GCC 4.9 Intel Core i7 Haswell Core-AVX2 Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell testing of GCC 4.8.1 and an early GCC 4.9.0 compiler snapshot. Testing with CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS for the Intel Core i7 Haswell CPU of -O3 and -march=core-avx2. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on phoronix.com
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GCC 4.9 Intel Core i7 Haswell Core-AVX2 Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores) Intel DH87RL Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM 15360MB 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 Intel Haswell Desktop Intel Haswell HDMI VA2431 Intel Connection I217-V Ubuntu 13.10 3.10.0-999-generic (x86_64) KDE 4.10.4 X Server 1.13.3 intel 2.21.9 3.0 Mesa 9.2.0-devel (git-bbd2d57) GCC 4.8.1 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3 ext4 1920x1080 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran Processor Details - Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
GCC 4.9 Intel Core i7 Haswell Core-AVX2 himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver blake2: Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1 build-imagemagick: Time To Compile scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply graphics-magick: Resizing scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform encode-flac: WAV To FLAC graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding apache: Static Web Page Serving scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization build-linux-kernel: Time To Compile graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Sharpen hmmer: Pfam Database Search scimark2: Composite x264: H.264 Video Encoding c-ray: Total Time scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation n-queens: Elapsed Time primesieve: 1e12 Prime Number Generation scimark2: Monte Carlo smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples graphics-magick: Blur mafft: Multiple Sequence Alignment GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 1048.77 5.71 79.18 1204.00 175 242.66 5.37 118 25415.42 1825.43 96.38 206 134 10.47 1009.99 156.26 17.06 1169.09 36.69 79.17 608.79 25 137 5.47 1588.37 5.29 74.59 1148.95 181 248.01 5.26 120 25832.90 1851.86 97.73 208 135 10.40 1005.56 155.67 17.03 1170.18 36.72 79.20 608.78 25 137 5.52 OpenBenchmarking.org
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 2.58, N = 3 SE +/- 5.10, N = 3 1588.37 1048.77 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
BLAKE2 Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1 OpenBenchmarking.org Cycles Per Byte, Fewer Is Better BLAKE2 20121223 Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.0m1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 1.2848 2.5696 3.8544 5.1392 6.424 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 5.29 5.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -march=native -lcrypto -lz
Timed ImageMagick Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 0.28, N = 3 74.59 79.18
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 8.39, N = 4 SE +/- 1.61, N = 4 1204.00 1148.95 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 40 80 120 160 200 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.73, N = 3 181 175 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.51, N = 4 SE +/- 2.71, N = 4 248.01 242.66 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 1.2083 2.4166 3.6249 4.8332 6.0415 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 5.26 5.37 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2 -fvisibility=hidden -logg -lm
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 120 118 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 6K 12K 18K 24K 30K SE +/- 143.63, N = 3 SE +/- 262.62, N = 3 25832.90 25415.42 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=core-avx2
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 400 800 1200 1600 2000 SE +/- 2.63, N = 4 SE +/- 17.54, N = 4 1851.86 1825.43 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 96.38 97.73
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 50 100 150 200 250 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 208 206 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 135 134 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 10.40 10.47 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 3.60, N = 4 SE +/- 0.86, N = 4 1009.99 1005.56 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2013-06-08 H.264 Video Encoding GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.79, N = 5 SE +/- 0.90, N = 5 156.26 155.67 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -march=core-avx2 -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 4 8 12 16 20 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 17.03 17.06 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=core-avx2
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.00, N = 4 SE +/- 3.34, N = 4 1170.18 1169.09 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
N-Queens Elapsed Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 8 16 24 32 40 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 36.69 36.72 1. (CC) gcc options: -static -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2
Primesieve 1e12 Prime Number Generation OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.14, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 79.17 79.20 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -fopenmp
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 1.29, N = 4 SE +/- 0.43, N = 4 608.79 608.78 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=core-avx2
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 25 25 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur GCC 4.9.0 20130623 GCC 4.8.1 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 137 137 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -march=core-avx2 -pthread -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lz -lm -lpthread
Timed MAFFT Alignment Multiple Sequence Alignment OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment GCC 4.8.1 GCC 4.9.0 20130623 1.242 2.484 3.726 4.968 6.21 SE +/- 0.13, N = 6 SE +/- 0.15, N = 6 5.47 5.52 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -lm -lpthread
Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4