GCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD Kaveri AMD Steamroller CPU Cores on AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU compiler optimization tuning with various march= values. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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GCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD Kaveri Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Driver Compiler File-System Screen Resolution k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores) Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H AMD Device 1422 7168MB 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 AMD Kaveri 1024MB ATI R6xx HDMI TSB-TV Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 Ubuntu 14.04 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.1.2 radeon 7.2.99 GCC 4.9.0 20140126 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4 ext4 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Kernel Details - radeon.dpm=1 Compiler Details - --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran Processor Details - Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
GCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD Kaveri scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation tscp: AI Chess Performance x264: H.264 Video Encoding graphics-magick: Blur graphics-magick: Sharpen graphics-magick: Resizing graphics-magick: HWB Color Space graphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholding himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver build-apache: Time To Compile build-php: Time To Compile c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 636.54 397.86 73.59 865.92 1156.29 689.02 760113 83.43 97 71 106 126 77 867.36 58.55 56.54 87.90 6.62 629.44 384.47 68.99 849.34 1155.51 688.88 742690 83.66 93 72 120 138 76 898.33 58.68 56.60 53.33 6.90 640.56 423.73 68.50 860.41 1162.41 687.76 738311 84.14 108 87 133 139 81 894.27 59.07 58.45 40.67 5.29 644.89 423.28 71.15 877.91 1164.64 687.47 738707 83.85 110 81 133 139 81 905.30 58.91 58.54 40.55 5.47 641.05 413.64 70.77 866.81 1165.94 688.08 739101 83.83 106 81 133 139 80 902.98 58.83 58.48 40.54 5.52 OpenBenchmarking.org
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 140 280 420 560 700 SE +/- 1.68, N = 4 SE +/- 4.49, N = 4 SE +/- 1.89, N = 4 SE +/- 1.36, N = 4 SE +/- 1.36, N = 4 636.54 629.44 640.56 644.89 641.05 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 90 180 270 360 450 SE +/- 7.32, N = 4 SE +/- 0.60, N = 4 SE +/- 0.77, N = 4 SE +/- 1.61, N = 4 SE +/- 10.39, N = 4 397.86 384.47 423.73 423.28 413.64 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 16 32 48 64 80 SE +/- 0.22, N = 4 SE +/- 0.94, N = 4 SE +/- 1.36, N = 4 SE +/- 0.10, N = 4 SE +/- 0.16, N = 4 73.59 68.99 68.50 71.15 70.77 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 4.11, N = 4 SE +/- 15.60, N = 4 SE +/- 9.94, N = 4 SE +/- 2.24, N = 4 SE +/- 7.27, N = 4 865.92 849.34 860.41 877.91 866.81 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 6.32, N = 4 SE +/- 5.67, N = 4 SE +/- 1.67, N = 4 SE +/- 3.97, N = 4 SE +/- 2.87, N = 4 1156.29 1155.51 1162.41 1164.64 1165.94 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.12, N = 4 SE +/- 0.08, N = 4 SE +/- 0.38, N = 4 SE +/- 0.80, N = 4 SE +/- 0.38, N = 4 689.02 688.88 687.76 687.47 688.08 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3
TSCP AI Chess Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Nodes Per Second, More Is Better TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 160K 320K 480K 640K 800K SE +/- 257.20, N = 5 SE +/- 600.77, N = 5 SE +/- 699.90, N = 5 SE +/- 671.07, N = 5 SE +/- 198.20, N = 5 760113 742690 738311 738707 739101 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.71, N = 5 SE +/- 0.46, N = 5 SE +/- 0.73, N = 5 SE +/- 0.64, N = 5 SE +/- 0.25, N = 5 83.43 83.66 84.14 83.85 83.83 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
GraphicsMagick Operation: Blur OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 97 93 108 110 106 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Sharpen OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 71 72 87 81 81 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Resizing OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 106 120 133 133 133 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: HWB Color Space OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 126 138 139 139 139 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread
GraphicsMagick Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding OpenBenchmarking.org Iterations Per Minute, More Is Better GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 77 76 81 81 80 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 6.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 9.68, N = 3 SE +/- 1.51, N = 3 SE +/- 3.10, N = 3 867.36 898.33 894.27 905.30 902.98 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.19, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 58.55 58.68 59.07 58.91 58.83
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 13 26 39 52 65 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 56.54 56.60 58.45 58.54 58.48 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 87.90 53.33 40.67 40.55 40.54 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC k8 barcelona bdver1 bdver2 bdver3 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 6.62 6.90 5.29 5.47 5.52 -march=k8 -march=barcelona -march=bdver1 -march=bdver2 -march=bdver3 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fvisibility=hidden -logg -lm
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