LLVM Clang vs. GCC Compiler Comparison On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
GCC is pulling some narrow leads with the Bullet physics library.
GCC is also pulling a little bit ahead of Clang with the MP3 and FLAC audio encoding tests.
Along with OpenSSL.
With PostgreSQL it's a tight race between GCC and Clang.
The Redis race is also close.
With the Apache benchmark it's a dead heat between GCC and Clang.
If you wish to dig more into these Ubuntu 16.04 compiler benchmarks from the Xeon E3 v5 Skylake CPU, visit this OpenBenchmarking.org result file. Have any other tests you'd like to see? Let us know and I'll do my best, particularly if you are a premium supporter.
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