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.
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GCC 4.8 Intel Core i7 990X Benchmarking,
"Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 - Static Web Page Serving",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",26243.82,26032.12,25823.69
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",26341.02,25930.41,26094.72
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",35551.07,34622.85,34775.93
"Tachyon 0.98.9 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",11.3346,11.3356,11.36
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",12.8281,11.5555,11.5803,11.5818,11.5413,11.5469
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",12.344,12.2885,12.5505
"Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",1217.1355409622
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",1225.5135350227
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",403.38689899445
"N-Queens 1.0 - Elapsed Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",28.798,28.823,28.85
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",29.74,29.834,29.414
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",34.625,34.657,34.63
"Minion 0.15 - Benchmark: Quasigroup",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",158.166199,157.778351,157.499631
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",154.544007,153.085898,154.163368
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",122.154153,122.212853,122.709322
"Minion 0.15 - Benchmark: Solitaire",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",108.129086,105.919971,108.284855
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",103.813297,101.404787,103.922535
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",73.836409,73.82422,73.621689
"Minion 0.15 - Benchmark: Graceful",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",71.910623,70.830056,71.99146
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",72.919595,71.663081,72.604147
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",56.281029,56.485837,56.617902
"Mencoder 1.1 - AVI To LAVC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",25.27577495575,25.408811092377,25.317014932632
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",25.912114143372,25.58257484436,25.562528848648
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",19.617193937302,19.593499898911,19.362259149551
"FFmpeg 1.1 - H.264 HD To NTSC DV",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",19.01900601387,18.976450920105,19.191982030869
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",19.684149980545,19.294364929199,19.058099031448
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",14.118935108185,13.709689855576,13.979787826538
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",17.251220941544,17.229873180389,17.200679063797,17.23717713356,17.255966901779
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",17.02786397934,17.010960102081,16.985553026199,17.005726099014,16.976018190384
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",12.529451847076,12.592649936676,12.547775030136,12.588832855225,12.914134979248
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",6.9776928424835,6.9830260276794,7.0038688182831,6.9837369918823,7.004949092865
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",6.9563088417053,6.8935329914093,6.9450809955597,6.9445989131927,6.9467940330505
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",5.3336200714111,5.3129489421844,5.3747401237488,5.3019549846649,5.4243931770325
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",32,31,32
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",32,32,32
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",81,81,81
"Primesieve 4.2 - 1e12 Prime Number Generation",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",66.6905,66.667,66.6584
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",66.7925,66.8184,66.7512
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",73.8483,73.8553,74.1896
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",23.772,23.78,23.791
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",18.826,18.837,18.833
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",40.375,40.626,40.563
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",22.869765996933,22.691018104553,22.780513048172
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",23.058971881866,23.050352811813,23.212446928024
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",23.093191146851,23.052905082703,22.814188957214
"Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",58.153476953506,57.922003030777,58.066644906998
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",59.437102079391,59.761547088623,59.811279058456
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",46.274302005768,46.287075042725,46.280920028687
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",1521.942737,1529.494198,1529.629632
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",1337.696143,1345.756799,1327.897586
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",1805.112582,1813.526788,1799.719191
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",106.539,106.06,106.385
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",107.216,107.342,107.34
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",139.891,134.38,134.666
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",34056,33948,33984
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",39960,39972,40008
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",12386000,12263000,12386000
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",22446000,22347000,22609000
"John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",7271,7272,7272
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",5750,5798,5808
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: X9.19-MAC",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: CAST-256",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: Twofish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: AES-256",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: KASUMI",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"Botan 1.10.3 - Test: Tiger",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",
"BLAKE2 20121223 - Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",5.92,5.94,6.01
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",6.16,6.16,6.16
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",6.85,4.99,4.98,4.98,4.99,4.99
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",5.653135061264,5.2835009098053,5.635950088501,5.9209320545197,5.6641681194305,5.8408799171448
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",5.9182469844818,5.6030180454254,5.6375360488892
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",5.4452528953552,4.7502591609955,4.7380120754242,4.6717269420624,5.1059560775757,4.8038201332092
"FFTE 5.0 - Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",5015.6584529461,5053.5179414191,5016.3947884327
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",4991.167169759,4989.5832940732,4998.8919562209
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",6018.4298364319,6001.745056366,5927.1927869542
"LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 - Test: Rhodopsin Protein",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",49.4609,49.6133,49.0078
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",48.2188,48.4414,48.7148
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",36.5391,36.3984,36.625
"Dolfyn 0.527 - Computational Fluid Dynamics",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",29.565572977066,29.342851877213,29.411927938461
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",30.387892961502,30.138602018356,30.16783285141
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",22.07150387764,22.134356975555,22.374019145966
"CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup",
Higher Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",6.64,6.51,6.46,6.62,6.39
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",6.54,6.56,6.41,6.45,6.75
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",5.06,4.76,5.16,4.95,5.05
"Rodinia 2.2 - Test: OpenMP CFD Solver",
Lower Results Are Better
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.7.2",73.744335889816,74.700448036194,74.130000114441
"Intel Core i7 990X: GCC 4.8.0",74.457587003708,74.154230117798,74.173532962799
"i7 3820 @4.3 GCC 4.6",83.425813913345,82.035597085953,81.8082010746