GCC 4.9 vs. 4.10 (GCC 5.0) Compiler Benchmarks Kaveri
GCC Compiler benchmarks by Dennis Mungai on an Intel Core i5 3230M system running HCC 4.10 (what will be GCC 5.0) against GCC 4.9 from Ubuntu Linux x86_64 host


GCC 4.9.1: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GCC 4.10 20140810: 

	Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB, Audio: AMD Kaveri HDMI/DP, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-031600-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-b1843a2 2014-08-10 trusty-oibaf-ppa+gallium-nine) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.10.0 20140810, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Intel i5 IVB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 17F0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB HGST HTS545050A7, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1100MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD87B2/4, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.4, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.914, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0-devel (git-2b83757 2014-08-14 trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.4.2-2~gd~t + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1366x768


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 99  |=====================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 100 |======================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 78  |==========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 69 |=======================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 67 |=====================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 39 |===============================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 123 |======================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 124 |======================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 100 |============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 136 |======================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 137 |======================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 130 |===================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 77 |====================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 82 |=======================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 65 |============================================


Himeno Benchmark 3.0
Poisson Pressure Solver
MFLOPS > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 886.30  |=====================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 882.76  |=====================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 1185.79 |==================================================


Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 62.69 |================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 61.72 |===============================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 67.65 |====================================================


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 251.97 |===================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 233.81 |===============================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 152.33 |===============================


Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 61.92 |================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 60.57 |===============================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 66.91 |====================================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 47.47 |====================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 47.34 |====================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 69.25 |====================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 5.31 |=======================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 5.58 |=========================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 7.19 |=====================================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 19.62 |====================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 19.68 |====================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 16.44 |===========================================


FFmpeg 2.1.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 21.47 |====================================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 21.57 |====================================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 20.23 |=================================================


Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
GCC 4.9.1 ......... 224934338.19 |===========================================
GCC 4.10 20140810 . 219688942.00 |==========================================
Intel i5 IVB ...... 233812246.26 |=============================================