GCC AMD Bulldozer Compiler Tuning

AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer compiler tuning using GCC 4.7.1 with different march options for the test profiles to look at the latest AMD GCC performance. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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GCC AMD Bulldozer Compiler TuningProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolutionmarch=noconamarch=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=barcelonamarch=bdver1AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge4096MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB (399/399MHz)Realtek ALC889DELL P2210HIntel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.5.0-14-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.4.0X Server 1.13.0nouveau 1.0.23.0 Mesa 8.1-devel Gallium 0.4GCC 4.7ext41920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- march=nocona: Compiz was running on this system.- march=core2: Compiz was running on this system.- march=k8: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.- march=k8-sse3: Compiz was running on this system.- march=barcelona: Compiz was running on this system.- march=bdver1: Compiz and Firefox were running on this system.

GCC AMD Bulldozer Compiler Tuningc-ray: Total Timegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvernero2d: Total Timepgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesbuild-php: Time To Compilemarch=noconamarch=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=barcelonamarch=bdver136.84996512616068654.27549.432064.403331.2036.38969913915867670.75531.272039.713333.2252.84976312815167614.83643.591986.184433.0252.82956212615066678.97636.992018.344432.9836.091078613915661669.28534.422037.113233.0726.9911310014415766698.92561.851916.513034.41OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timemarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona1224364860SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 336.0926.9936.3852.8452.8236.84-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Blurmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona306090120150SE +/- 1.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 310711396979599-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Sharpenmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 38610099636265-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Resizingmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3139144139128126126-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color Spacemarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona4080120160200SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3156157158151150160-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholdingmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3616667676668-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solvermarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona150300450600750SE +/- 6.64, N = 3SE +/- 8.36, N = 3SE +/- 8.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 7.84, N = 3SE +/- 5.51, N = 3669.28698.92670.75614.83678.97654.27-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Open FMM Nero2D

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total Timemarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona140280420560700534.42561.85531.27643.59636.99549.43-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lquadmath -lm

PostgreSQL pgbench

TPC-B Transactions Per Second

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per Secondmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona400800120016002000SE +/- 1.46, N = 3SE +/- 33.50, N = 6SE +/- 33.91, N = 3SE +/- 40.09, N = 6SE +/- 8.45, N = 3SE +/- 18.47, N = 32037.111916.512039.711986.182018.342064.40-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesmarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona1020304050SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3323033444433-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compilemarch=barcelonamarch=bdver1march=core2march=k8march=k8-sse3march=nocona816243240SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 333.0734.4133.2233.0232.9831.20-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=core2-march=k8-march=k8-sse3-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm


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