GCC 4.x Benchmarking Intel Core i7 Benchmarking of GCC 4.2 through GCC 4.8 when building the compiler the same and setting CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS of -O3 and -march=native prior to test installation and execution. Benchmarking for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel.
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GCC 4.x Benchmarking Intel Core i7 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 4096MB 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M Conexant CX20585 Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 12.10 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64) Unity 5.12.0 X Server 1.11.3 NVIDIA 302.17 3.3.0 GCC 4.8.0 20120701 ext4 1600x900 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran Processor Details - Scaling Governor: ondemand System Details - Compiz was running on this system.
GCC 4.x Benchmarking Intel Core i7 ttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing scimark2: Monte Carlo c-ray: Total Time ffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine povray: Total Time npb: LU.A encode-flac: WAV To FLAC scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform tachyon: Total Time crafty: Elapsed Time vpxenc: vpxenc encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 fhourstones: Complex Connect-4 Solving lammps: Rhodopsin Protein x264: H.264 Video Encoding scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply npb: UA.A john-the-ripper: Blowfish compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 59.30 41 41 88 265.49 77.13 3757.28 949 5522.13 9.33 155.32 37.16 108.42 9.87 22.41 8465.13 71.61 58.46 1156.25 21.08 2213 8840 42.13 69 1227.47 788.66 51.30 41 41 90 264.50 77.71 3756.73 947 5536.77 9.56 162.09 37.28 108.56 9.90 23.45 8621.07 71.82 57.90 1153.01 21.02 2211 8857 41.88 69 1217.67 784.62 46.57 40 41 89 344.15 106.69 3236.52 975 5312.37 10.07 151.85 36.09 110.53 10.02 23.83 8588.90 73.58 58.34 1144.14 20.44 2216 8756 41.93 69 1220.46 788.66 44.78 37 38 76 348.62 105.73 2648.87 979 4966.54 10.58 162.05 36.44 108.61 9.50 22.98 8887.43 71.60 57.15 1135.42 20.64 2180 8890 41.83 69 1223.26 786.14 53.31 37 39 78 205.71 116.43 2954.08 984 4268.49 10.62 157.15 38.41 109.12 9.38 23.04 8927.97 71.59 56.85 1140.18 20.74 2150 8823 41.88 70 1219.07 789.67 16.16 13 14 42 194.68 118.43 1315 11.15 163.31 38.99 116.15 9.83 23.38 8908.70 74.68 56.49 1128.38 8753 41.75 1217.67 786.63 13 15 40 371.94 138.48 1106 11.43 167.62 37.95 109.85 9.60 23.34 8823.30 72.32 56.91 1118.38 8968 41.45 1219.06 788.14 OpenBenchmarking.org
TTSIOD 3D Renderer Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping OpenBenchmarking.org FPS, More Is Better TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 2.37, N = 6 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 59.30 51.30 46.57 44.78 53.31 16.16 -flto -flto -flto 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 41 41 40 37 37 13 13 -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -pthread -ltiff -lfreetype -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 41 41 41 38 39 14 15 -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -pthread -ltiff -lfreetype -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 88 90 89 76 78 42 40 -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt -fopenmp -lrt 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -pthread -ltiff -lfreetype -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 80 160 240 320 400 SE +/- 1.71, N = 4 SE +/- 1.60, N = 4 SE +/- 0.64, N = 4 SE +/- 0.46, N = 4 SE +/- 0.78, N = 4 SE +/- 3.20, N = 4 SE +/- 4.81, N = 7 265.49 264.50 344.15 348.62 205.71 194.68 371.94
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 77.13 77.71 106.69 105.73 116.43 118.43 138.48 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native
FFTE Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 800 1600 2400 3200 4000 SE +/- 7.24, N = 3 SE +/- 5.14, N = 3 SE +/- 17.30, N = 3 SE +/- 7.58, N = 3 SE +/- 11.26, N = 3 3757.28 3756.73 3236.52 2648.87 2954.08 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread
POV-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 300 600 900 1200 1500 949 947 975 979 984 1315 1106 -malign-double -malign-double -malign-double -malign-double -malign-double -malign-double 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -march=native -lz -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lm
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: LU.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 SE +/- 8.86, N = 3 SE +/- 16.61, N = 3 SE +/- 12.16, N = 3 SE +/- 4.18, N = 3 SE +/- 3.88, N = 3 5522.13 5536.77 5312.37 4966.54 4268.49 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 9.33 9.56 10.07 10.58 10.62 11.15 11.43 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -logg -lm
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 1.13, N = 4 SE +/- 3.26, N = 4 SE +/- 0.71, N = 4 SE +/- 0.25, N = 4 SE +/- 0.36, N = 4 SE +/- 0.92, N = 4 SE +/- 0.49, N = 4 155.32 162.09 151.85 162.05 157.15 163.31 167.62
Tachyon Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 37.16 37.28 36.09 36.44 38.41 38.99 37.95 1. (CC) gcc options: -m32 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ltachyon -lm -lpthread
Crafty Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.24, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 108.42 108.56 110.53 108.61 109.12 116.15 109.85 1. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm
VP8 libvpx Encoding vpxenc OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.13, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 9.87 9.90 10.02 9.50 9.38 9.83 9.60 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.03, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 22.41 23.45 23.83 22.98 23.04 23.38 23.34
Fhourstones Complex Connect-4 Solving OpenBenchmarking.org Kpos / sec, More Is Better Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 7.60, N = 3 SE +/- 27.38, N = 3 SE +/- 10.81, N = 3 SE +/- 15.34, N = 3 SE +/- 15.62, N = 3 SE +/- 9.79, N = 3 SE +/- 6.59, N = 3 8465.13 8621.07 8588.90 8887.43 8927.97 8908.70 8823.30 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator Test: Rhodopsin Protein OpenBenchmarking.org Loop Time, Fewer Is Better LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.18, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.22, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 71.61 71.82 73.58 71.60 71.59 74.68 72.32 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.20, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 58.46 57.90 58.34 57.15 56.85 56.49 56.91
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 0.81, N = 4 SE +/- 3.06, N = 4 SE +/- 1.30, N = 4 SE +/- 0.79, N = 4 SE +/- 2.99, N = 4 SE +/- 1.27, N = 4 SE +/- 2.29, N = 4 1156.25 1153.01 1144.14 1135.42 1140.18 1128.38 1118.38
NAS Parallel Benchmarks Test / Class: UA.A OpenBenchmarking.org Total Mop/s, More Is Better NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 5 10 15 20 25 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 21.08 21.02 20.44 20.64 20.74 1. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp
John The Ripper Test: Blowfish OpenBenchmarking.org Real C/S, More Is Better John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 1.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 2.60, N = 3 2213 2211 2216 2180 2150 1. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 53.62, N = 3 SE +/- 37.22, N = 3 SE +/- 39.27, N = 3 SE +/- 65.68, N = 3 SE +/- 39.28, N = 3 SE +/- 92.47, N = 3 SE +/- 4.00, N = 3 8840 8857 8756 8890 8823 8753 8968 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.09, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 4 SE +/- 0.05, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 SE +/- 0.11, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 SE +/- 0.03, N = 4 42.13 41.88 41.93 41.83 41.88 41.75 41.45 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 69 69 69 69 70 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.41, N = 4 SE +/- 2.27, N = 4 SE +/- 2.78, N = 4 SE +/- 2.29, N = 4 SE +/- 2.66, N = 4 SE +/- 2.27, N = 4 SE +/- 1.39, N = 4 1227.47 1217.67 1220.46 1223.26 1219.07 1217.67 1219.06
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation GCC 4.8.0 20120701 GCC 4.7.1 GCC 4.6.3 GCC 4.5.4 GCC 4.4.7 GCC 4.3.6 GCC 4.2.4 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 1.93, N = 4 SE +/- 1.50, N = 4 SE +/- 1.52, N = 4 SE +/- 2.17, N = 4 SE +/- 1.28, N = 4 SE +/- 1.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.83, N = 4 788.66 784.62 788.66 786.14 789.67 786.63 788.14
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