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Subject: Re: 32 to 64 bit Crafty speedup (result)

Author: Eran Karu

Date: 21:25:16 12/09/03

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On December 09, 2003 at 23:47:24, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 09, 2003 at 23:44:10, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On December 09, 2003 at 23:30:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On December 09, 2003 at 23:17:10, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>Results per SPEC & AMD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>AMD Opteron 148 (2.2Ghz) - SuSe 9.0 (AMD64) - gcc 3.3.1
>>>>
>>>>Average - 1902
>>>>Peak    - 1936
>>>>
>>>>AMD Opteron 148 (2.2Ghz) - Windows XP Pro - Intel C/C++ 7.0
>>>>
>>>>Average - 1504
>>>>Peak    - 1506
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Average Speedup - 26%
>>>>Peak Speedup    - 29%
>>>
>>>
>>>The comparisons are no good.  The intel compiler is much better than
>>>gcc.  Making the 32 bit code appear better than it should, or else making
>>>the 64 bit code appear worse.  You need the same compiler, same operating
>>>system, same everything, except -m32 and -m64 to make this comparison
>>>really accurate.
>>
>>I knew you were going to say that!  :)
>
>Knowing that ICC is at least 20% faster than gcc for crafty, it is
>important.  Seems that gcc's PGO is broken as well, while Intel's is
>not (by the way, for anyone interested, version 8.0 of the intel compiler
>is now out.)

Where can I find version 8.0 of the intel compiler?

Is it for Windows 2000 Pro? Is it freeware?

Does it optimize Crafty?

Thanks,
Eran Karu



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