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All tests on r45 or r70
Aug 3 2009
First version of fasta. Translation of fasta.c, fetched from
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=fasta&lang=gpp&id=4
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 5.98u 0.00s 6.01r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 8.82u 0.02s 8.85r
6g fasta.go 13.50u 0.02s 13.53r
6g -B fata.go 12.99u 0.02s 13.02r
Aug 4 2009
[added timing.sh]
# myrandom:
# hand-written optimization of integer division
# use int32->float conversion
fasta -n 25000000
# probably I/O library inefficiencies
gcc -O2 fasta.c 5.99u 0.00s 6.00r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 8.82u 0.02s 8.85r
gc fasta 10.70u 0.00s 10.77r
gc_B fasta 10.09u 0.03s 10.12r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
# we don't know - memory cache behavior?
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 2.04u 0.94s 10.54r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 6.54u 0.63s 7.17r
gc reverse-complement 6.55u 0.70s 7.26r
gc_B reverse-complement 6.32u 0.70s 7.10r
nbody 50000000
# math.Sqrt needs to be in assembly; inlining is probably the other 50%
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.61u 0.01s 24.80r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 118.55u 0.02s 120.32r
gc nbody 100.84u 0.00s 100.85r
gc_B nbody 103.33u 0.00s 103.39r
[
hacked Sqrt in assembler
gc nbody 31.97u 0.00s 32.01r
]
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
# memory allocation and garbage collection
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.86u 0.00s 0.87r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.69u 0.46s 2.15r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 8.48u 0.00s 8.48r
gc binary-tree 9.60u 0.01s 9.62r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.48u 0.01s 0.50r
August 5, 2009
fannkuch 12
# bounds checking is half the difference
# rest might be registerization
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 60.09u 0.01s 60.32r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 64.89u 0.00s 64.92r
gc fannkuch 124.59u 0.00s 124.67r
gc_B fannkuch 91.14u 0.00s 91.16r
regex-dna 100000
# regexp code is slow on trivial regexp
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.92u 0.00s 0.99r
gc regexp-dna 26.94u 0.18s 28.75r
gc_B regexp-dna 26.51u 0.09s 26.75r
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.54u 0.00s 11.55r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 12.20u 0.00s 12.23r
gc spectral-norm 50.23u 0.00s 50.36r
gc_B spectral-norm 49.69u 0.01s 49.83r
gc spectral-norm-parallel 24.47u 0.03s 11.05r # has shift >>1 not div /2
[using >>1 instead of /2 : gc gives 24.33u 0.00s 24.33r]
August 6, 2009
k-nucleotide 5000000
# string maps are slower than glib string maps
gcc -O2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include k-nucleotide.c -lglib-2.0 k-nucleotide.c: 10.72u 0.01s 10.74r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 21.64u 0.83s 22.78r
gc k-nucleotide 16.08u 0.06s 16.50r
gc_B k-nucleotide 17.32u 0.02s 17.37r
mandelbrot 5500
# floating point code generator should use more registers
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 56.13u 0.02s 56.17r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 57.49u 0.01s 57.51r
gc mandelbrot 74.32u 0.00s 74.35r
gc_B mandelbrot 74.28u 0.01s 74.31r
meteor 2100
# we don't know
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.12u 0.00s 0.14r
gc meteor-contest 0.24u 0.00s 0.26r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.23u 0.00s 0.24r
pidigits 10000
# bignum is slower than gmp
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.60u 0.00s 2.62r
gc pidigits 77.69u 0.14s 78.18r
gc_B pidigits 74.26u 0.18s 75.41r
gc_B pidigits 68.48u 0.20s 69.31r # special case: no bounds checking in bignum
August 7 2009
# New gc does better division by powers of 2. Significant improvements:
spectral-norm 5500
# floating point code generator should use more registers; possibly inline evalA
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.50u 0.00s 11.50r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 12.02u 0.00s 12.02r
gc spectral-norm 23.98u 0.00s 24.00r # new time is 0.48 times old time, 52% faster
gc_B spectral-norm 23.71u 0.01s 23.72r # ditto
gc spectral-norm-parallel 24.04u 0.00s 6.26r # /2 put back. note: 4x faster (on r70, idle)
k-nucleotide 1000000
# string maps are slower than glib string maps
gcc -O2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include k-nucleotide.c -lglib-2.0 10.82u 0.04s 10.87r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 22.73u 0.89s 23.63r
gc k-nucleotide 15.97u 0.03s 16.04r
gc_B k-nucleotide 15.86u 0.06s 15.93r # 8.5% faster, but probably due to weird cache effeccts in previous version
pidigits 10000
# bignum is slower than gmp
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.58u 0.00s 2.58r
gc pidigits 71.24u 0.04s 71.28r # 8.5% faster
gc_B pidigits 71.25u 0.03s 71.29r # 4% faster
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 35.51u 160.21s 199.50r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 90.33u 459.95s 448.03r
gc threadring 33.11u 0.00s 33.14r
GOMAXPROCS=4 gc threadring 114.48u 226.65s 371.59r
# change wait code to do <-make(chan int) instead of time.Sleep
gc threadring 28.41u 0.01s 29.35r
GOMAXPROCS=4 gc threadring 112.59u 232.83s 384.72r
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 18.14u 276.52s 76.93r
gc chameneosredux 20.19u 0.01s 20.23r
Aug 10 2009
# new 6g with better fp registers, fast div and mod of integers
# complete set of timings listed. significant changes marked ***
fasta -n 25000000
# probably I/O library inefficiencies
gcc -O2 fasta.c 5.96u 0.00s 5.97r
gc fasta 10.59u 0.01s 10.61r
gc_B fasta 9.92u 0.02s 9.95r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
# we don't know - memory cache behavior?
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.96u 1.56s 16.23r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 6.41u 0.62s 7.05r
gc reverse-complement 6.46u 0.70s 7.17r
gc_B reverse-complement 6.22u 0.72s 6.95r
nbody 50000000
# math.Sqrt needs to be in assembly; inlining is probably the other 50%
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.26u 0.01s 21.28r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 116.68u 0.07s 116.80r
gc nbody 86.64u 0.01s 86.68r # -14%
gc_B nbody 85.72u 0.02s 85.77r # *** -17%
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
# memory allocation and garbage collection
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.87u 0.00s 0.87r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.61u 0.47s 2.09r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.00u 0.00s 0.01r
gc binary-tree 9.11u 0.01s 9.13r # *** -5%
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.47u 0.01s 0.48r
fannkuch 12
# bounds checking is half the difference
# rest might be registerization
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 59.92u 0.00s 59.94r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 65.54u 0.00s 65.58r
gc fannkuch 123.98u 0.01s 124.04r
gc_B fannkuch 90.75u 0.00s 90.78r
regex-dna 100000
# regexp code is slow on trivial regexp
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.91u 0.00s 0.92r
gc regex-dna 27.25u 0.02s 27.28r
gc_B regex-dna 29.51u 0.03s 29.55r
spectral-norm 5500
# possibly inline evalA
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.57u 0.00s 11.57r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 12.07u 0.01s 12.08r
gc spectral-norm 23.99u 0.00s 24.00r
gc_B spectral-norm 23.73u 0.00s 23.75r
k-nucleotide 1000000
# string maps are slower than glib string maps
gcc -O2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include k-nucleotide.c -lglib-2.0 10.63u 0.02s 10.69r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 23.19u 0.91s 24.12r
gc k-nucleotide 16.73u 0.04s 16.78r # *** +5% (but this one seems to vary by more than that)
gc_B k-nucleotide 16.46u 0.04s 16.51r # *** +5%
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 56.16u 0.00s 56.16r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 57.41u 0.01s 57.42r
gc mandelbrot 64.05u 0.02s 64.08r # *** -14%
gc_B mandelbrot 64.10u 0.02s 64.14r # *** -14%
meteor 2100
# we don't know
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.12u 0.00s 0.12r
gc meteor-contest 0.18u 0.00s 0.20r # *** -25%
gc_B meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.18r # *** -24%
pidigits 10000
# bignum is slower than gmp
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.57u 0.00s 2.57r
gc pidigits 71.82u 0.04s 71.89r
gc_B pidigits 71.84u 0.08s 71.98r
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 30.91u 164.33s 204.57r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 87.12u 460.04s 447.61r
gc threadring 38.55u 0.00s 38.56r # *** +16%
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 17.93u 323.65s 88.47r
gc chameneosredux 21.72u 0.00s 21.73r
August 10 2009
# In-place versions for some bignum operations.
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.56u 0.00s 2.57r
gc pidigits 55.22u 0.04s 55.29r # *** -23%
gc_B pidigits 55.49u 0.02s 55.60r # *** -23%
September 3 2009
# New 6g inlines slices, has a few other tweaks.
# Complete rerun. Significant changes marked.
fasta -n 25000000
# probably I/O library inefficiencies
gcc -O2 fasta.c 5.96u 0.00s 5.96r
gc fasta 10.63u 0.02s 10.66r
gc_B fasta 9.92u 0.01s 9.94r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
# we don't know - memory cache behavior?
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.92u 0.33s 2.93r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 6.76u 0.72s 7.58r # +5%
gc reverse-complement 6.59u 0.70s 7.29r # +2%
gc_B reverse-complement 5.57u 0.80s 6.37r # -10%
nbody 50000000
# math.Sqrt needs to be in assembly; inlining is probably the other 50%
# also loop alignment appears to be critical
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.28u 0.00s 21.28r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 119.21u 0.00s 119.22r # +2%
gc nbody 109.72u 0.00s 109.78r # + 28% *****
gc_B nbody 85.90u 0.00s 85.91r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
# memory allocation and garbage collection
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.86u 0.00s 0.87r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.88u 0.54s 2.42r # +17%
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.01u 0.01s 0.02r
gc binary-tree 8.94u 0.01s 8.96r # -2%
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.47u 0.01s 0.48r
fannkuch 12
# bounds checking is half the difference
# rest might be registerization
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 60.12u 0.00s 60.12r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 92.62u 0.00s 92.66r # +41% ***
gc fannkuch 123.90u 0.00s 123.92r
gc_B fannkuch 89.71u 0.00s 89.74r # -1%
regex-dna 100000
# regexp code is slow on trivial regexp
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.88u 0.00s 0.88r
gc regex-dna 25.77u 0.01s 25.79r # -5%
gc_B regex-dna 26.05u 0.02s 26.09r # -12% ***
spectral-norm 5500
# possibly inline evalA
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.51u 0.00s 11.51r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 11.95u 0.00s 11.96r
gc spectral-norm 24.23u 0.00s 24.23r
gc_B spectral-norm 23.83u 0.00s 23.84r
k-nucleotide 1000000
# string maps are slower than glib string maps
gcc -O2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include k-nucleotide.c -lglib-2.0 10.68u 0.04s 10.72r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 23.03u 0.88s 23.92r
gc k-nucleotide 15.79u 0.05s 15.85r # -5% (but this one seems to vary by more than that)
gc_B k-nucleotide 17.88u 0.05s 17.95r # +8% (ditto)
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 56.17u 0.02s 56.20r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 56.74u 0.02s 56.79r # -1%
gc mandelbrot 63.31u 0.01s 63.35r # -1%
gc_B mandelbrot 63.29u 0.00s 63.31r # -1%
meteor 2100
# we don't know
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.11u 0.00s 0.12r
gc meteor-contest 0.18u 0.00s 0.19r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.18r
pidigits 10000
# bignum is slower than gmp
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.56u 0.00s 2.57r
gc pidigits 55.87u 0.03s 55.91r
gc_B pidigits 55.93u 0.03s 55.99r
# these tests are compared using real time, since they run multiple processors
# accuracy probably low
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 26.31u 164.69s 199.92r # -2%
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 87.90u 487.26s 472.81r # +6%
gc threadring 28.89u 0.00s 28.90r # -25% ***
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 16.41u 296.91s 81.17r # -8%
gc chameneosredux 19.97u 0.00s 19.97r # -8%
Sep 22, 2009
# 6g inlines sliceslice in most cases.
fasta -n 25000000
# probably I/O library inefficiencies
gc fasta 10.24u 0.00s 10.25r # -4%
gc_B fasta 9.68u 0.01s 9.69r # -3%
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
# we don't know - memory cache behavior?
gc reverse-complement 6.67u 0.69s 7.37r # +1%
gc_B reverse-complement 6.00u 0.64s 6.65r # +7%
nbody -n 50000000
# math.Sqrt needs to be in assembly; inlining is probably the other 50%
# also loop alignment appears to be critical
gc nbody 86.27u 0.00s 86.29r # -21%
gc_B nbody 104.52u 0.00s 104.54r # +22%
fannkuch 12
# bounds checking is half the difference
# rest might be registerization
gc fannkuch 128.36u 0.00s 128.37r # +4%
gc_B fannkuch 89.32u 0.00s 89.34r
regex-dna 100000
# regexp code is slow on trivial regexp
gc regex-dna 24.82u 0.01s 24.86r # -4%
gc_B regex-dna 24.55u 0.01s 24.57r # -6%
spectral-norm 5500
# possibly inline evalA
gc spectral-norm 24.05u 0.00s 24.07r # -1%
gc_B spectral-norm 23.60u 0.00s 23.65r # -1%
k-nucleotide 1000000
# string maps are slower than glib string maps
gc k-nucleotide 17.84u 0.04s 17.89r # +13% but mysterious variation continues
gc_B k-nucleotide 15.56u 0.08s 15.65r # -13% (ditto)
mandelbrot 16000
gc mandelbrot 64.08u 0.01s 64.11r # +1%
gc_B mandelbrot 64.04u 0.00s 64.05r # +1%
pidigits 10000
# bignum is slower than gmp
gc pidigits 58.68u 0.02s 58.72r # +5%
gc_B pidigits 58.86u 0.05s 58.99r # +5%
# these tests are compared using real time, since they run multiple processors
# accuracy probably low
threadring 50000000
gc threadring 32.70u 0.02s 32.77r # +13%
chameneos 6000000
gc chameneosredux 26.62u 0.00s 26.63r # +13%
Sep 24, 2009
# Sqrt now in assembler for 6g.
nbody -n 50000000
# remember, at least for 6g, alignment of loops may be important
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.24u 0.00s 21.25r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 121.03u 0.00s 121.04r
gc nbody 30.26u 0.00s 30.27r # -65% ***
gc_B nbody 30.20u 0.02s 30.22r # -72% ***
Nov 13 2009
# fix bug in regexp; take performance hit. good regexps will come in time.
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.92u 0.00s 0.94r
gc regex-dna 29.78u 0.03s 29.83r
gc_B regex-dna 32.63u 0.03s 32.74r
Nov 24 2009
# Roger Peppe's rewrite of the benchmark
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 18.00u 303.29s 83.64r
gc chameneosredux 12.10u 0.00s 12.10r # 2.22X faster
Jan 6, 2010
# Long-overdue update. All numbers included in this complete run.
# Some programs (e.g. reverse-complement) rewritten for speed.
# Regular expressions much faster in common cases (although still far behind PCRE)
# Bignum stuff improved
# Better (but sometimes slower) locking in channels.
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 5.99u 0.01s 6.00r
gc fasta 9.11u 0.00s 9.12r # -11%
gc_B fasta 8.60u 0.00s 8.62r # +12% ??
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 2.00u 0.80s 9.54r
# gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 4.57u 0.35s 4.94r # 33% faster
gc reverse-complement 2.01u 0.38s 2.40r # 3.3X faster
gc_B reverse-complement 1.88u 0.36s 2.24r # 3.2X faster
GOGC=off
gc reverse-complement 2.01u 0.35s 2.37r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.86u 0.32s 2.19r
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.28u 0.00s 21.31r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 80.02u 0.00s 80.05r # 33% faster
gc nbody 30.13u 0.00s 30.13r
gc_B nbody 29.89u 0.01s 29.91r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.86u 0.00s 0.87r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 4.82u 0.41s 5.24r # 2.5X slower
gc binary-tree 7.23u 0.01s 7.25r # # -19%
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.43u 0.00s 0.44r # -9%
fannkuch 12
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 60.17u 0.00s 60.17r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 78.47u 0.01s 78.49r
gc fannkuch 128.86u 0.00s 128.96r
gc_B fannkuch 90.17u 0.00s 90.21r
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.90u 0.00s 0.92r
gc regex-dna 9.48u 0.01s 9.50r # 3.1X faster
gc_B regex-dna 9.08u 0.00s 9.10r # 3.6X faster
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.48u 0.00s 11.48r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 11.68u 0.00s 11.70r
gc spectral-norm 23.98u 0.00s 23.99r
gc_B spectral-norm 23.68u 0.00s 23.69r
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c 10.85u 0.04s 10.90r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 25.26u 0.87s 26.14r
gc k-nucleotide 15.28u 0.06s 15.37r # restored; mysterious variation continues
gc_B k-nucleotide 15.97u 0.03s 16.00r
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 56.12u 0.01s 56.15r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 56.86u 0.01s 56.89r
gc mandelbrot 66.05u 0.00s 66.07r # -3%
gc_B mandelbrot 66.06u 0.00s 66.07r # -3%
meteor 2100
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.12u 0.00s 0.12r
gc meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.17r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.15u 0.00s 0.16r
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.57u 0.00s 2.59r
gc pidigits 38.27u 0.02s 38.30r # 1.5X faster
gc_B pidigits 38.27u 0.02s 38.31r # 1.5X faster
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c 37.11u 170.59s 212.75r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 89.67u 447.56s 442.55r # -6.5%
gc threadring 36.08u 0.04s 36.15r # +10%
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 19.02u 331.08s 90.79r
gc chameneosredux 12.54u 0.00s 12.55r
Oct 19, 2010
# Another long-overdue update. Some of the code is new; parallel versions
# of some are added. A few significant improvements.
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 4.92u 0.00s 4.93r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 3.31u 0.00s 3.34r # new code
gc fasta 3.68u 0.00s 3.69r # 2.5X faster with no code
gc_B fasta 3.68u 0.00s 3.69r # 2.3X faster with no code
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.93u 0.81s 11.24r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 1.58u 0.43s 2.04r # first run with new code?
gc reverse-complement 1.84u 0.34s 2.20r # 10% faster
gc_B reverse-complement 1.85u 0.32s 2.18r
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -O2 nbody.c 21.35u 0.00s 21.36r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 21.62u 0.00s 21.66r # 3.7X faster - why??
gc nbody 29.78u 0.00s 29.79r
gc_B nbody 29.72u 0.00s 29.72r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.86u 0.00s 0.88r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 4.05u 0.02s 4.08r # 28% faster
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist 0.34u 0.08s 0.34r
gc binary-tree 5.94u 0.00s 5.95r # 20% faster
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.50u 0.01s 0.54r
fannkuch 12
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 60.45u 0.00s 60.45r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 64.64u 0.00s 64.64r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 115.63u 0.00s 31.58r
gc fannkuch 126.52u 0.04s 126.68r
gc fannkuch-parallel 238.82u 0.10s 65.93r # GOMAXPROCS=4
gc_B fannkuch 88.99u 0.00s 89.02r
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.89u 0.00s 0.89r
gc regex-dna 8.99u 0.02s 9.03r
gc regex-dna-parallel 8.94u 0.02s 3.68r # GOMAXPROCS=4
gc_B regex-dna 9.12u 0.00s 9.14r
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 11.55u 0.00s 11.57r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 11.73u 0.00s 11.75r
gc spectral-norm 23.74u 0.00s 23.79r
gc_B spectral-norm 24.49u 0.02s 24.54r
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c 11.44u 0.06s 11.50r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 8.65u 0.04s 8.71r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 8.75u 0.03s 2.97r # set GOMAXPROCS=4
gc k-nucleotide 14.92u 0.05s 15.01r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 16.96u 0.06s 6.53r # set GOMAXPROCS=4
gc_B k-nucleotide 15.97u 0.03s 16.08r
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 56.32u 0.00s 56.35r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 55.62u 0.02s 55.77r
gc mandelbrot 64.85u 0.01s 64.94r
gc_B mandelbrot 65.02u 0.01s 65.14r
meteor 2100
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.10u 0.00s 0.11r
gc meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.18r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.16u 0.00s 0.16r
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.58u 0.00s 2.59r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 14.06u 0.01s 14.09r # first run?
gc pidigits 8.47u 0.05s 8.55r # 4.5X faster due to package big
gc_B pidigits 8.33u 0.01s 8.36r # 4.5X faster due to package big
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c 28.18u 153.19s 186.47r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 110.10u 516.48s 515.25r
gc threadring 40.39u 0.00s 40.40r
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 18.20u 301.55s 83.10r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 52.22u 324.54s 201.21r
gc chameneosredux 13.52u 0.00s 13.54r
Dec 14, 2010
# Improved regex code (same algorithm) gets ~30%.
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.77u 0.01s 0.78r
gc regex-dna 6.80u 0.00s 6.81r
gc regex-dna-parallel 6.82u 0.01s 2.75r
gc_B regex-dna 6.69u 0.02s 6.70r
Feb 15, 2011
# Improved GC, still single-threaded but more efficient
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 3.40u 0.00s 3.40r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 3.51u 0.00s 3.50r
gc fasta 3.66u 0.01s 3.66r
gc_B fasta 3.66u 0.00s 3.66r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.86u 1.29s 4.93r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 2.18u 0.41s 2.60r
gc reverse-complement 1.67u 0.48s 2.15r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.71u 0.45s 2.15r
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -O2 -lm nbody.c 21.64u 0.00s 21.64r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 21.46u 0.00s 21.45r
gc nbody 29.07u 0.00s 29.06r
gc_B nbody 31.61u 0.00s 31.61r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.88u 0.00s 0.87r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 2.74u 0.07s 2.81r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.01u 0.00s 0.00r
gc binary-tree 4.22u 0.02s 4.24r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.54u 0.02s 0.55r
fannkuch 12
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 57.64u 0.00s 57.64r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 65.79u 0.00s 65.82r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 160.91u 0.02s 43.90r
gc fannkuch 126.36u 0.03s 126.53r
gc fannkuch-parallel 175.23u 0.04s 45.49r
gc_B fannkuch 89.23u 0.00s 89.24r
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.77u 0.01s 0.80r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 12.38u 0.10s 12.52r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 43.96u 4.64s 15.11r
gc regex-dna 7.03u 0.01s 7.05r
gc regex-dna-parallel 6.85u 0.05s 2.70r
gc_B regex-dna 6.87u 0.02s 6.89r
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 12.29u 0.00s 12.28r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 11.79u 0.00s 11.79r
gc spectral-norm 24.00u 0.02s 24.05r
gc_B spectral-norm 24.59u 0.01s 24.59r
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c 9.75u 0.07s 9.82r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 8.92u 0.06s 8.98r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 8.40u 0.04s 2.76r
gc k-nucleotide 17.01u 0.03s 17.04r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 16.51u 0.08s 6.21r
gc_B k-nucleotide 16.94u 0.08s 17.02r
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 54.60u 0.00s 54.66r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 59.38u 0.00s 59.41r
gc mandelbrot 64.93u 0.04s 65.08r
gc_B mandelbrot 64.85u 0.03s 64.92r
meteor 2098
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.01s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.11u 0.00s 0.11r
gc meteor-contest 0.18u 0.00s 0.17r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.16r
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.24u 0.00s 2.23r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 14.05u 0.00s 14.06r
gc pidigits 6.34u 0.05s 6.38r
gc_B pidigits 6.37u 0.02s 6.38r
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c 30.50u 258.05s 325.72r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 92.87u 748.39s 728.46r
gc threadring 38.03u 0.01s 38.04r
# Apr 15, 2011
# Move to new machine, Intel Xeon E5520@2.27GHz.
# (Was Opteron(tm) Processor 8214 HE)
fasta -n 25000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 fasta.c 3.39u 0.04s 3.42r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 3.52u 0.00s 3.52r
gc fasta 3.63u 0.04s 3.67r
gc_B fasta 3.66u 0.00s 3.66r
NEW:
gcc -O2 fasta.c 1.45u 0.02s 1.47r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 1.51u 0.01s 1.51r
gc fasta 2.04u 0.00s 2.04r
gc_B fasta 2.05u 0.00s 2.04r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.87u 1.51s 7.02r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 1.56u 0.54s 3.37r
gc reverse-complement 1.73u 0.36s 2.08r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.75u 0.37s 2.12r
NEW:
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.20u 0.47s 12.96r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 0.88u 0.14s 1.01r
gc reverse-complement 1.13u 0.17s 1.30r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.11u 0.09s 1.20r
nbody -n 50000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 -lm nbody.c 21.90u 0.00s 21.92r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 23.12u 0.03s 23.19r
gc nbody 29.07u 0.00s 29.07r
gc_B nbody 31.84u 0.00s 31.85r
NEW:
gcc -O2 -lm nbody.c 13.01u 0.00s 13.03r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 13.35u 0.00s 13.37r
gc nbody 21.78u 0.00s 21.82r
gc_B nbody 21.72u 0.00s 21.76r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
OLD:
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.83u 0.02s 0.84r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 2.61u 0.02s 2.62r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.32u 0.01s 0.32r
gc binary-tree 3.93u 0.04s 3.97r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.47u 0.03s 0.50r
NEW:
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.60u 0.00s 0.59r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.53u 0.00s 1.52r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.01u 0.00s 0.00r
gc binary-tree 1.93u 0.02s 1.95r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.32u 0.01s 0.32r
fannkuch 12
OLD:
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 57.64u 0.00s 57.64r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 65.56u 0.01s 65.65r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 179.12u 0.00s 49.82r
gc fannkuch 126.39u 0.00s 126.39r
gc fannkuch-parallel 172.49u 0.02s 45.44r
gc_B fannkuch 89.30u 0.00s 89.28r
NEW:
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 45.17u 0.00s 45.26r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 53.63u 0.00s 53.73r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 216.72u 0.00s 58.42r
gc fannkuch 108.21u 0.00s 108.44r
gc fannkuch-parallel 227.20u 0.00s 57.27r
gc_B fannkuch 56.14u 0.00s 56.26r
regex-dna 100000
OLD:
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.77u 0.01s 0.78r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 10.15u 0.02s 10.23r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 33.81u 3.22s 11.62r
gc regex-dna 6.52u 0.04s 6.56r
gc regex-dna-parallel 6.84u 0.03s 2.70r
gc_B regex-dna 6.83u 0.01s 6.84r
NEW:
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.47u 0.00s 0.47r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 6.00u 0.00s 6.00r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 44.54u 1.57s 6.51r
gc regex-dna 5.41u 0.01s 5.42r
gc regex-dna-parallel 5.62u 0.01s 2.20r
gc_B regex-dna 5.50u 0.00s 5.50r
spectral-norm 5500
OLD:
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 12.29u 0.00s 12.28r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 11.56u 0.00s 11.55r
gc spectral-norm 23.98u 0.00s 24.00r
gc_B spectral-norm 24.62u 0.00s 24.65r
NEW:
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 15.79u 0.00s 15.82r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 15.32u 0.00s 15.35r
gc spectral-norm 19.62u 0.01s 19.67r
gc_B spectral-norm 19.62u 0.00s 19.66r
k-nucleotide 1000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c 9.82u 0.06s 9.87r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 8.30u 0.02s 8.32r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 8.84u 0.05s 3.02r
gc k-nucleotide 15.38u 0.07s 15.44r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 16.40u 0.03s 5.93r
gc_B k-nucleotide 15.19u 0.05s 15.23r
NEW:
gcc -O2 -k-nucleotide.c 4.88u 0.03s 4.92r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 5.94u 0.01s 5.96r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 6.44u 0.03s 1.47r
gc k-nucleotide 9.61u 0.01s 9.63r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 9.70u 0.00s 3.39r
gc_B k-nucleotide 9.19u 0.03s 9.23r
mandelbrot 16000
OLD:
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 54.54u 0.00s 54.56r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 59.63u 0.03s 59.67r
gc mandelbrot 64.82u 0.00s 64.83r
gc_B mandelbrot 64.84u 0.00s 64.91r
NEW:
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 36.07u 0.01s 36.15r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 43.57u 0.00s 43.66r
gc mandelbrot 60.66u 0.00s 60.79r
gc_B mandelbrot 60.90u 0.00s 61.03r
meteor 2098
OLD:
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.11u 0.00s 0.10r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.10u 0.01s 0.10r
gc meteor-contest 0.18u 0.00s 0.17r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.17u 0.00s 0.16r
NEW:
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.10u 0.00s 0.09r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.10u 0.00s 0.09r
gc meteor-contest 0.14u 0.00s 0.14r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.13u 0.00s 0.13r
pidigits 10000
OLD:
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.22u 0.00s 2.21r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 13.39u 0.00s 13.40r
gc pidigits 6.42u 0.04s 6.45r
gc_B pidigits 6.45u 0.02s 6.47r
NEW:
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.27u 0.00s 2.29r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 9.21u 0.00s 9.22r
gc pidigits 3.60u 0.00s 3.60r
gc_B pidigits 3.56u 0.02s 3.58r
threadring 50000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 34.51u 267.95s 336.12r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 103.51u 588.57s 627.16r
gc threadring 54.68u 0.00s 54.73r
NEW:
gcc -O2 threadring.c 32.00u 259.39s 369.74r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 133.06u 546.02s 595.33r
gc threadring 16.75u 0.02s 16.80r
chameneos 6000000
OLD:
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 12.65u 31.02s 13.33r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 47.04u 302.84s 252.29r
gc chameneosredux 14.14u 0.00s 14.14r
NEW:
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 8.05u 63.43s 11.16r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 82.95u 304.37s 207.64r
gc chameneosredux 9.42u 0.00s 9.43r
# May 13, 2011
# after gc update to inline append when possible - 35% faster
regex-dna 100000
gc regex-dna 3.94u 0.00s 3.95r
gc regex-dna-parallel 4.15u 0.01s 1.63r
gc_B regex-dna 4.01u 0.01s 4.02r
# Aug 4, 2011
# After various updates to locking code and some runtime changes.
# Slowdowns believed due to slower (but more correct) memmove.
fannkuch 12
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 51.59u 0.00s 51.69r # -4%
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 253.17u 0.00s 64.67r # -11%
gc fannkuch 103.14u 0.00s 103.36r # -5%
gc fannkuch-parallel 189.63u 0.00s 49.37r # +9%
gc_B fannkuch 49.19u 0.00s 49.29r # -14%
regex-dna 100000
gc regex-dna 3.78u 0.00s 3.78r # -43%
gc regex-dna-parallel 3.84u 0.02s 1.48r # -49%
gc_B regex-dna 3.62u 0.00s 3.63r # -52%
k-nucleotide 1000000
gc k-nucleotide 12.23u 0.02s 12.27r # +27%
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 12.76u 0.02s 4.37r # +29%
gc_B k-nucleotide 12.18u 0.01s 12.21r # +33%
threadring 50000000
gc threadring 17.49u 0.00s 17.53r # +4%
chameneos 6000000
gc chameneosredux 7.61u 0.00s 7.63r # -24%
Aug 9, 2011
# After custom algorithms for 1- 2- 4- 8-byte scalars.
fannkuch 12
gc fannkuch-parallel 157.17u 0.00s 41.08r # -17%
k-nucleotide 1000000
gc k-nucleotide 8.72u 0.03s 8.76r # -39%
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 8.79u 0.01s 3.14r # -39%
gc_B k-nucleotide 8.65u 0.03s 8.69r # -39%
pidigits 10000
gc pidigits 3.71u 0.02s 3.73r # +4%
gc_B pidigits 3.73u 0.00s 3.73r # +4%
threadring 50000000
gc threadring 14.51u 0.00s 14.54r # -17%
chameneos 6000000
gc chameneosredux 7.41u 0.00s 7.42r # -3%
# A complete run at the Go 1 release.
# Significant changes:
# - gccgo is now enabled for all tests (goroutines are cheap enough)
# - threadring and chameneos are 14% faster, probably due to runtime changes
# - regex-dna 36% faster
# - fannkuch-parallel (only) slowed down 40%
# - gccgo on binary-tree-freelist is still optimized to nothing
# Other changes are modest.
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 1.45u 0.02s 1.48r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 1.46u 0.00s 1.47r
gc fasta 1.99u 0.01s 2.00r
gc_B fasta 1.99u 0.01s 2.01r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 0.95u 0.48s 4.99r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 0.93u 0.16s 1.09r
gc reverse-complement 1.20u 0.19s 1.39r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.04u 0.16s 1.20r
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -O2 -lm nbody.c 13.02u 0.00s 13.05r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 14.46u 0.00s 14.49r
gc nbody 21.79u 0.00s 21.84r
gc_B nbody 21.74u 0.00s 21.79r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.60u 0.01s 0.61r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.30u 0.01s 1.32r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.00u 0.00s 0.00r
gc binary-tree 1.84u 0.01s 1.86r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.33u 0.00s 0.33r
fannkuch 12
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 45.24u 0.00s 45.34r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 59.76u 0.01s 59.90r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 218.20u 0.01s 61.60r
gc fannkuch 103.92u 0.00s 104.16r
gc fannkuch-parallel 221.61u 0.00s 60.49r
gc_B fannkuch 53.17u 0.00s 53.30r
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.47u 0.00s 0.48r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 6.52u 0.00s 6.54r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 14.40u 0.73s 4.35r
gc regex-dna 2.63u 0.02s 2.66r # -36%
gc regex-dna-parallel 2.87u 0.01s 1.11r
gc_B regex-dna 2.65u 0.00s 2.66r
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 15.78u 0.00s 15.82r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 15.79u 0.00s 15.83r
gc spectral-norm 19.76u 0.00s 19.80r
gc_B spectral-norm 19.73u 0.01s 19.78r
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c 5.59u 0.03s 5.63r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 4.09u 0.03s 4.13r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 4.50u 0.06s 1.63r
gc k-nucleotide 9.23u 0.02s 9.27r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 9.87u 0.03s 3.55r
gc_B k-nucleotide 9.20u 0.00s 9.22r
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 36.09u 0.00s 36.18r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 41.69u 0.01s 41.80r
gc mandelbrot 60.91u 0.02s 61.07r
gc_B mandelbrot 60.90u 0.00s 61.04r
meteor 2098
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.09u 0.00s 0.09r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.09u 0.00s 0.09r
gc meteor-contest 0.14u 0.00s 0.15r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.14u 0.00s 0.14r
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.27u 0.00s 2.27r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 8.65u 0.00s 8.67r
gc pidigits 3.70u 0.04s 3.75r
gc_B pidigits 3.72u 0.02s 3.75r
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c 40.91u 369.85s 323.31r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 26.97u 30.82s 57.93r
gc threadring 12.81u 0.01s 12.85r # -13%
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 9.44u 72.90s 12.65r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 7.73u 7.53s 15.30r
gc chameneosredux 6.51u 0.00s 6.53r # - 14%
# After http://codereview.appspot.com/6248049, moving panicindex
# calls out of line (putting the likely code into a single path and shortening
# loops). Significant changes since the last run (note: some are slower for
# unrelated and as yet undiagnosed reasons):
nbody -n 50000000
gc nbody 19.10u 0.01s 19.19r # -12%
gc_B nbody 19.19u 0.00s 19.23r # -12%
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gc binary-tree 1.49u 0.01s 1.51r # -19%
fannkuch 12
gc fannkuch 60.79u 0.00s 60.92r # -41%
gc fannkuch-parallel 183.51u 0.01s 51.75r # -14%
gc_B fannkuch 51.68u 0.00s 51.79r # -3%
k-nucleotide 1000000
gc k-nucleotide 9.74u 0.04s 9.80r # +6%
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 9.89u 0.05s 3.59r # +1%
gc_B k-nucleotide 9.39u 0.02s 9.43r # +2%
mandelbrot (much slower, due to unrelated http://codereview.appspot.com/6209077)
gc mandelbrot 100.98u 0.00s 101.20r # +65%
gc_B mandelbrot 100.90u 0.01s 101.17r # +65%
meteor 2098
gc meteor-contest 0.13u 0.00s 0.13r # -13%
gc_B meteor-contest 0.13u 0.00s 0.13r # -7%
# May 30, 2012.
# After http://codereview.appspot.com/6261051, restoring old code generated
# for floating-point constants. Mandelbrot is back to its previous numbers.
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 36.07u 0.00s 36.16r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 41.72u 0.01s 41.90r
gc mandelbrot 60.62u 0.00s 60.76r
gc_B mandelbrot 60.68u 0.00s 60.82r
# May 30, 2012.
# After http://codereview.appspot.com/6248068, better FP code
# by avoiding MOVSD between registers.
# Plus some other timing changes that have crept in from other speedups,
# from garbage collection to Printf.
fasta -n 25000000
gc fasta 1.76u 0.00s 1.76r # -12%
gc_B fasta 1.71u 0.00s 1.72r # -12%
nbody -n 50000000
gc nbody 17.56u 0.00s 17.60r # -8%
gc_B nbody 17.30u 0.00s 17.34r # -10%
fannkuch 12
gc fannkuch-parallel 155.92u 0.01s 44.05r # -15%
k-nucleotide 1000000
gc k-nucleotide 9.22u 0.01s 9.26r # -5%
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 9.23u 0.03s 3.26r # -9%
gc_B k-nucleotide 9.22u 0.03s 9.28r # -2%
mandelbrot 16000
gc mandelbrot 44.80u 0.00s 44.90r # -27%
gc_B mandelbrot 44.81u 0.00s 44.92r # -26%
pidigits 10000
gc pidigits 3.51u 0.00s 3.52r # -6%
gc_B pidigits 3.51u 0.00s 3.52r # -6%
# Aug 28, 2012
# After some assembler work in package big.
pidigits 10000
gc pidigits 2.85u 0.02s 2.88r # -22%
gc_B pidigits 2.88u 0.01s 2.90r # -21%
# Sep 26, 2012
# 64-bit ints, plus significantly better floating-point code.
# Interesting details:
# Generally something in the 0-10% slower range, some (binary tree) more
# Floating-point noticeably faster:
# nbody -25%
# mandelbrot -37% relative to Go 1.
# Other:
# regex-dna +47%
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -O2 fasta.c 1.43u 0.03s 1.46r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 1.47u 0.00s 1.47r
gc fasta 1.78u 0.01s 1.80r
gc_B fasta 1.76u 0.00s 1.76r
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -O2 reverse-complement.c 1.14u 0.39s 11.19r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 0.91u 0.17s 1.09r
gc reverse-complement 1.12u 0.18s 1.31r
gc_B reverse-complement 1.12u 0.15s 1.28r
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -O2 nbody.c -lm 13.02u 0.00s 13.05r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 13.90u 0.00s 13.93r
gc nbody 17.05u 0.00s 17.09r
gc_B nbody 16.30u 0.00s 16.34r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.61u 0.00s 0.61r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.24u 0.04s 1.29r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.21u 0.01s 0.22r
gc binary-tree 1.93u 0.02s 1.96r
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.32u 0.00s 0.33r
fannkuch 12
gcc -O2 fannkuch.c 45.19u 0.00s 45.29r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 60.32u 0.00s 60.45r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 185.59u 0.00s 59.49r
gc fannkuch 72.14u 0.00s 72.30r
gc fannkuch-parallel 172.54u 0.00s 43.59r
gc_B fannkuch 53.55u 0.00s 53.67r
regex-dna 100000
gcc -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.47u 0.00s 0.47r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 6.49u 0.05s 6.56r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 14.60u 0.67s 4.42r
gc regex-dna 3.91u 0.00s 3.92r
gc regex-dna-parallel 4.01u 0.03s 1.56r
gc_B regex-dna 3.91u 0.00s 3.92r
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 15.85u 0.00s 15.89r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 15.86u 0.00s 15.89r
gc spectral-norm 19.72u 0.00s 19.76r
gc_B spectral-norm 19.68u 0.01s 19.74r
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -lglib-2.0 4.90u 0.01s 4.93r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 4.78u 0.01s 4.80r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 6.49u 0.02s 2.18r
gc k-nucleotide 9.05u 0.02s 9.09r
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 9.27u 0.01s 3.29r
gc_B k-nucleotide 8.95u 0.03s 9.00r
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -O2 mandelbrot.c 36.11u 0.00s 36.19r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 43.67u 0.00s 43.77r
gc mandelbrot 38.57u 0.00s 38.66r
gc_B mandelbrot 38.59u 0.00s 38.68r
meteor 2098
gcc -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.09u 0.00s 0.09r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.09u 0.00s 0.09r
gc meteor-contest 0.13u 0.00s 0.14r
gc_B meteor-contest 0.12u 0.00s 0.13r
pidigits 10000
gcc -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.26u 0.00s 2.27r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 9.05u 0.00s 9.07r
gc pidigits 2.88u 0.02s 2.90r
gc_B pidigits 2.89u 0.00s 2.90r
threadring 50000000
gcc -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 37.30u 327.81s 289.28r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 42.83u 26.15s 69.14r
gc threadring 13.00u 0.00s 13.03r
chameneos 6000000
gcc -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 8.80u 71.67s 12.19r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 11.28u 6.68s 18.00r
gc chameneosredux 6.94u 0.00s 6.96r
# May 23, 2013
# Go 1.1, which includes precise GC, new scheduler, faster maps.
# 20%-ish speedups across many benchmarks.
# gccgo showing significant improvement (even though it's not yet up to Go 1.1)
#
# Standouts:
# fannkuch, regex-dna, k-nucleotide, threadring, chameneos
fasta -n 25000000
gcc -m64 -O2 fasta.c 1.54u 0.01s 1.55r
gccgo -O2 fasta.go 1.42u 0.00s 1.43r
gc fasta 1.50u 0.01s 1.52r # -16%
gc_B fasta 1.46u 0.00s 1.46r # -17%
reverse-complement < output-of-fasta-25000000
gcc -m64 -O2 reverse-complement.c 0.87u 0.37s 4.36r
gccgo -O2 reverse-complement.go 0.77u 0.15s 0.93r # -15%
gc reverse-complement 0.99u 0.12s 1.12r # -15%
gc_B reverse-complement 0.85u 0.17s 1.02r # -21%
nbody -n 50000000
gcc -m64 -O2 nbody.c -lm 13.50u 0.00s 13.53r
gccgo -O2 nbody.go 13.98u 0.01s 14.02r
gc nbody 16.63u 0.01s 16.67r
gc_B nbody 15.74u 0.00s 15.76r
binary-tree 15 # too slow to use 20
gcc -m64 -O2 binary-tree.c -lm 0.61u 0.00s 0.61r
gccgo -O2 binary-tree.go 1.11u 0.01s 1.12r # -13%
gccgo -O2 binary-tree-freelist.go 0.22u 0.01s 0.23r
gc binary-tree 1.83u 0.02s 1.83r # -7%
gc binary-tree-freelist 0.32u 0.00s 0.32r
fannkuch 12
gcc -m64 -O2 fannkuch.c 45.56u 0.00s 45.67r
gccgo -O2 fannkuch.go 57.71u 0.00s 57.85r # -4%
gccgo -O2 fannkuch-parallel.go 146.31u 0.00s 37.50r #-37%
gc fannkuch 70.06u 0.03s 70.17r # -3%
gc fannkuch-parallel 131.88u 0.06s 33.59r # -23%
gc_B fannkuch 45.55u 0.02s 45.63r # -15%
regex-dna 100000
gcc -m64 -O2 regex-dna.c -lpcre 0.44u 0.01s 0.45r
gccgo -O2 regex-dna.go 5.59u 0.00s 5.61r # -14%
gccgo -O2 regex-dna-parallel.go 10.85u 0.30s 3.34r # -24%
gc regex-dna 2.23u 0.01s 2.25r # -43%
gc regex-dna-parallel 2.35u 0.00s 0.93r # -40%
gc_B regex-dna 2.24u 0.01s 2.25r # -43%
spectral-norm 5500
gcc -m64 -O2 spectral-norm.c -lm 14.84u 0.00s 14.88r
gccgo -O2 spectral-norm.go 15.33u 0.00s 15.37r
gc spectral-norm 16.75u 0.02s 16.79r # -15%
gc_B spectral-norm 16.77u 0.01s 16.79r # -15%
k-nucleotide 1000000
gcc -O2 k-nucleotide.c -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -lglib-2.0 4.50u 0.00s 4.52r
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide.go 3.72u 0.04s 3.77r # -21%
gccgo -O2 k-nucleotide-parallel.go 3.88u 0.03s 1.42r # -35%
gc k-nucleotide 6.32u 0.01s 6.33r # -31%
gc k-nucleotide-parallel 6.47u 0.05s 2.13r # -33%
gc_B k-nucleotide 6.45u 0.01s 6.47r # - 28%
mandelbrot 16000
gcc -m64 -O2 mandelbrot.c 36.03u 0.00s 36.11r
gccgo -O2 mandelbrot.go 37.61u 0.00s 37.74r # -14%
gc mandelbrot 38.19u 0.05s 38.29r
gc_B mandelbrot 38.19u 0.03s 38.26r
meteor 2098
gcc -m64 -O2 meteor-contest.c 0.08u 0.00s 0.08r
gccgo -O2 meteor-contest.go 0.09u 0.01s 0.10r
gc meteor-contest 0.12u 0.00s 0.12r # -15% although perhaps just noise
gc_B meteor-contest 0.11u 0.00s 0.12r # -8% although perhaps just noise
pidigits 10000
gcc -m64 -O2 pidigits.c -lgmp 2.27u 0.00s 2.28r
gccgo -O2 pidigits.go 8.95u 0.02s 8.99r
gc pidigits 2.88u 0.14s 2.91r
gc_B pidigits 2.92u 0.10s 2.91r
threadring 50000000
gcc -m64 -O2 threadring.c -lpthread 14.75u 167.88s 212.23r
gccgo -O2 threadring.go 36.72u 12.08s 48.91r # -29%
gc threadring 10.93u 0.01s 10.95r # -16%
chameneos 6000000
gcc -m64 -O2 chameneosredux.c -lpthread 8.89u 56.62s 9.75r
gccgo -O2 chameneosredux.go 9.48u 2.48s 11.99r # -33%
gc chameneosredux 5.80u 0.00s 5.81r # -16%