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Code Profiling on AMD Systems?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the search-for-slow-function-calls dept.

streak writes "After looking around at some profilers for AMD chips (I'm currently developing on Windows .NET so oprofile, dtrace, and other open source profilers are out) like AMD's CodeAnalyst and Microsoft's .NET Profiler, I've seen nothing that even comes close to being useful for function timing, call graphs, and the like. I'm not looking for micro-optimization (i.e. assembly tweaking - I am after all in .NET), but more for macro-optimization (identifying slow functions, reducing number of repeated calls to functions, etc). What I'm comparing all these tools to is VTune (which is Intel only). What do people use for profiling on AMD systems on Windows? Do you develop on an Intel box, do macro-optimization with VTune, and then just run that code on the AMD system?"

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  1. Use VTune by LLuthor · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you prefer working with VTune, just use VTune. At a high level, it doesn't matter whether you are working on an AMD or Intel CPU since the .NET JIT code will be almost identical.

    The intel tools are absolutely fantastic and integrate perfectly with VS and most other .NET tools. Its not worth your time and effort to use inferior products just for the sake of using AMD hardware. Just profile your code on an intel box and depoly on any box (since .NET doesn't care).

    I have't worked much with .NET, but for C++ nothing beats intel's C++ compiler and profiling tools. Even though I strongly prefer AMD hardware (I don't use laptops much), I keep a few intel boxes around for developing high performance C++.

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    LL
    1. Re:Use VTune by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I'm sure it has very little to do with VTune not working on AMD and everything to do with Intel's business types telling the engineers "don't support AMD". Did you know that recently Intel and Skype "collaborated" to cripple Skype's conference call features when running on a non-Intel chip? They don't need a good technical reason; this is business.

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      main(c,r){for(r=32;r;) printf(++c>31?c=!r--,"\n":c<r?" ":~c&r?" `":" #");}
  2. DevPartner Suite from Compuware is quite passable by ArchMagus · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've had some fairly good experiences with the Profiling portion of DevPartner (used to be TrueTime from NuMega.) The call graphs are very easy to navigate, and the data is quite digestable (the coverage analysis is quite nice too.)

    I don't think it's cheap, but I've never seen a more elegant solution.

  3. .NET profiling? by Spy+Hunter · · Score: 2, Informative

    NProf is free and works, though it won't win any awards. Visual Studio 2005 Team System (not professional) includes a code profiler.

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    main(c,r){for(r=32;r;) printf(++c>31?c=!r--,"\n":c<r?" ":~c&r?" `":" #");}
  4. jetbrains dottrace profiler by ZxCv · · Score: 3, Informative

    The same company that makes the java IDE IntelliJ IDEA makes a profiler for .NET called dottrace profiler that is very good for .NET apps. It has helped me identify and fix a long list of problems in the .NET apps that I have to maintain. I would highly recommend it. You can find it yourself on the front of jetbrains.com.

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    Perl - $Just @when->$you ${thought} s/yn/tax/ &couldn\'t %get $worse;
  5. Re:Dear slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    > I'm a fucking moron, how do I tie my shoes?

    Since you havent provided any more details I'm asuming you want to run barefeet. There are no shoelaces involved.

    Please consult your local high voltage line.

  6. AutomatedQA's AQTime by mindsuck · · Score: 4, Informative

    Check out AQTime.

    I use it for profiling big multi-threaded client/server applications and it usually comes in handy at spotting memory leaks and the bottlenecks in the code.

    I use it with Delphi's native win32 compiler, but it supports a wide array of platforms. I believe it supports everything you need on .NET and the price tag is quite affordable.

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    --- I w00t, therefore I'm l33t.
  7. Re:Look before you leap by binford2k · · Score: 2, Funny

    GNU/Linux - a printer driver gone horribly wrong

    The idea of GNU started with a printer driver. Linux started entirely independently as a terminal emulator. Get your facts straight before you poke fun. ;)

  8. Ants by ncmusic · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've had really good luck with Ants. I found it alot more intuitive than AQTune.