, N = 31798117488178691798717912
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.13K6K9K12K15KMin: 17871 / Avg: 17980.67 / Max: 18041Min: 17342 / Avg: 17488 / Max: 17615Min: 17838 / Avg: 17869.33 / Max: 17912Min: 17939 / Avg: 17987 / Max: 18072Min: 17736 / Avg: 17912.33 / Max: 18019

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3100.5599.31102.22102.81102.95104.73
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-2011102220406080100Min: 99.72 / Avg: 100.55 / Max: 101.3Min: 98.79 / Avg: 99.31 / Max: 99.58Min: 102.08 / Avg: 102.22 / Max: 102.37Min: 102.66 / Avg: 102.81 / Max: 103.05Min: 102.81 / Avg: 102.95 / Max: 103.15Min: 104.21 / Avg: 104.73 / Max: 105.38

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.8.2AVI To NTSC VCDGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110223691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 310.2110.1610.1210.0810.2410.20
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.8.2AVI To NTSC VCDGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110223691215Min: 10.17 / Avg: 10.21 / Max: 10.23Min: 10.14 / Avg: 10.16 / Max: 10.17Min: 10.1 / Avg: 10.12 / Max: 10.14Min: 10.06 / Avg: 10.08 / Max: 10.09Min: 10.22 / Avg: 10.24 / Max: 10.25Min: 10.16 / Avg: 10.2 / Max: 10.26

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3GCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 526.9728.0027.8527.9728.6626.09
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3GCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022612182430Min: 26.94 / Avg: 26.97 / Max: 26.99Min: 27.96 / Avg: 28 / Max: 28.03Min: 27.79 / Avg: 27.85 / Max: 27.91Min: 27.93 / Avg: 27.97 / Max: 28.03Min: 28.63 / Avg: 28.66 / Max: 28.67Min: 26.01 / Avg: 26.09 / Max: 26.21

Ogg Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOgg Encoding 1.2.0WAV To OggGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110223691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 510.9010.9710.9811.0011.0310.98
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOgg Encoding 1.2.0WAV To OggGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110223691215Min: 10.89 / Avg: 10.9 / Max: 10.91Min: 10.92 / Avg: 10.97 / Max: 10.98Min: 10.94 / Avg: 10.98 / Max: 11Min: 10.98 / Avg: 11 / Max: 11.03Min: 10.98 / Avg: 11.03 / Max: 11.09Min: 10.93 / Avg: 10.98 / Max: 11

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 58.217.857.937.877.557.11
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110223691215Min: 8.18 / Avg: 8.21 / Max: 8.23Min: 7.81 / Avg: 7.85 / Max: 7.88Min: 7.91 / Avg: 7.93 / Max: 7.94Min: 7.8 / Avg: 7.87 / Max: 7.9Min: 7.54 / Avg: 7.55 / Max: 7.56Min: 7.05 / Avg: 7.11 / Max: 7.13

Apache Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110225K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 44.63, N = 3SE +/- 190.46, N = 3SE +/- 59.32, N = 3SE +/- 244.48, N = 3SE +/- 12.25, N = 3SE +/- 66.94, N = 321599.7321606.3121631.7120487.0920858.7321310.14
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.17Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110224K8K12K16K20KMin: 21510.47 / Avg: 21599.73 / Max: 21644.63Min: 21401.82 / Avg: 21606.31 / Max: 21986.88Min: 21529.24 / Avg: 21631.71 / Max: 21734.74Min: 20002.34 / Avg: 20487.09 / Max: 20784.96Min: 20838.89 / Avg: 20858.73 / Max: 20881.09Min: 21211.95 / Avg: 21310.14 / Max: 21438.05

NGINX Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 0.8.53Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110226K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 193.61, N = 3SE +/- 120.92, N = 3SE +/- 89.29, N = 3SE +/- 115.14, N = 3SE +/- 102.76, N = 3SE +/- 132.05, N = 326837.9026213.0726532.4125103.9225262.4526535.12
OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 0.8.53Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-201110225K10K15K20K25KMin: 26488.88 / Avg: 26837.9 / Max: 27157.64Min: 25971.95 / Avg: 26213.07 / Max: 26349.92Min: 26418.89 / Avg: 26532.41 / Max: 26708.55Min: 24877.78 / Avg: 25103.92 / Max: 25254.6Min: 25075.54 / Avg: 25262.45 / Max: 25429.9Min: 26282.08 / Avg: 26535.12 / Max: 26727.11

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022612182430SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 323.0323.0123.5323.8723.7625.69
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022612182430Min: 22.92 / Avg: 23.03 / Max: 23.17Min: 22.98 / Avg: 23.01 / Max: 23.05Min: 23.5 / Avg: 23.53 / Max: 23.58Min: 23.85 / Avg: 23.87 / Max: 23.88Min: 23.66 / Avg: 23.76 / Max: 23.85Min: 25.66 / Avg: 25.69 / Max: 25.71

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022816243240SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 331.2328.3427.5127.8129.7032.40
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.2.4GCC 4.3.6GCC 4.4.6GCC 4.5.3GCC 4.6.1GCC 4.7-20111022714212835Min: 31.18 / Avg: 31.23 / Max: 31.3Min: 28.3 / Avg: 28.34 / Max: 28.39Min: 27.44 / Avg: 27.51 / Max: 27.62Min: 27.75 / Avg: 27.81 / Max: 27.85Min: 29.56 / Avg: 29.7 / Max: 29.87Min: 32.31 / Avg: 32.4 / Max: 32.46