LLVM Clang vs. GCC On ARM Cortex-A15

ARM Cortex-A15 compiler benchmarks of GCC 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8 compared to LLVM/Clang 3.0 on the Samsung Chromebook with Samsung Exynos 5 Dual. Benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1212019-RA-LLVMCLANG39&gru&rdt.

LLVM Clang vs. GCC On ARM Cortex-A15ProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3Exynos ARMv7 rev 4 @ 1.70GHz (2 Cores)SAMSUNG EXYNOS5 (Flattened Device Tree)2048MB16GB SEM16GUbuntu 12.043.4.0 (armv7l)Unity 2D 5.16.0X Server 1.11.3Clang 3.0-6ubuntu3ext41366x768GCC 4.7GCC 4.8.0 20121008GCC 4.6OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandCompiler Details- GCC 4.7.2: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-sjlj-exceptions --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-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - GCC 4.8.0 SVN: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-libitm --disable-nls --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=yes --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v - GCC 4.6.3: --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v

LLVM Clang vs. GCC On ARM Cortex-A15graphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghmmer: Pfam Database Searchmrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysisc-ray: Total Timeprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number GenerationLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.31911223913131.65226.50508.531507.903223404723114.98200.22313.32866.183223404723124.65197.95313.27886.193223405022124.30201.62435.43883.94OpenBenchmarking.org

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: BlurLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 319323232-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: SharpenLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 311232323-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 322404040-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.31122334455SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 339474750-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 313232322-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp-std=gnu99 -fopenmp -lgomp1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3306090120150SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3131.65114.98124.65124.301. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MrBayes Analysis

Primate Phylogeny Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.350100150200250SE +/- 1.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 1.49, N = 3226.50200.22197.95201.62

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.3110220330440550SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3SE +/- 3.69, N = 3SE +/- 2.09, N = 3508.53313.32313.27435.431. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.01e12 Prime Number GenerationLLVM Clang 3.0GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0 SVNGCC 4.6.330060090012001500SE +/- 2.23, N = 3SE +/- 16.56, N = 3SE +/- 22.70, N = 6SE +/- 18.65, N = 61507.90866.18886.19883.94-fopenmp-fopenmp-fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2


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