Compiler Comparaison on Macbook Pro Retina 2012 15" GCC 8.2 build from Homebrew Xcode 10: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.13.6, Kernel: 17.7.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (May 24 2018 22:33:53), Compiler: Apple LLVM 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 10.1 + CUDA 9.0, File-System: MS-DOS FAT16, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Xcode 9.O: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.13.6, Kernel: 17.7.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (May 24 2018 22:33:53), Compiler: Apple LLVM 9.0.0 (clang-900.0.39.2) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 10.1 + CUDA 9.2, File-System: MS-DOS FAT16, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 Xcode 8.3: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.13.6, Kernel: 17.7.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (May 24 2018 22:33:53), Compiler: Apple LLVM 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 10.1 + CUDA 9.0, File-System: MS-DOS FAT16, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 GCC 8.2: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 7, Memory: 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256E, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1536MB, Monitor: Color LCD OS: macOS 10.13.6, Kernel: 17.7.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, OpenGL: 2.1, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 (May 24 2018 22:33:53), Compiler: Apple LLVM 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5) + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 10.1 + CUDA 9.0, File-System: MS-DOS FAT16, Screen Resolution: 2880x1800 GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Xcode 10 .. 47 |=========================== Xcode 9.O . 47 |=========================== Xcode 8.3 . 48 |============================ GCC 8.2 ... 107 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Xcode 10 .. 96 |====================================== Xcode 9.O . 97 |====================================== Xcode 8.3 . 96 |====================================== GCC 8.2 ... 158 |============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Xcode 10 .. 130 |============================================= Xcode 9.O . 129 |============================================= Xcode 8.3 . 131 |============================================== GCC 8.2 ... 178 |============================================================== 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Xcode 10 .. 18692 |============================================================ Xcode 9.O . 18569 |============================================================ Xcode 8.3 . 18130 |========================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xcode 10 . 48.68 |============================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xcode 10 .. 73.76 |================================= Xcode 9.O . 74.37 |================================== Xcode 8.3 . 80.08 |==================================== GCC 8.2 ... 130.60 |=========================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 7.1.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xcode 10 .. 172 |=================================================== Xcode 9.O . 179 |===================================================== Xcode 8.3 . 210 |============================================================== GCC 8.2 ... 206 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Xcode 10 .. 368 |============================================================ Xcode 9.O . 379 |============================================================== Xcode 8.3 . 380 |==============================================================