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 Kaveriscimark2: Compositescimark2: Monte Carloscimark2: Fast Fourier Transformscimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiplyscimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationscimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationtscp: AI Chess Performancex264: H.264 Video Encodinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverbuild-apache: Time To Compilebuild-php: Time To Compilec-ray: Total Timeencode-flac: WAV To FLACk8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver3636.54397.8673.59865.921156.29689.0276011383.43977110612677867.3658.5556.5487.906.62629.44384.4768.99849.341155.51688.8874269083.66937212013876898.3358.6856.6053.336.90640.56423.7368.50860.411162.41687.7673831184.141088713313981894.2759.0758.4540.675.29644.89423.2871.15877.911164.64687.4773870783.851108113313981905.3058.9158.5440.555.47641.05413.6470.77866.811165.94688.0873910183.831068113313980902.9858.8358.4840.545.52OpenBenchmarking.org

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: Compositebarcelonak8bdver1bdver3bdver2140280420560700SE +/- 4.49, N = 4SE +/- 1.68, N = 4SE +/- 1.89, N = 4SE +/- 1.36, N = 4SE +/- 1.36, N = 4629.44636.54640.56641.05644.89-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=bdver21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Monte Carlobarcelonak8bdver3bdver2bdver190180270360450SE +/- 0.60, N = 4SE +/- 7.32, N = 4SE +/- 10.39, N = 4SE +/- 1.61, N = 4SE +/- 0.77, N = 4384.47397.86413.64423.28423.73-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver11. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transformbdver1barcelonabdver3bdver2k81632486480SE +/- 1.36, N = 4SE +/- 0.94, N = 4SE +/- 0.16, N = 4SE +/- 0.10, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 468.5068.9970.7771.1573.59-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=k81. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiplybarcelonabdver1k8bdver3bdver22004006008001000SE +/- 15.60, N = 4SE +/- 9.94, N = 4SE +/- 4.11, N = 4SE +/- 7.27, N = 4SE +/- 2.24, N = 4849.34860.41865.92866.81877.91-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=k8-march=bdver3-march=bdver21. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorizationbarcelonak8bdver1bdver2bdver330060090012001500SE +/- 5.67, N = 4SE +/- 6.32, N = 4SE +/- 1.67, N = 4SE +/- 3.97, N = 4SE +/- 2.87, N = 41155.511156.291162.411164.641165.94-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver31. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

OpenBenchmarking.orgMflops, More Is BetterSciMark 2.0Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxationbdver2bdver1bdver3barcelonak8150300450600750SE +/- 0.80, N = 4SE +/- 0.38, N = 4SE +/- 0.38, N = 4SE +/- 0.08, N = 4SE +/- 0.12, N = 4687.47687.76688.08688.88689.02-march=bdver2-march=bdver1-march=bdver3-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CXX) g++ options: -O3

TSCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess Performancebdver1bdver2bdver3barcelonak8160K320K480K640K800KSE +/- 699.90, N = 5SE +/- 671.07, N = 5SE +/- 198.20, N = 5SE +/- 600.77, N = 5SE +/- 257.20, N = 5738311738707739101742690760113-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -O3

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2014-01-09H.264 Video Encodingk8barcelonabdver3bdver2bdver120406080100SE +/- 0.71, N = 5SE +/- 0.46, N = 5SE +/- 0.25, N = 5SE +/- 0.64, N = 5SE +/- 0.73, N = 583.4383.6683.8383.8584.14-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver11. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.19Operation: Blurbarcelonak8bdver3bdver1bdver220406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 39397106108110-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver3-march=bdver1-march=bdver21. (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: Sharpenk8barcelonabdver2bdver3bdver120406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37172818187-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=bdver11. (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: Resizingk8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver3306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3106120133133133-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver31. (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 Spacek8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver3306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3126138139139139-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver31. (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: Local Adaptive Thresholdingbarcelonak8bdver3bdver1bdver220406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37677808181-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver3-march=bdver1-march=bdver21. (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 Solverk8bdver1barcelonabdver3bdver22004006008001000SE +/- 6.79, N = 3SE +/- 9.68, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 3.10, N = 3SE +/- 1.51, N = 3867.36894.27898.33902.98905.30-march=k8-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=bdver3-march=bdver21. (CC) gcc options: -O3

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.4.7Time To Compilebdver1bdver2bdver3barcelonak81326395265SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 359.0758.9158.8358.6858.55

Timed PHP Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed PHP Compilation 5.2.9Time To Compilebdver2bdver3bdver1barcelonak81326395265SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 358.5458.4858.4556.6056.54-march=bdver2-march=bdver3-march=bdver1-march=barcelona-march=k81. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -pedantic -ldl -lz -lm

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 Timek8barcelonabdver1bdver2bdver320406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 387.9053.3340.6740.5540.54-march=k8-march=barcelona-march=bdver1-march=bdver2-march=bdver31. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0WAV To FLACbarcelonak8bdver3bdver2bdver1246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 56.906.625.525.475.29-march=barcelona-march=k8-march=bdver3-march=bdver2-march=bdver11. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -fvisibility=hidden -logg -lm

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.