AMD Zen 2 Performance Looking Even Better With GCC 10

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 2 August 2019 at 10:26 AM EDT. Page 4 of 5. 22 Comments.
Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning
Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning
Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning
Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning

GraphicsMagick built by GCC 10 with Znver2 optimizations were picking up some more wins.

Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning
Ryzen 9 3900X Znver2 Compiler Tuning

But as is generally the case with newer compilers, they build code slower. Due to the extra optimization passes in order to speed up the performance of the generated binaries, that generally slows down the build times ever so slightly each time.


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