LLVM Clang 3.2 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Ivy Bridge

Intel Core i7-3517UE Ivy Bridge quick comparison of LLVM 3.2 SVN and GCC 4.8 SVN as of 17 August 2012 for a quick future article on phoronix.com by Michael Larabel looking at the GCC vs. LLVM/Clang compiler performance on this latest Intel hardware.

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LLVM Clang 3.2 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Ivy Bridge - Phoronix Test Suite

LLVM Clang 3.2 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Ivy Bridge

Intel Core i7-3517UE Ivy Bridge quick comparison of LLVM 3.2 SVN and GCC 4.8 SVN as of 17 August 2012 for a quick future article on phoronix.com by Michael Larabel looking at the GCC vs. LLVM/Clang compiler performance on this latest Intel hardware.

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LLVM Clang 3.2 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Ivy BridgeProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17GCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17Intel Core i7-3517UE @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores)CompuLab Intense-PCIntel 3rd Gen Core DRAM8192MB500GB Hitachi HCC54755Intel 3rd Gen CoreRealtek ALC888VA2431Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/nUbuntu 12.103.6.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 2D 6.2.0X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2)intel 2.20.32.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-6a3ac03)Clang 3.2 (SVN 162102) + LLVM 3.2svnext41920x1080GCC 4.8.0 20120817OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17: (Ubuntu 3.0-9)Optimized build; Built Apr 27 2012 (15:29:31); Host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu; Host CPU: i686 - GCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17: --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-ltoProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- GCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17: Firefox was running on this system.

LLVM Clang 3.2 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Ivy Bridgesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesjohn-the-ripper: Blowfishhmmer: Pfam Database Searchmrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysismafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentencode-mp3: WAV To MP3minion: Solitairevpxenc: vpxencminion: Bibdcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testcrafty: Elapsed Timeminion: Gracefulhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverminion: Quasigroupnginx: Static Web Page Servingopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceapache: Static Web Page Servingffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinec-ray: Total Timeffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDLLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17GCC 4.8.0 2012-08-1720572132.5732.4015.5820.64154.6713.94160.66826199.8591.001170.53209.9423429.5670.9016978.744174.4892.0113.5570210226.3126.4813.6018.86143.2614.79153.657958103.3894.201210.23204.2322927.2971.7016801.784144.4191.87OpenBenchmarking.org

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-174080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3702051. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.9Test: BlowfishGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-175001000150020002500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 321027211. (CC) gcc options: -fopenmp -lcrypt

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 326.3132.571. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MrBayes Analysis

Primate Phylogeny Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17816243240SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 326.4832.40

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1748121620SE +/- 0.24, N = 6SE +/- 0.29, N = 613.6015.581. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3GCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17510152025SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 518.8620.64

Minion

Benchmark: Solitaire

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: SolitaireGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-17306090120150SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3143.26154.67-mdynamic-no-pic -lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1vpxencGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1748121620SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 314.7913.941. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

Minion

Benchmark: Bibd

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: BibdGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-174080120160200SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3153.65160.66-mdynamic-no-pic -lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-172K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 29.33, N = 3SE +/- 37.65, N = 3795882611. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Crafty

Elapsed Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterCrafty 23.4Elapsed TimeGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1720406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3103.3899.851. (CC) gcc options: -lstdc++ -lm

Minion

Benchmark: Graceful

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: GracefulGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1720406080100SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.16, N = 394.2091.00-mdynamic-no-pic -lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1730060090012001500SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 3.44, N = 31210.231170.531. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

Minion

Benchmark: Quasigroup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.12Benchmark: QuasigroupGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1750100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3204.23209.94-mdynamic-no-pic -lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

NGINX Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterNGINX Benchmark 1.0.11Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-175K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 214.40, N = 3SE +/- 429.23, N = 322927.2923429.561. (CC) gcc options: -lpthread -lcrypt -lcrypto -lz

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0eRSA 4096-bit PerformanceGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-171632486480SE +/- 0.07, N = 4SE +/- 0.50, N = 471.7070.901. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.2.21Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-174K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 111.57, N = 3SE +/- 77.92, N = 316801.7816978.741. (CC) gcc options: -pthread -O3 -march=native -lm -lexpat -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl

FFTE

Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-179001800270036004500SE +/- 25.56, N = 3SE +/- 5.07, N = 34144.414174.481. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -pthread -lmpi_f90 -lmpi_f77 -lmpi -lopen-rte -lopen-pal -ldl -lnsl -lutil -lm

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.8.0 2012-08-17LLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-1720406080100SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 391.8792.011. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.10AVI To NTSC VCDLLVM 3.2 SVN 2012-08-173691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 313.551. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2


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