SPEC

Changes in optimization performance of gcc over time

September 16, 2012 | Derek-Jones

The SPEC benchmarks came out a year after the first release of gcc (in fact gcc was and still is one of the programs included in the benchmark). Compiling the SPEC programs using the gcc option -O2 (sometimes -O3) has always been the way to measure gcc performance, but after 25 ... [Read more...]

Modern Microprocessor MIPS

April 2, 2009 | Neil Gunther

The question of how modern microprocessors compare with mainframe processors of yore, arises from time to time. The vernacular rate metric that has persisted for a long time (long in the history of computers, that is) is MIPS. Whether you approve of M...
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