ARMv7 Cortex A9 GCC 4.7 LTO Link-Time Optimizations

GCC 4.7 benchmarks of GCC 4.7.2 LTO. Testing the compiler link-time optimization performance with the -flto CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS. Benchmarking from a NVIDIA tegra 3 Cardhu quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 tablet. Benchmarking for future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1303016-PTS-GCC48ARM14&rdt&grr.

ARMv7 Cortex A9 GCC 4.7 LTO Link-Time OptimizationsProcessorMotherboardMemoryDiskGraphicsNetworkOSKernelCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionStockGCC LTOARMv7 rev 9 @ 1.40GHz (4 Cores)cardhu1024MB16GB SEM16G + 32GB SD32GNVIDIA TEGRARealtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 13.043.1.10-gfc993d9 (armv7l)GCC 4.7ext31366x1536OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-libitm --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --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-cloog --with-float=hard --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemand

ARMv7 Cortex A9 GCC 4.7 LTO Link-Time Optimizationsnero2d: Total Timeffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-flac: WAV To FLACbuild-php: Time To Compilebuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Blurvpxenc: vpxencStockGCC LTO4374.94354.3693.2640.58492.431123.0717332515170.404223.39354.4989.2940.651210.481627.5117372516190.40OpenBenchmarking.org

Open FMM Nero2D

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total TimeStockGCC LTO90018002700360045004374.944223.39-flto1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lm

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVStockGCC LTO80160240320400SE +/- 1.60, N = 3SE +/- 1.74, N = 3354.36354.491. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lm -pthread

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3StockGCC LTO20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 593.2689.29

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACStockGCC LTO918273645SE +/- 0.50, N = 5SE +/- 0.62, N = 540.5840.65-flto1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -logg -lm

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileStockGCC LTO30060090012001500SE +/- 8.22, N = 4SE +/- 19.22, N = 3492.431210.48-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileStockGCC LTO30060090012001500SE +/- 20.61, N = 3SE +/- 5.86, N = 31123.071627.51

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingStockGCC LTO48121620SE +/- 0.29, N = 4SE +/- 0.29, N = 41717-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceStockGCC LTO918273645SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 33337-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingStockGCC LTO612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 32525-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: SharpenStockGCC LTO48121620SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 41516-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: BlurStockGCC LTO510152025SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31719-flto1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O2 -pthread -lz -lm -lgomp -lpthread

VP8 libvpx Encoding

vpxenc

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencStockGCC LTO0.090.180.270.360.45SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 30.400.401. (CC) gcc options: -lvpx -lm -lpthread


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