GCC 4.8 Intel Ivy Bridge Benchmarking

Benchmarking GCC 4.8 against earlier GCC compiler releases from an Intel Ultrabook ASUS with Intel Core i3 3217U processor. Benchmarking for a future article for Phoronix.com.

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GCC 4.8 Intel Ivy Bridge BenchmarkingOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteIntel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores)ASUS K56CA v1.0Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM4096MB500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100Intel 3rd Gen CoreRealtek ALC270Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 WirelessUbuntu 13.043.9.0-999-generic (x86_64)Xfce 4.10X Server 1.13.2intel 2.21.43.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4e8f5c5)GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8.0ext41366x768ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilersFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGCC 4.8 Intel Ivy Bridge Benchmarking PerformanceSystem Logs- --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-lto - Scaling Governor: ondemand

GCC 4.7.2 vs. GCC 4.8 ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+7.9%+7.9%+15.8%+15.8%+23.7%+23.7%+31.6%+31.6%24.4%16.1%13.8%13.1%11.4%8.7%5.9%5.6%5.2%5.1%4.6%3.9%3.4%3.1%3%2.8%AES-25631.6%Total TimeTime To CompileG.I.R.1.SC.S.TSolitaireP.P.SQuasigroupCAST-256GracefulTotal TimeH.2.H.T.N.DTime To CompileP.P.ATotal TimeRhodopsin ProteinKASUMITime To Compile2.6%Twofish2.6%vpxenc2.5%BotanC-RayTimed ImageMagick CompilationSmallpt7-Zip CompressionMinionHimeno BenchmarkMinionBotanMinionOpen FMM Nero2DFFmpegTimed Linux Kernel CompilationTimed MrBayes AnalysisPOV-RayLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics SimulatorBotanTimed PHP CompilationBotanVP8 libvpx EncodingGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8

GCC 4.8 Intel Ivy Bridge Benchmarkingclomp: Static OMP Speeduplammps: Rhodopsin Proteinffte: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routinehmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentmrbayes: Primate Phylogeny Analysisbotan: Tigerbotan: KASUMIbotan: AES-256botan: Twofishbotan: CAST-256botan: X9.19-MACvpxenc: vpxencgraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvercompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVminion: Gracefulminion: Solitaireminion: Quasigroupnero2d: Total Timepovray: Total TimeGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.83.2782.952686.8138.6020.3540.37190.8833.4589.2792.9641.0539.6010.58700.215033241.03361.3096.01144.6118134.20137.43178.02284.492496.1611053.2580.532714.8438.3920.4739.05191.2434.4067.8290.5943.3639.5510.325429648239761.075693207.65347.7698.55116.2715932.71130.66159.84268.682374.901072OpenBenchmarking.org

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.80.73581.47162.20742.94323.679SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 53.273.251. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8246810Min: 3.26 / Avg: 3.27 / Max: 3.28Min: 3.17 / Avg: 3.25 / Max: 3.281. (CC) gcc options: --openmp -O3 -lm

LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator

OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.820406080100SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 382.9580.531. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich
OpenBenchmarking.orgLoop Time, Fewer Is BetterLAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0Test: Rhodopsin ProteinGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.81632486480Min: 82.89 / Avg: 82.95 / Max: 83.02Min: 80.33 / Avg: 80.53 / Max: 80.661. (CXX) g++ options: -lfftw -lmpich

FFTE

FFTE is a package by Daisuke Takahashi to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms of 1-, 2- and 3- dimensional sequences of length (2^p)*(3^q)*(5^r). Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.86001200180024003000SE +/- 1.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 32686.812714.841. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterFFTE 5.0Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT RoutineGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.85001000150020002500Min: 2684.48 / Avg: 2686.81 / Max: 2690.63Min: 2714.71 / Avg: 2714.84 / Max: 2714.911. (F9X) gfortran options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -fopenmp -lmpichf90 -lmpich -lopa -lmpl -lrt -lcr -lpthread

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8918273645SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 338.6038.391. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8816243240Min: 38.47 / Avg: 38.6 / Max: 38.78Min: 38.18 / Avg: 38.39 / Max: 38.631. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8510152025SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.63, N = 620.3520.471. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8510152025Min: 20.04 / Avg: 20.35 / Max: 20.55Min: 18.49 / Avg: 20.47 / Max: 22.221. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Timed MrBayes Analysis

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8918273645SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 340.3739.05
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2Primate Phylogeny AnalysisGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8816243240Min: 39.15 / Avg: 40.37 / Max: 41.02Min: 38.97 / Avg: 39.05 / Max: 39.2

Botan

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: TigerGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.84080120160200190.88191.241. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: KASUMIGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.881624324033.4534.401. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: AES-256GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.82040608010089.2767.821. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: TwofishGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.82040608010092.9690.591. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: CAST-256GCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8102030405041.0543.361. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: X9.19-MACGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.891827364539.6039.551. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt

VP8 libvpx Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.83691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 310.5810.321. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterVP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0vpxencGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.83691215Min: 10.52 / Avg: 10.58 / Max: 10.66Min: 10.17 / Avg: 10.32 / Max: 10.471. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -lvpx -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: BlurGCC 4.81224364860SE +/- 0.00, N = 3541. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: SharpenGCC 4.8714212835SE +/- 0.00, N = 3291. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingGCC 4.81428425670SE +/- 0.00, N = 3641. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceGCC 4.820406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3821. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingGCC 4.8918273645SE +/- 0.00, N = 3391. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8160320480640800SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.82, N = 3700.21761.071. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8130260390520650Min: 698.26 / Avg: 700.21 / Max: 701.91Min: 759.57 / Avg: 761.07 / Max: 762.381. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.812002400360048006000SE +/- 20.53, N = 3SE +/- 44.43, N = 3503356931. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.20.1Compress Speed TestGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.810002000300040005000Min: 4993 / Avg: 5033 / Max: 5061Min: 5604 / Avg: 5692.67 / Max: 57421. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.850100150200250SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3241.03207.65
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.84080120160200Min: 240.5 / Avg: 241.03 / Max: 241.75Min: 206.91 / Avg: 207.65 / Max: 208.32

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.880160240320400SE +/- 5.58, N = 5SE +/- 2.19, N = 3361.30347.76
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.860120180240300Min: 345.4 / Avg: 361.3 / Max: 370.74Min: 345.2 / Avg: 347.76 / Max: 352.12

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.820406080100SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.37, N = 396.0198.55-lz1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pedantic -ldl -lm
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.820406080100Min: 93.22 / Avg: 96.01 / Max: 100.88Min: 97.86 / Avg: 98.55 / Max: 99.141. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pedantic -ldl -lm

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150SE +/- 2.78, N = 6SE +/- 0.10, N = 3144.61116.271. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150Min: 132.36 / Avg: 144.61 / Max: 148.96Min: 116.15 / Avg: 116.27 / Max: 116.481. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native

Smallpt

Smallpt is a C++ global illumination renderer written in less than 100 lines of code. Global illumination is done via unbiased Monte Carlo path tracing and there is multi-threading support via the OpenMP library. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.84080120160200SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 1.67, N = 31811591. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150Min: 179 / Avg: 181.33 / Max: 183Min: 157 / Avg: 158.67 / Max: 1621. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8816243240SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.42, N = 334.2032.711. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8714212835Min: 33.97 / Avg: 34.2 / Max: 34.59Min: 32.26 / Avg: 32.71 / Max: 33.561. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2

Minion

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: GracefulGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3137.43130.66-lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: GracefulGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150Min: 137.18 / Avg: 137.43 / Max: 137.83Min: 130.45 / Avg: 130.66 / Max: 130.931. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: SolitaireGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.84080120160200SE +/- 0.91, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3178.02159.84-lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: SolitaireGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8306090120150Min: 176.96 / Avg: 178.02 / Max: 179.82Min: 158.94 / Avg: 159.84 / Max: 160.391. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: QuasigroupGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.860120180240300SE +/- 2.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3284.49268.68-lz -lbz21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt
OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.15Benchmark: QuasigroupGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.850100150200250Min: 279.28 / Avg: 284.49 / Max: 287.43Min: 268.33 / Avg: 268.68 / Max: 269.271. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -rdynamic -lboost_iostreams-mt

Open FMM Nero2D

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpen FMM Nero2D 2.0.2Total TimeGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.850010001500200025002496.162374.901. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -lfftw3 -llapack -lblas -lm

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeGCC 4.7.2GCC 4.8200400600800100011051072-ljpeg -lz1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -O3 -msse -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -march=k8 -mtune=k8 -malign-double -march=native -lXpm -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lm