LLVM Clang 3.3 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Core-AVX2 Haswell

Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a Intel DH87RL motherboard looking at the GCC 4.7, GCC 4.8, LLVM Clang 3.2, and LLVM Clang 3.3 compiler performance with core-avx2 Haswell optimizations. Intel Core i7 Haswell core-avx2 compiler benchmarks for a future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel.

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LLVM Clang 3.3 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Core-AVX2 HaswellProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores)Intel DH87RLIntel 4th Gen Core DRAM15360MB240GB OCZ VERTEX3Intel Haswell DesktopIntel Haswell HDMIVA2431Intel Connection I217-VUbuntu 13.103.10.0-999-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.0.0X Server 1.13.3intel 2.21.93.0 Mesa 9.1.3GCC 4.7.3ext41920x1080GCC 4.8.1Clang 3.2 + LLVM 3.2svnClang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- GCC 4.7.3: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran- GCC 4.8.1: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran- LLVM Clang 3.2: Optimized build; Built Jun 20 2013 (14:54:23); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: x86-64 - LLVM Clang 3.3: Optimized build; Built Jun 20 2013 (12:21:18); Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu; Host CPU: x86-64 Processor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi- freq ondemand

LLVM Clang 3.3 vs. GCC 4.8 - Intel Core-AVX2 Haswellsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesprimesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generationbuild-imagemagick: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timescimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationblake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m0scimark2: Monte Carlomafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmenthimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverhmmer: Pfam Database Searchencode-mp3: WAV To MP3scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformtscp: AI Chess Performancetachyon: Total Timescimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationffmpeg: H.264 HD To NTSC DVapache: Static Web Page Servingx264: H.264 Video EncodingGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.32579.3693.6732.9221.451163.525.32450.215.271663.9710.411177.86251.676316261861.5512.8625743.99155.332579.2478.6133.3017.021164.635.30615.325.171593.0910.301123.80245.005994551773.3512.8125786.15156.3414031.9419.5927.461670.777.54615.045.961532.5111.9212.741234.19246.7962432310.441774.0312.7725888.95155.35142326.8534.3521.0327.031666.247.45619.776.191419.9010.9414.451263.29237.8662474910.981827.3413.1825295.82153.15OpenBenchmarking.org

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 325251401421. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -march=core-avx2 -O3

Primesieve

1e12 Prime Number Generation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPrimesieve 4.21e12 Prime Number GenerationGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.370140210280350SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 2.08, N = 379.3679.24326.85-fopenmp-fopenmp1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2

Timed ImageMagick Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10Time To CompileGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.320406080100SE +/- 0.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 393.6778.6131.9434.35

Timed PHP Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To CompileGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3816243240SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 332.9233.3019.5921.03-lpthread1. (CC) gcc options: -march=core-avx2 -O3 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 321.4517.0227.4627.031. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=core-avx2

SciMark

Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-RelaxationGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3400800120016002000SE +/- 1.28, N = 4SE +/- 1.11, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 1.85, N = 41163.521164.631670.771666.24

BLAKE2

Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m0

OpenBenchmarking.orgCycles Per Byte, Fewer Is BetterBLAKE2 20121223Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m0GCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 45.325.307.547.451. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz

SciMark

Computational Test: Monte Carlo

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte CarloGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3130260390520650SE +/- 0.55, N = 4SE +/- 0.00, N = 4SE +/- 5.67, N = 4SE +/- 0.89, N = 4450.21615.32615.04619.77

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.864Multiple Sequence AlignmentGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3246810SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 35.275.175.966.191. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

Poisson Pressure Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3400800120016002000SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 20.45, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 13.80, N = 31663.971593.091532.511419.901. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=core-avx2

Timed HMMer Search

Pfam Database Search

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.33691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.18, N = 410.4110.3011.9210.941. (CC) gcc options: -march=core-avx2 -O3 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3WAV To MP3LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.348121620SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 512.7414.451. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -march=core-avx2 -O3 -lm

SciMark

Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix MultiplyGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.330060090012001500SE +/- 0.85, N = 4SE +/- 5.13, N = 4SE +/- 30.06, N = 4SE +/- 5.09, N = 41177.861123.801234.191263.29

SciMark

Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier TransformGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.350100150200250SE +/- 0.68, N = 4SE +/- 0.34, N = 4SE +/- 1.60, N = 4SE +/- 0.98, N = 4251.67245.00246.79237.86

TSCP

AI Chess Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3140K280K420K560K700KSE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 520.60, N = 5SE +/- 141.40, N = 5SE +/- 480.04, N = 5631626599455624323624749

Tachyon

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTachyon 0.98.9Total TimeLLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.33691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 610.4410.981. (CC) gcc options: -m32 -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -ffast-math -ltachyon -lm -lpthread

SciMark

Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix FactorizationGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3400800120016002000SE +/- 1.88, N = 4SE +/- 1.48, N = 4SE +/- 36.01, N = 4SE +/- 22.59, N = 41861.551773.351774.031827.34

FFmpeg

H.264 HD To NTSC DV

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 1.1H.264 HD To NTSC DVGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.33691215SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 312.8612.8112.7713.18-fno-tree-vectorize -MF -MT-fno-tree-vectorize -MF -MT-Qunused-arguments-Qunused-arguments1. (CC) gcc options: -lavdevice -lavfilter -lavformat -lavcodec -lswresample -lswscale -lavutil -ldl -lasound -lSDL -lm -pthread -lbz2 -march=core-avx2 -O3 -std=c99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-math-errno -fno-signed-zeros -MMD

Apache Benchmark

Static Web Page Serving

OpenBenchmarking.orgRequests Per Second, More Is BetterApache Benchmark 2.4.3Static Web Page ServingGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.36K12K18K24K30KSE +/- 51.73, N = 3SE +/- 36.32, N = 3SE +/- 32.41, N = 3SE +/- 280.78, N = 325743.9925786.1525888.9525295.821. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -march=core-avx2 -O3

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2013-06-08H.264 Video EncodingGCC 4.7.3GCC 4.8.1LLVM Clang 3.2LLVM Clang 3.3306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 5SE +/- 0.40, N = 5SE +/- 0.60, N = 5SE +/- 0.58, N = 5155.33156.34155.35153.151. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -march=core-avx2 -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize


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