Intel Haswell GCC 4.8 core-avx2 Tuning

Testing Intel Core i7 4770K with different CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS to look at the core-avx2 Haswell GCC 4.8.1 compiler optimizations. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel of Phoronix for a future article.

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Intel Haswell GCC 4.8 core-avx2 TuningProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen Resolutionnoconacore2corei7corei7-avxcore-avx-icore-avx2Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel Haswell DRAM15360MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel Haswell IGPIntel Haswell HDMIVA2431Intel Connection I217-VUbuntu 13.043.10.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.0.0X Server 1.13.3intel 2.21.93.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-a2e3b1c)GCC 4.8.1 + LLVM 3.2ext41920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortranProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi- freq ondemand

Intel Haswell GCC 4.8 core-avx2 Tuninghmmer: Pfam Database Searchbotan: Tigerbotan: AES-256botan: CAST-256scimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationttsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVapache: Static Web Page Servingnoconacore2corei7corei7-avxcore-avx-icore-avx210.16438.78157.9795.48615.33245.071825.73122.02156.80115831571181517.0376.9897.8923.072612.9424888.1110.14438.87158.3595.80616.21250.931859.97121.58156.74117841601201564.2279.0397.6322.952613.1625606.1710.22427.31157.9695.54616.65249.111863.19123.14156.06116841601201560.1879.6497.7722.952612.9325490.1410.62442.47158.1995.77616.65251.861851.10117.71155.63122961661191404.9280.9198.1022.842612.8625580.4410.45440.37158.3195.79615.76247.351824.28116.54156.08122961671201630.1281.0697.8522.832613.0025549.8410.55424.56158.4395.76596.16226.571817.03119.78155.181381361821211282.3080.6697.2517.022413.0125644.10OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database Searchcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona3691215SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 310.4510.5510.1410.2210.6210.16-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

Botan

Test: Tiger

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: Tigercore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona100200300400500440.37424.56438.87427.31442.47438.781. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt -O2

Botan

Test: AES-256

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: AES-256core-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona4080120160200158.31158.43158.35157.96158.19157.971. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt -O2

Botan

Test: CAST-256

OpenBenchmarking.orgMbytes/s, More Is BetterBotan 1.10.3Test: CAST-256core-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona2040608010095.7995.7695.8095.5495.7795.481. (CXX) g++ options: -m64 -ldl -lpthread -lrt -O2

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlocore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona130260390520650SE +/- 0.44, N = 4SE +/- 20.17, N = 8SE +/- 0.51, N = 4SE +/- 0.44, N = 4SE +/- 0.44, N = 4SE +/- 0.72, N = 4615.76596.16616.21616.65616.65615.33

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transformcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona60120180240300SE +/- 2.13, N = 4SE +/- 2.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.67, N = 4SE +/- 0.86, N = 4SE +/- 1.22, N = 4SE +/- 2.50, N = 4247.35226.57250.93249.11251.86245.07

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona400800120016002000SE +/- 23.35, N = 4SE +/- 28.95, N = 4SE +/- 5.53, N = 4SE +/- 3.12, N = 4SE +/- 22.67, N = 4SE +/- 21.90, N = 41824.281817.031859.971863.191851.101825.73

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2zPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona306090120150SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 0.66, N = 3SE +/- 0.39, N = 3116.54119.78121.58123.14117.71122.02-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -mtune=native -flto -msse -mrecip -mfpmath=sse -msse2 -mssse3 -lSDL -lstdc++

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video Encodingcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona306090120150SE +/- 0.50, N = 5SE +/- 0.90, N = 5SE +/- 0.55, N = 5SE +/- 0.51, N = 5SE +/- 0.20, N = 5SE +/- 0.30, N = 5156.08155.18156.74156.06155.63156.80-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Blurcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona306090120150SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3122138117116122115-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Sharpencore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 39613684849683-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Resizingcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3167182160160166157-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.16Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholdingcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3120121120120119118-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solvercore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona400800120016002000SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 19.87, N = 6SE +/- 3.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 105.46, N = 6SE +/- 1.20, N = 31630.121282.301564.221560.181404.921517.03-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To Compilecore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona20406080100SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 381.0680.6679.0379.6480.9176.98

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To Compilecore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona20406080100SE +/- 0.76, N = 3SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.54, N = 3SE +/- 0.59, N = 397.8597.2597.6397.7798.1097.89

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timecore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona612182430SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 322.8317.0222.9522.9522.8423.07-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona612182430SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3262426262626-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona3691215SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 313.0013.0113.1612.9312.8612.94-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2 -O3 -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -fno-tree-vectorize -MMD -MF -MT

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page Servingcore-avx-icore-avx2core2corei7corei7-avxnocona5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 126.25, N = 3SE +/- 170.85, N = 3SE +/- 229.80, N = 3SE +/- 193.34, N = 3SE +/- 178.37, N = 3SE +/- 107.43, N = 325549.8425644.1025606.1725490.1425580.4424888.11-march=core-avx-i-march=core-avx2-march=core2-march=corei7-march=corei7-avx-march=nocona1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3


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