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.
GCC 4.2.4
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
GCC 4.3.6
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.3.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GCC 4.4.7
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GCC 4.5.4
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GCC 4.6.3
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GCC 4.7.1
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
GCC 4.8.0 20120701
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20120701, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
SciMark
Crafty
FLAC Audio Encoding
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.
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
FFTE
FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
7-Zip Compression
John The Ripper
VP8 libvpx Encoding
GraphicsMagick
Tachyon
x264
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.
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
POV-Ray
Smallpt
Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
OpenSSL
Fhourstones
GCC 4.2.4
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.2.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 22:39 by user pts.
GCC 4.3.6
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.3.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 20:49 by user pts.
GCC 4.4.7
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 19:05 by user pts.
GCC 4.5.4
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 17:11 by user pts.
GCC 4.6.3
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 15:26 by user pts.
GCC 4.7.1
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 13:34 by user pts.
GCC 4.8.0 20120701
Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M, Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-2-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 302.17, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20120701, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900
Compiler Notes: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: ondemand
System Notes: Compiz was running on this system.
Testing initiated at 5 July 2012 11:06 by user pts.