GCC Compiler Benchmarks On Debian 8.4 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 testing with a MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0 and Sapphire AMD Device 7300 on Debian 8.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. GCC 4.9.3: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 1918, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Device a170, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 8.4, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 GCC 5.3.0: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 1918, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Device a170, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 8.4, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 GCC 6.0.0 20160410: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 1918, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Intel Device a170, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Debian 8.4, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: modesetting 0.9.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 6.0.0 20160410, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 25.45 |=================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 25.49 |=================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 25.34 |=================================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 30.75 |============================================================ GCC 5.3.0 . 30.46 |=========================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 7.89 |==================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 7.92 |==================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 7.89 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 1626.68 |================================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 1607.18 |================================================ GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 1600.71 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 740.01 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 746.55 |================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 736.61 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 402.10 |================================================ GCC 5.3.0 .......... 404.33 |================================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 414.92 |================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 2722.93 |================================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 2686.46 |================================================ GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 2658.94 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 3127.99 |================================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 3063.65 |================================================ GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 3060.05 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 1140.38 |================================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 1134.89 |================================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 1133.04 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 139 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 140 |================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 148 |===================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 201 |=================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 204 |==================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 209 |===================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 2754.90 |================================================ GCC 5.3.0 .......... 2732.99 |================================================ GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 2795.12 |================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 24.11 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 23.93 |================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 24.58 |=================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 22.58 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 22.23 |================================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 23.22 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 14.61 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 14.61 |================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 14.76 |=================================================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 3148 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 2.51 |============================================================= GCC 5.3.0 . 2.52 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 4.06 |============================================================ GCC 5.3.0 . 4.13 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 4.55 |============================================================= GCC 5.3.0 . 4.57 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 4.24 |============================================================= GCC 5.3.0 . 4.27 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 2.76 |============================================================= GCC 5.3.0 . 2.75 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 0.92 |============================================================ GCC 5.3.0 . 0.93 |============================================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 . 1.10 |============================================================ GCC 5.3.0 . 1.11 |============================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 4.92 |==================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 4.92 |==================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 4.85 |=================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 10.60 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 10.78 |=================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 10.63 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 697.07 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 696.47 |================================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 696.67 |================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 6674.52 |================================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 6669.15 |================================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 6630.10 |================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 608.70 |================================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 600.04 |================================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 607.78 |================================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 2447152.17 |============================================= GCC 5.3.0 .......... 2466037.67 |============================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 2518474.42 |============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 3067619.83 |============================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 3089119.94 |============================================== GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 3056225.00 |============================================== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 2248954.17 |============================================== GCC 5.3.0 .......... 2185117.42 |============================================= GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 2227552.25 |============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better GCC 4.9.3 .......... 56326.22 |================================================ GCC 5.3.0 .......... 56751.68 |================================================ GCC 6.0.0 20160410 . 56875.49 |================================================