Intel C/C++ Compiler Beats GCC

jfonseca writes: "An article from Open Magazine claims the new Intel C/C++ compiler's geometric mean performance on multiple kernels compiled through it reached 47% improvement over GCC. They also predict the end to the ubiquitous GNU compiler due to low performance. Many other compiler/platform combinations also compared. A bit pretentious, yet an interesting read."

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kernel redefined

[ypocat]

What is a kernel? Who is using at least one of their 30 different kernels? Who gives a damn that Windows runs 10% faster if it can't be considered an operating system - in the terms of server use? Today we need stability, portability, open source and low TOC. But those guys apparently don't get it. I can either buy a proprietary Intel compiler which doesn't even compile Linux kernel and forget about others (like BSD), or wait some 3 months and get those "improvements" in hardware in the form of higher clock frequency, but for real.

Also the article is trying to say, that the code optimized up to 40% over GCC using Intel's proprietary instructions gains the same improvements on AMD.

Yeah and I'm going to die to get my ass on dot NET.

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