GCC 4.8 Intel Core i7 990X Benchmarking GCC 4.7.2 versus GCC 4.8.0 compiler benchmarking from an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown system running Ubuntu 13.04 Linux. Compiler GCC benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (500/333MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.26, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.26, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (500/333MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.26, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.26, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-3820 @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X79-UD3, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 1024MB (607/1603MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC898, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.40, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Rodinia 2.2 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 74.19 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 74.26 |==================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 82.42 |======================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 6.52 |========================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 6.54 |========================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 5.00 |=============================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 29.44 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 30.23 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 22.19 |============================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 49.36 |======================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 48.46 |======================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 36.52 |============================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 5028.52 |================================ Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 4993.21 |================================ i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 5982.46 |====================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 5.67 |========================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 5.72 |========================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 4.92 |=================================== BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 5.96 |======================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 6.16 |========================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 5.30 |=================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 360.43 |================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 376.26 |=================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 423.75 |======================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 39.35 |======================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 37.91 |====================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 68.23 |======================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 154.60 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 133.38 |=============================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 169.58 |======================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 175.13 |================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 172.71 |================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 199.88 |======================================= Botan 1.10.3 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 85.71 |===================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 87.37 |====================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 91.69 |======================================== Botan 1.10.3 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 77.12 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 76.19 |==================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 85.73 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 7272 |========================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 5785 |================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 12345000 |==================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 22467333 |===================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 33996 |================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 39980 |======================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 106.33 |============================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 107.30 |=============================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 136.31 |======================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 1527.02 |================================ Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 1337.12 |============================ i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 1806.12 |====================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 58.05 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 59.67 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 46.28 |=============================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 22.78 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 23.11 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 22.99 |======================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 23.78 |======================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 18.83 |=================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 40.52 |======================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 66.67 |==================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 66.79 |==================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 73.96 |======================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 32 |================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 32 |================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 81 |=========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 6.99 |========================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 6.94 |========================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 5.35 |=============================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 17.23 |======================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 17.00 |======================================= i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 12.63 |============================= FFmpeg 1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 19.06 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 19.35 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 13.94 |============================= Mencoder 1.1 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 25.33 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 25.69 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 19.52 |============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 71.58 |======================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 72.40 |======================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 56.46 |=============================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 107.44 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 103.05 |===================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 73.76 |=========================== Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 157.81 |======================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 153.93 |====================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 122.36 |============================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 28.82 |================================= Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 29.66 |================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 34.64 |======================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 1217.14 |====================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 1225.51 |====================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 403.39 |============= Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 11.34 |===================================== Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 11.77 |====================================== i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 12.39 |======================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2 . 26033.21 |============================ Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0 . 26122.05 |============================ i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6 .......... 34983.28 |=====================================