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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k8

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

barcelona

bdver1

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bdver3

Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Kaveri 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: TSB-TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0 20140126 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

GCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD KaveriOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores)Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3HAMD Device 14227168MB120GB KINGSTON SV300S3AMD Kaveri 1024MBATI R6xx HDMITSB-TVRealtek RTL8111/8168/8411Ubuntu 14.043.13.0-5-generic (x86_64)Unity 7.1.2radeon 7.2.99GCC 4.9.0 20140126 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4ext41920x1080ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionGCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD Kaveri BenchmarksSystem Logs- radeon.dpm=1- --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

k8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver3Result OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%129%158%188%217%C-RayFLAC Audio EncodingGraphicsMagickHimeno BenchmarkTimed PHP CompilationSciMarkTSCPTimed Apache Compilationx264

GCC 4.9 Compiler Optimization Tuning AMD Kaveric-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACgraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-php: Time To Compilescimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplytscp: AI Chess Performancescimark2: Compositescimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationbuild-apache: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video Encodingscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationk8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver387.906.621067197126397.8673.5977867.3656.54865.92760113636.541156.2958.5583.43689.0253.336.901207293138384.4768.9976898.3356.60849.34742690629.441155.5158.6883.66688.8840.675.2913387108139423.7368.5081894.2758.45860.41738311640.561162.4159.0784.14687.7640.555.4713381110139423.2871.1581905.3058.54877.91738707644.891164.6458.9183.85687.4740.545.5213381106139413.6470.7780902.9858.48866.81739101641.051165.9458.8383.83688.08OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

This is a test of C-Ray, a simple raytracer designed to test the floating-point CPU performance. This test is multi-threaded (16 threads per core), will shoot 8 rays per pixel for anti-aliasing, and will generate a 1600 x 1200 image. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total Timebdver3bdver2bdver1barcelonak820406080100SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 340.5440.5540.6753.3387.90-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACbdver1bdver2bdver3k8barcelona246810SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 55.295.475.526.626.90-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fvisibility=hidden -logg -lm

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Resizingbdver3bdver2bdver1barcelonak8306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3133133133120106-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Sharpenbdver1bdver3bdver2barcelonak820406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38781817271-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Blurbdver2bdver1bdver3k8barcelona20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 31101081069793-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: HWB Color Spacebdver3bdver2bdver1barcelonak8306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3139139139138126-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlobdver1bdver2bdver3k8barcelona90180270360450SE +/- 0.77, N = 4SE +/- 1.61, N = 4SE +/- 10.39, N = 4SE +/- 7.32, N = 4SE +/- 0.60, N = 4423.73423.28413.64397.86384.47-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transformk8bdver2bdver3barcelonabdver11632486480SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.10, N = 4SE +/- 0.16, N = 4SE +/- 0.94, N = 4SE +/- 1.36, N = 473.5971.1570.7768.9968.50-march=k8-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=barcelona-march=bdver11. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholdingbdver2bdver1bdver3k8barcelona20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 38181807776-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -fopenmp -O3 -pthread -ljbig -lwebp -ljpeg -lXext -lSM -lICE -lX11 -llzma -lxml2 -lz -lm -lpthread

Himeno Benchmark

The Himeno benchmark is a linear solver of pressure Poisson using a point-Jacobi method. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure Solverbdver2bdver3barcelonabdver1k82004006008001000SE +/- 1.51, N = 3SE +/- 3.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 9.68, N = 3SE +/- 6.79, N = 3905.30902.98898.33894.27867.36-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compilek8barcelonabdver1bdver3bdver21326395265SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 356.5456.6058.4558.4858.54-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=bdver21. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiplybdver2bdver3k8bdver1barcelona2004006008001000SE +/- 2.24, N = 4SE +/- 7.27, N = 4SE +/- 4.11, N = 4SE +/- 9.94, N = 4SE +/- 15.60, N = 4877.91866.81865.92860.41849.34-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=k8-march=bdver1-march=barcelona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

TSCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess Performancek8barcelonabdver3bdver2bdver1160K320K480K640K800KSE +/- 257.20, N = 5SE +/- 600.77, N = 5SE +/- 198.20, N = 5SE +/- 671.07, N = 5SE +/- 699.90, N = 5760113742690739101738707738311-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver11. (CC) gcc options: -O3

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Compositebdver2bdver3bdver1k8barcelona140280420560700SE +/- 1.36, N = 4SE +/- 1.36, N = 4SE +/- 1.89, N = 4SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 4.49, N = 4644.89641.05640.56636.54629.44-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=bdver1-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationbdver3bdver2bdver1k8barcelona30060090012001500SE +/- 2.87, N = 4SE +/- 3.97, N = 4SE +/- 1.67, N = 4SE +/- 6.32, N = 4SE +/- 5.67, N = 41165.941164.641162.411156.291155.51-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=k8-march=barcelona1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To Compilek8barcelonabdver3bdver2bdver11326395265SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 358.5558.6858.8358.9159.07

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video Encodingbdver1bdver2bdver3barcelonak820406080100SE +/- 0.73, N = 5SE +/- 0.64, N = 5SE +/- 0.25, N = 5SE +/- 0.46, N = 5SE +/- 0.71, N = 584.1483.8583.8383.6683.43-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

SciMark

This test runs the ANSI C version of SciMark 2.0, which is a benchmark for scientific and numerical computing developed by programmers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This test is made up of Fast Foruier Transform, Jacobi Successive Over-relaxation, Monte Carlo, Sparse Matrix Multiply, and dense LU matrix factorization benchmarks. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationk8barcelonabdver3bdver1bdver2150300450600750SE +/- 0.12, N = 4SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.38, N = 4SE +/- 0.38, N = 4SE +/- 0.80, N = 4689.02688.88688.08687.76687.47-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver3-march=bdver1-march=bdver21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

k8

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 27 January 2014 23:48 by user phoronix.

barcelona

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 27 January 2014 23:10 by user phoronix.

bdver1

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 27 January 2014 22:26 by user phoronix.

bdver2

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 27 January 2014 21:48 by user phoronix.

bdver3

Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: AMD Kaveri 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: TSB-TV, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-5-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, Compiler: GCC 4.9.0 20140126 + Clang 3.4 + LLVM 3.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Kernel Notes: radeon.dpm=1
Compiler Notes: --disable-multilib --enable-checking=release --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand

Testing initiated at 27 January 2014 21:02 by user phoronix.