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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution LLVM Clang 3.8 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 GCC 5.3.1 GCC 6.0.0 20160125 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores) MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 Intel Sky Lake 16384MB 120GB Samsung SSD 850 MSI AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 4096MB Realtek ALC1150 DELL P2415Q Intel Connection Ubuntu 16.04 4.4.0-7-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.4.0 X Server 1.17.3 radeon 7.6.1 4.1 Mesa 11.1.2 Gallium 0.4 Clang 3.8.0-+rc2-1~exp1ubuntu2 ext4 3840x2160 Clang 3.7.1-1ubuntu4 GCC 5.3.1 20160222 + clang (Ubuntu 5.3.1-9ubuntu3) 5.3.1 20160222 GCC 6.0.0 20160125 OpenBenchmarking.org Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Compiler Details - GCC 5.3.1: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v - GCC 6.0.0 20160125: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-nls --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=yes --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks compress-7zip: Compress Speed Test apache: Static Web Page Serving bullet: Raytests bullet: 3000 Fall bullet: 1000 Stack bullet: 1000 Convex bullet: 136 Ragdolls bullet: Prim Trimesh bullet: Convex Trimesh c-ray: Total Time encode-flac: WAV To FLAC himeno: Poisson Pressure Solver encode-mp3: WAV To MP3 openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance pgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Write pgbench: Buffer Test - Single Thread - Read Write pgbench: Buffer Test - Heavy Contention - Read Write redis: GET redis: SET scimark2: Composite scimark2: Monte Carlo scimark2: Fast Fourier Transform scimark2: Sparse Matrix Multiply scimark2: Dense LU Matrix Factorization scimark2: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation smallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples stockfish: Total Time build-apache: Time To Compile hmmer: Pfam Database Search build-php: Time To Compile LLVM Clang 3.8 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 GCC 5.3.1 GCC 6.0.0 20160125 24057 48579.46 2.77 4.61 5.41 4.69 3.27 1.01 1.18 25.94 5.32 1890.25 12.09 677.23 6598.18 592.32 7902.49 2823390.21 2088730.67 2433.58 284.07 311.18 2538.51 7604.30 1429.85 24 3292 22.24 8.71 18.69 23666 48798.85 2.70 4.51 5.13 4.58 3.05 1.00 1.17 25.72 5.31 2236.78 11.47 678.53 6637.61 600.24 7911.95 3096524.92 2146299.50 2531.78 627.96 313.85 2538.56 7731.92 1446.61 23 3324 19.87 8.73 16.79 23056 49743.62 2.54 4.12 4.61 4.27 2.78 0.94 1.13 14.67 4.95 2628.81 10.86 694.00 6431.46 573.40 7922.13 3112531.88 2076119.06 1581.41 735.64 316.56 2667.00 3058.37 1129.46 21 3210 23.64 8.29 21.96 23715 49584.51 2.49 4.01 4.50 4.32 2.74 0.91 1.09 14.83 4.86 2604.81 10.61 693.40 6421.59 559.29 7950.75 3021227.58 2178042.15 1573.84 737.18 316.53 2610.33 3077.51 1127.68 21 3148 43.58 8.22 41.05 OpenBenchmarking.org
7-Zip Compression Compress Speed Test OpenBenchmarking.org MIPS, More Is Better 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K SE +/- 56.53, N = 3 SE +/- 229.23, N = 3 SE +/- 178.26, N = 3 SE +/- 110.79, N = 3 23715 23056 23666 24057 1. (CXX) g++ options: -pipe -lpthread
Apache Benchmark Static Web Page Serving OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 11K 22K 33K 44K 55K SE +/- 78.30, N = 3 SE +/- 33.52, N = 3 SE +/- 247.92, N = 3 SE +/- 283.69, N = 3 49584.51 49743.62 48798.85 48579.46 1. (CC) gcc options: -shared -fPIC -pthread -O3 -march=native
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Raytests OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 0.6233 1.2466 1.8699 2.4932 3.1165 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 2.49 2.54 2.70 2.77 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 3000 Fall OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1.0373 2.0746 3.1119 4.1492 5.1865 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 4.01 4.12 4.51 4.61 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Stack OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1.2173 2.4346 3.6519 4.8692 6.0865 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.16, N = 3 4.50 4.61 5.13 5.41 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 1000 Convex OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1.0553 2.1106 3.1659 4.2212 5.2765 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 4.32 4.27 4.58 4.69 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: 136 Ragdolls OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 0.7358 1.4716 2.2074 2.9432 3.679 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.21, N = 3 2.74 2.78 3.05 3.27 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Prim Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 0.2273 0.4546 0.6819 0.9092 1.1365 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 0.91 0.94 1.00 1.01 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
Bullet Physics Engine Test: Convex Trimesh OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 0.2655 0.531 0.7965 1.062 1.3275 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 1.09 1.13 1.17 1.18 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -rdynamic -lglut -lGL -lGLU
C-Ray Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better C-Ray 1.1 Total Time GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 14.83 14.67 25.72 25.94 1. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3 -march=native
FLAC Audio Encoding WAV To FLAC OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1.197 2.394 3.591 4.788 5.985 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.00, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 SE +/- 0.02, N = 5 4.86 4.95 5.31 5.32 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility=hidden 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native -lm
Himeno Benchmark Poisson Pressure Solver OpenBenchmarking.org MFLOPS, More Is Better Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 10.87, N = 3 SE +/- 15.39, N = 3 SE +/- 7.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.86, N = 3 2604.81 2628.81 2236.78 1890.25 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -mavx2
LAME MP3 Encoding WAV To MP3 OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.01, N = 5 SE +/- 0.04, N = 5 10.61 10.86 11.47 12.09 1. (CC) gcc options: -pipe -O3 -march=native -lm
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 150 300 450 600 750 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 SE +/- 0.69, N = 3 693.40 694.00 678.53 677.23 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
PostgreSQL pgbench Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1400 2800 4200 5600 7000 SE +/- 93.15, N = 3 SE +/- 75.13, N = 3 SE +/- 117.87, N = 3 SE +/- 66.57, N = 3 6421.59 6431.46 6637.61 6598.18 -pthreads -mthreads -pthreads -mthreads 1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm
PostgreSQL pgbench Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 130 260 390 520 650 SE +/- 4.20, N = 3 SE +/- 6.79, N = 3 SE +/- 10.18, N = 4 SE +/- 2.91, N = 3 559.29 573.40 600.24 592.32 -pthreads -mthreads -pthreads -mthreads 1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm
PostgreSQL pgbench Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K SE +/- 38.92, N = 3 SE +/- 61.24, N = 3 SE +/- 39.32, N = 3 SE +/- 35.36, N = 3 7950.75 7922.13 7911.95 7902.49 -pthreads -mthreads -pthreads -mthreads 1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O3 -march=native -pthread -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm
Redis Test: GET OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 700K 1400K 2100K 2800K 3500K SE +/- 108149.76, N = 6 SE +/- 133050.46, N = 6 SE +/- 29057.84, N = 3 SE +/- 97365.18, N = 6 3021227.58 3112531.88 3096524.92 2823390.21 -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl
Redis Test: SET OpenBenchmarking.org Requests Per Second, More Is Better Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 500K 1000K 1500K 2000K 2500K SE +/- 45034.71, N = 6 SE +/- 31524.64, N = 4 SE +/- 20142.16, N = 3 SE +/- 32867.27, N = 3 2178042.15 2076119.06 2146299.50 2088730.67 -std=gnu99 -pipe -g3 -O3 -funroll-loops -march=native 1. (CC) gcc options: -ggdb -rdynamic -lm -pthread -ldl
SciMark Computational Test: Composite OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 SE +/- 1.20, N = 4 SE +/- 1.60, N = 4 SE +/- 1.81, N = 4 SE +/- 6.89, N = 4 1573.84 1581.41 2531.78 2433.58 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Monte Carlo OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 160 320 480 640 800 SE +/- 1.66, N = 4 SE +/- 2.36, N = 4 SE +/- 1.44, N = 4 SE +/- 1.94, N = 4 737.18 735.64 627.96 284.07 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 70 140 210 280 350 SE +/- 0.71, N = 4 SE +/- 0.64, N = 4 SE +/- 1.32, N = 4 SE +/- 1.25, N = 4 316.53 316.56 313.85 311.18 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 2.94, N = 4 SE +/- 3.08, N = 4 SE +/- 5.98, N = 4 SE +/- 12.26, N = 4 2610.33 2667.00 2538.56 2538.51 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 1700 3400 5100 6800 8500 SE +/- 6.30, N = 4 SE +/- 4.62, N = 4 SE +/- 21.73, N = 4 SE +/- 37.88, N = 4 3077.51 3058.37 7731.92 7604.30 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
SciMark Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation OpenBenchmarking.org Mflops, More Is Better SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 1.05, N = 4 SE +/- 3.14, N = 4 SE +/- 9.02, N = 4 SE +/- 5.76, N = 4 1127.68 1129.46 1446.61 1429.85 1. (CXX) g++ options: -O3 -march=native
Smallpt Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 6 12 18 24 30 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 21 21 23 24 1. (CXX) g++ options: -fopenmp -O3 -march=native
Stockfish Total Time OpenBenchmarking.org ms, Fewer Is Better Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 700 1400 2100 2800 3500 SE +/- 9.94, N = 3 SE +/- 4.36, N = 3 SE +/- 5.13, N = 3 SE +/- 5.36, N = 3 3148 3210 3324 3292 -flto -flto 1. (CXX) g++ options: -lpthread -O3 -march=native -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -ansi -pedantic -msse -msse3 -mpopcnt
Timed Apache Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 43.58 23.64 19.87 22.24
Timed HMMer Search Pfam Database Search OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 8.22 8.29 8.73 8.71 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pthread -lhmmer -lsquid -lm
Timed PHP Compilation Time To Compile OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile GCC 6.0.0 20160125 GCC 5.3.1 LLVM Clang 3.7.1 LLVM Clang 3.8 9 18 27 36 45 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 SE +/- 0.05, N = 3 41.05 21.96 16.79 18.69 -lpthread 1. (CC) gcc options: -O3 -march=native -pedantic -ldl -lm
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