LLVM Clang vs. GCC Compiler Comparison On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 26 February 2016 at 12:00 PM EST. Page 4 of 4. 17 Comments.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

GCC is pulling some narrow leads with the Bullet physics library.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

GCC is also pulling a little bit ahead of Clang with the MP3 and FLAC audio encoding tests.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

Along with OpenSSL.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

With PostgreSQL it's a tight race between GCC and Clang.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

The Redis race is also close.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Compiler Benchmarks

With the Apache benchmark it's a dead heat between GCC and Clang.

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