AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core Bulldozer benchmarking with different major versions of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC compiler) built from source with same compiler settings. AMD FX-8150 compiler testing from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 host. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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GCC 4.7 AMD Bulldozer
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core Bulldozer benchmarking with different major versions of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC compiler) built from source with same compiler settings. AMD FX-8150 compiler testing from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86_64 host. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com.
GCC 4.4.7:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GCC 4.5.3:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GCC 4.6.3:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
GCC 4.7.0:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Apache Benchmark 2.2.21
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 15576.86 |=========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 14995.42 |=======================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 14959.53 |=======================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 15102.09 |=======================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 49.65 |============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 44.39 |======================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 36.02 |============================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 26.92 |=================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 7.87 |=============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 7.85 |=============================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 7.53 |==========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 7.08 |=======================================================
GMPbench 0.2
Total Time
GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 2661.90 |==========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 2657.60 |==========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 2663.60 |==========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 2645.40 |==========================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 101 |======================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 100 |=====================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 115 |=============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 117 |==============================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 143 |========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 141 |=======================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 158 |==============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 158 |==============================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 59 |=======================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 59 |=======================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 66 |==============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 67 |===============================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 127 |======================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 126 |=====================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 147 |==============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 147 |==============================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 82 |==================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 82 |==================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 98 |============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 102 |==============================================================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 543.56 |=================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 571.30 |====================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 605.55 |=======================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 649.54 |===========================================================
LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 154.83 |===========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 155.78 |===========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 153.75 |==========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 153.00 |==========================================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Bibd
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 170.43 |===========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 170.02 |===========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 165.62 |=========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 166.49 |==========================================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 87.30 |==========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 84.83 |========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 86.80 |==========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 90.19 |============================================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 199.69 |===========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 194.96 |==========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 198.08 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 195.20 |==========================================================
Minion 0.12
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 164.14 |===========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 160.58 |==========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 158.21 |=========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 156.44 |========================================================
Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 544.48 |=====================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 543.87 |=====================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 561.61 |=======================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 602.74 |===========================================================
OpenSSL 1.0.0e
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 71.03 |============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 68.68 |==========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 68.38 |==========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 70.03 |===========================================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 32 |=============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 33 |===============================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 31 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 30 |=========================================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 16.66 |============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 16.65 |===========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 16.60 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 16.79 |============================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 98.51 |============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 90.60 |=======================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 92.23 |========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 97.25 |===========================================================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 7.52 |=============================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 7.04 |=========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 7.23 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 7.11 |==========================================================
TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 94.31 |=============================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 121.84 |==========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 124.07 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 117.73 |========================================================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 18.92 |==========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 19.14 |===========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 19.63 |============================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 19.54 |============================================================
x264 2011-12-06
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.4.7 . 127.63 |=========================================================
GCC 4.5.3 . 128.75 |=========================================================
GCC 4.6.3 . 131.94 |===========================================================
GCC 4.7.0 . 132.76 |===========================================================