AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU on Linux running some quick tests between GCC and LLVM Clang of varying releases and obtained from the Ubuntu Linux archive as well as the LLVM.org APT repository for LLVM/Clang. Compiler AMD Linux tests by Michael Larabel.
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AMD Kaveri Compiler Tests
AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU on Linux running some quick tests between GCC and LLVM Clang of varying releases and obtained from the Ubuntu Linux archive as well as the LLVM.org APT repository for LLVM/Clang. Compiler AMD Linux tests by Michael Larabel.
GCC 4.8.2:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (960/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LLVM Clang 3.2:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (960/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: Clang 3.2-7ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LLVM Clang 3.3:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (960/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: Clang 3.3-5ubuntu4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LLVM Clang 3.4:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (960/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: Clang 3.4-1~gd~s, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN:
Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (960/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.12.0-031200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: Clang 3.5-1~exp1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 18626.27 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 18582.56 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 18670.42 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 18530.06 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 18519.78 |================================================
BLAKE2 20130131
Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.0m0
Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 11.11 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 11.15 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 10.04 |==============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 8.87 |=========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 9.92 |=============================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: Tiger
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 330.03 |===========================================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: KASUMI
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 57.60 |============================================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: AES-256
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 3484.21 |==========================================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: Twofish
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 153.02 |===========================================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: CAST-256
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 71.72 |============================================================
Botan 1.11.6
Test: X9.19-MAC
Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 57.46 |============================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 47.94 |=============================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 84.93 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 84.82 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 83.23 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 83.25 |==================================================
FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 22.18 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 21.89 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 22.04 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 22.04 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 22.17 |===================================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 9.11 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 10.38 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 9.87 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 8.72 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 8.58 |==========================================
Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 167321466.12 |============================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 126855139.19 |=================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 116609505.33 |===============================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 131700715.89 |===================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 106584321.58 |============================
Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 814.79 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 778.87 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 789.57 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 796.14 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 784.69 |================================================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 3172 |====================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 777 |=============
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 779 |=============
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 809 |=============
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 806 |=============
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 22.05 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 22.74 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 22.37 |============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 20.18 |========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 25.96 |===================================================
Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 ...... 91.28 |=======================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 . 90.57 |=======================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 . 89.67 |======================================================
Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 ...... 148.46 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 . 162.35 |======================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 . 153.27 |===================================================
Minion 0.15
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 ...... 197.36 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 . 210.30 |======================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 . 209.50 |======================================================
NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 23202.65 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 22909.44 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 22865.18 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 22858.95 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 22886.06 |===============================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 272.63 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 275.70 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 276.20 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 277.97 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 277.87 |==================================================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP LBM
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 492.16 |===========================================================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP CUTCP
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 39.12 |============================================================
Parboil 2.5
Test: OpenMP Stencil
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 57.17 |============================================================
POV-Ray 3.7.0
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 305.66 |===========================================================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP CFD Solver
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 181.99 |=======================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 403.36 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 400.26 |==================================================
Rodinia 2.4
Test: OpenMP Streamcluster
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 69.60 |===============
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 224.98 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 225.51 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 551.12 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 621.50 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 633.06 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 644.57 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 639.48 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 374.78 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 289.57 |=======================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 365.03 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 362.15 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 355.84 |===============================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 96.36 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 97.23 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 97.38 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 96.36 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 96.14 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 709.27 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 730.13 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 727.54 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 730.16 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 733.40 |==================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 955.80 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 1001.57 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 998.79 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 1046.78 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 1035.60 |================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 619.37 |===============================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 989.00 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 976.56 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 987.41 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 976.41 |=================================================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 83 |==============
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 304 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 307 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 314 |====================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 317 |=====================================================
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 10514.31 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 10144.09 |==============================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 9438.23 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 9398.01 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 9942.82 |=============================================
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Scale
MB/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 6545.78 |================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 6322.46 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 6313.74 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 6342.96 |===============================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 6615.34 |=================================================
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Triad
MB/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 6964.29 |==============================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 7430.89 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 6850.19 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 6856.47 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 7258.64 |================================================
Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Add
MB/s > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 6950.99 |==============================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 7417.64 |=================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 6896.16 |==============================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 6867.13 |=============================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 7193.37 |================================================
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 62.51 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 39.77 |================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 39.07 |================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 41.42 |==================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 41.65 |==================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 22.64 |==========================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 27.69 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 22.83 |==========================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 22.59 |==========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 22.76 |==========================================
Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2
Primate Phylogeny Analysis
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 22.66 |=========================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 27.88 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 28.49 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 28.10 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 28.17 |==================================================
Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 62.92 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 35.91 |=============================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 35.85 |=============================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 36.53 |==============================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 37.21 |==============================
TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 697373 |==================================================
LLVM Clang 3.2 ..... 602032 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 601419 |===========================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 573201 |=========================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 581799 |==========================================
TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 . 60.20 |============================================================
x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.8.2 .......... 77.08 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.3 ..... 77.14 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.4 ..... 77.50 |===================================================
LLVM Clang 3.5 SVN . 76.57 |==================================================