Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

GCC 5.3.1, GCC 6.0, LLVM Clang 3.7, and LLVM Clang 3.8 compiler benchmarks using the Xenial Xerus packages for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks, "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Monte Carlo", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",632,625.23,627.06,627.54 "LLVM Clang 3.8",283.2,289.17,279.79,284.11 "GCC 5.3.1",734.04,736.35,741.7,730.45 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",734.13,737.09,741.8,735.69 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",7671.6,7769.66,7756.44,7729.96 "LLVM Clang 3.8",7505.14,7614.61,7689.54,7607.92 "GCC 5.3.1",3052.51,3071.72,3057.46,3051.8 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",3073.71,3074.78,3095.47,3066.06 "Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",16.860377073288,16.701768159866,16.806910991669 "LLVM Clang 3.8",18.650931835175,18.636691093445,18.783962965012 "GCC 5.3.1",22.056933879852,21.95401597023,21.871578931808 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",40.995535850525,41.029700994492,41.119544029236 "Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 - Time To Compile", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",19.925638198853,19.871728897095,19.823233127594 "LLVM Clang 3.8",22.099282979965,22.404723882675,22.22433590889 "GCC 5.3.1",23.560090065002,23.612679958344,23.739331007004 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",43.454167127609,43.696846961975,43.591683149338 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",25.705,25.756,25.687 "LLVM Clang 3.8",25.967,25.919,25.927 "GCC 5.3.1",14.636,14.641,14.731 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",14.802,14.818,14.86 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Composite", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",2527.48,2535.3,2530.18,2534.16 "LLVM Clang 3.8",2415.51,2445.83,2442.69,2430.3 "GCC 5.3.1",1577.64,1582.49,1585.18,1580.31 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",1573.68,1572.68,1577.25,1571.76 "Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",2223.100065,2240.947472,2246.291102 "LLVM Clang 3.8",1888.760408,1890.256078,1891.72461 "GCC 5.3.1",2648.41676,2598.46607,2639.550478 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",2608.435443,2621.564213,2584.443928 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",1462.79,1433.8,1428.42,1461.42 "LLVM Clang 3.8",1427.86,1446.37,1419.79,1425.39 "GCC 5.3.1",1121.55,1127.32,1134.13,1134.85 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",1126.83,1125.11,1129.33,1129.44 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: 1000 Stack", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",5.151309,5.165164,5.087782 "LLVM Clang 3.8",5.723563,5.26231,5.232261 "GCC 5.3.1",4.630309,4.57581,4.615305 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",4.471025,4.520025,4.518588 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: 3000 Fall", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",4.49568,4.569695,4.477134 "LLVM Clang 3.8",4.65699,4.593355,4.589241 "GCC 5.3.1",4.12179,4.12016,4.118485 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",3.989495,4.030515,3.99666 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",23,23,24 "LLVM Clang 3.8",24,24,24 "GCC 5.3.1",21,21,21 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",20,21,21 "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",11.47807598114,11.455163955688,11.470170974731,11.490792989731,11.473060846329 "LLVM Clang 3.8",12.104830026627,12.014185190201,12.000457048416,12.207390069962,12.106920003891 "GCC 5.3.1",10.870515108109,10.856787204742,10.837475061417,10.874949932098,10.880131006241 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",10.619333982468,10.633233070374,10.582150936127,10.60329079628,10.62588095665 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: Raytests", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",2.716689,2.70756,2.684024 "LLVM Clang 3.8",2.764085,2.765786,2.777359 "GCC 5.3.1",2.573114,2.510165,2.533545 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",2.473279,2.478786,2.516274 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: Prim Trimesh", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",1.028115,0.99205,0.9816 "LLVM Clang 3.8",1.013785,1.02569,0.999035 "GCC 5.3.1",0.934775,0.924415,0.96584 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",0.902505,0.93095,0.908825 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: 1000 Convex", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",4.661935,4.565994,4.517189 "LLVM Clang 3.8",4.693695,4.710104,4.672915 "GCC 5.3.1",4.294044,4.259379,4.255265 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",4.27902,4.363479,4.311668 "FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 - WAV To FLAC", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.8",5.3608090877533,5.3404140472412,5.311644077301,5.3360531330109,5.2303030490875 "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",5.263335943222,5.2942268848419,5.3578720092773,5.320060968399,5.3152029514313 "LLVM Clang 3.8",5.3134908676147,5.3160929679871,5.301707983017,5.3118178844452,5.3040552139282 "GCC 5.3.1",4.9605329036713,4.956237077713,4.9439167976379,4.9497668743134,4.9421238899231 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",4.861053943634,4.8495898246765,4.8571929931641,4.8662979602814,4.8568389415741 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: Convex Trimesh", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",1.19585,1.166725,1.14227 "LLVM Clang 3.8",1.192515,1.18434,1.17455 "GCC 5.3.1",1.11959,1.143675,1.135885 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",1.08924,1.091965,1.081245 "PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",573.492931,622.223947,606.661025,598.580779 "LLVM Clang 3.8",587.591753,597.609595,591.750857 "GCC 5.3.1",564.923105,568.446925,586.818966 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",552.07535,566.639727,559.169 "Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",8.7473609447479,8.7292070388794,8.7235321998596 "LLVM Clang 3.8",8.7157411575317,8.7290639877319,8.6724209785461 "GCC 5.3.1",8.3057010173798,8.2831838130951,8.2959039211273 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",8.2408361434937,8.2343761920929,8.1967620849609 "Stockfish 2014-11-26 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",3317,3334,3321 "LLVM Clang 3.8",3281,3298,3296 "GCC 5.3.1",3202,3217,3211 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",3162,3154,3129 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",2555.99,2533.51,2528.93,2535.8 "LLVM Clang 3.8",2553.15,2564.8,2512.53,2523.57 "GCC 5.3.1",2662.7,2661.46,2674.74,2669.11 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",2618.31,2609.68,2604.16,2609.17 "Redis 3.0.1 - Test: SET", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",2183406,2141327.5,2114165 "LLVM Clang 3.8",2109704.5,2132196,2024291.5 "GCC 5.3.1",2155172.5,2004008,2057613.12,2087682.62 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",1976284.62,2227171.5,2207505.5,2132196,2247191,2277904.25 "7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",23891,23793,23314 "LLVM Clang 3.8",24259,23877,24036 "GCC 5.3.1",23385,23168,22615 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",23705,23818,23623 "PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",6419.043606,6670.369011,6823.408883 "LLVM Clang 3.8",6478.856317,6708.995693,6606.692177 "GCC 5.3.1",6292.220241,6452.180348,6549.981449 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",6235.302615,6513.20053,6516.260393 "OpenSSL 1.0.1g - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",677.1,679.3,679.2 "LLVM Clang 3.8",677.3,678.4,676 "GCC 5.3.1",694.1,693.8,694.1 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",693.5,693.6,693.1 "Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 - Static Web Page Serving", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",49288.39,48485.82,48622.35 "LLVM Clang 3.8",49144.77,48254.8,48338.81 "GCC 5.3.1",49802.57,49741.78,49686.51 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",49691.93,49629.49,49432.11 "SciMark 2.0 - Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",315,314.29,310.04,316.07 "LLVM Clang 3.8",308.18,314.19,311.81,310.53 "GCC 5.3.1",317.42,315.59,317.88,315.34 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",315.43,316.72,315.5,318.46 "PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",7987.048148,7894.591675,7854.200695 "LLVM Clang 3.8",7970.755982,7884.352033,7852.367789 "GCC 5.3.1",8039.101653,7895.114646,7832.183843 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",7943.397433,7887.304921,8021.542368 "Redis 3.0.1 - Test: GET", Higher Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",3115264.75,3134796.25,3039513.75 "LLVM Clang 3.8",2994012,2832861.25,3030303,2732240.5,2392344.5,2958580 "GCC 5.3.1",2808988.75,3378378.25,2597402.75,3322259.25,3278688.5,3289473.75 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",3322259.25,3039513.75,2793296,3030303,3289473.75,2652519.75 "Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 - Test: 136 Ragdolls", Lower Results Are Better "LLVM Clang 3.7.1",3.131931,3.02339,2.999841 "LLVM Clang 3.8",3.697006,3.06354,3.046046 "GCC 5.3.1",2.829575,2.72198,2.798045 "GCC 6.0.0 20160125",2.72191,2.73001,2.78275