LLVM Clang 3.3, Clang 3.2, GCC 4.8 Compilers

Benchmarking LLVM Clang 3.2, LLVM Clang 3.3 RC1, and GCC 4.8.0 on various Linux systems. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.

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May 12 2013
 
Intel Core i7 3960X: Clang 3.2
May 12 2013
 
Intel Core i7 3960X: Clang 3.3-rc1
May 12 2013
 
AMD FX-8350: GCC 4.8.0
May 14 2013
 
AMD FX-8350: Clang 3.2
May 14 2013
 
AMD FX-8350: Clang 3.3-rc1
May 14 2013
 
Intel Core i3 3217U: GCC 4.8.0
May 17 2013
 
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May 17 2013
 
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionIntel Core i7 3960XAMD FX-8350Intel Core i3 3217U GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc1 GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc1 GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc1Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores)Intel DX79SIIntel Xeon E5/Core8192MB64GB OCZ VERTEXAMD Radeon HD 4650 512MBRealtek ALC892DELL S2409WIntel 82579LM Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 13.043.8.0-19-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.0.0X Server 1.13.3radeon 7.1.03.0 Mesa 9.1.1 Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.0ext41920x1080Clang 3.2 + LLVM 3.2svnClang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3svnAMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge60GB OCZ VERTEX2AMD Radeon HD 4870 512MBRealtek ALC889VA2431Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection3.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-a67b18e) Gallium 0.4GCC 4.8.0Clang 3.2 + LLVM 3.2svnClang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3svnIntel 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 RTL8111/8168 + Atheros AR9485 WirelessUbuntu 13.103.10.0-999-generic (x86_64)intel 2.21.63.0 Mesa 9.2.0 (git-4f518e1)GCC 4.8.01366x768Clang 3.2 + LLVM 3.2svnClang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3svnOpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- Intel Core i7 3960X: GCC 4.8.0: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++- Intel Core i7 3960X: Clang 3.2: Optimized build; Built May 12 2013 (18:35:01); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: corei7-avx- Intel Core i7 3960X: Clang 3.3-rc1: Optimized build; Built May 12 2013 (23:22:45); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: corei7-avx- AMD FX-8350: GCC 4.8.0: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++- AMD FX-8350: Clang 3.2: Optimized build; Built May 14 2013 (10:55:50); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: bdver1- AMD FX-8350: Clang 3.3-rc1: Optimized build; Built May 14 2013 (11:07:41); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: bdver1- Intel Core i3 3217U: GCC 4.8.0: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++- Intel Core i3 3217U: Clang 3.2: Optimized build; Built May 16 2013 (23:24:18); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: core-avx-i- Intel Core i3 3217U: Clang 3.3-rc1: Optimized build; Built May 17 2013 (00:03:18); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: core-avx-iProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemand

hmmer: Pfam Database Searchmafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentblake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.6.0m1graphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondapache: Static Web Page ServingIntel Core i7 3960XAMD FX-8350Intel Core i3 3217U GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc1 GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc1 GCC 4.8.0 Clang 3.2 Clang 3.3-rc115.917.195.001431171751921331629.4249.9922.5918.411918.0914318.9715.427.425.52823189124441562.3121.1815.5821.0516518.35354.3214267.9415.947.545.50813189123491597.6222.6316.8020.8116318.43351.5114662.3311.526.428.9911611214815999731.99102.9231.1719.263320.3519810.7312.577.099.6364237310538650.0226.9419.3732.8724820.422438.6420186.4011.026.869.8064227310437667.6828.6520.8232.8024820.302412.8619950.5538.3920.346.035429638139779.65208.4298.29116.2911734.3411374.9648.1723.886.484015426921781.1297.0757.64133.7234134.45521.6612063.1240.1121.676.484015426823758.34104.3659.27132.37344542.7012423.85OpenBenchmarking.org

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.

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.21122334455SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 6SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 315.9115.9415.4238.3940.1148.1711.5211.0212.571. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2612182430SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 6SE +/- 0.18, N = 6SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 67.197.547.4220.3421.6723.886.426.867.091. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

BLAKE2

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.6.0m1GCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.23691215SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 4SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 35.005.505.526.036.486.488.999.809.631. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz

GraphicsMagick

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: BlurGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3143818254404011664641. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: SharpenGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3117313129151511222231. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: ResizingGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.24080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3175898963424214873731. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: HWB Color SpaceGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.24080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31921231248168691591041051. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lz -lm -lpthread

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 313349443923219937381. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -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.

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2400800120016002000SE +/- 1.14, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.79, N = 31629.421597.621562.31779.65758.34781.12731.99667.68650.021. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.250100150200250SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 349.9922.6321.18208.42104.3697.07102.9228.6526.94

Timed PHP Compilation

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.220406080100SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 322.5916.8015.5898.2959.2757.6431.1720.8219.371. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pedantic -ldl -lz -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.

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2306090120150SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 318.4120.8121.05116.29132.37133.7219.2632.8032.871. (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.

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.270140210280350SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 319163165117344341332482481. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native

FFmpeg

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.2816243240SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 318.0918.4318.3534.3434.4520.3520.3020.421. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -O3 -march=native -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -MMD

PostgreSQL pgbench

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11TPC-B Transactions Per SecondClang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.25001000150020002500SE +/- 4.34, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 7.11, N = 3SE +/- 8.57, N = 4SE +/- 61.65, N = 6SE +/- 36.10, N = 4351.51354.32542.70521.662412.862438.641. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -lpgport -lpq -lcrypt -ldl -lm

Apache Benchmark

Intel Core i7 3960XIntel Core i3 3217UAMD FX-8350OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.8.0Clang 3.3-rc1Clang 3.24K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 176.48, N = 3SE +/- 19.13, N = 3SE +/- 119.56, N = 3SE +/- 97.71, N = 3SE +/- 81.41, N = 3SE +/- 180.33, N = 3SE +/- 54.62, N = 3SE +/- 112.88, N = 3SE +/- 302.76, N = 314318.9714662.3314267.9411374.9612423.8512063.1219810.7319950.5520186.401. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native