[Numpy-discussion] Linking against MKL but still slow?
Christoph Dann
ch.ro.dann at googlemail.com
Mon Mar 26 05:06:56 EDT 2012
Dear list,
so far I used Enthoughts Python Distribution which contains a compiled
version of numpy linked against MKL. Now, I want to implement my own
extensions to numpy, so I need my build numpy on my own. So, I installed
Intel Parallel studio including MKL and the C / Fortran compilers.
I linked against the same libraries as Enthought:
In [2]: np.show_config()
lapack_opt_info:
libraries = ['mkl_lapack95_lp64', 'iomp5', 'mkl_def', 'mkl_intel_lp64',
'mkl_intel_thread', 'mkl_core', 'pthread']
library_dirs = ['/opt/intel/lib/intel64', '/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64']
define_macros = [('SCIPY_MKL_H', None)]
include_dirs = ['/opt/intel/include/']
blas_opt_info:
libraries = ['iomp5', 'mkl_def', 'mkl_intel_lp64', 'mkl_intel_thread',
'mkl_core', 'pthread']
library_dirs = ['/opt/intel/lib/intel64', '/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64']
define_macros = [('SCIPY_MKL_H', None)]
include_dirs = ['/opt/intel/include/']
lapack_mkl_info:
libraries = ['mkl_lapack95_lp64', 'iomp5', 'mkl_def', 'mkl_intel_lp64',
'mkl_intel_thread', 'mkl_core', 'pthread']
library_dirs = ['/opt/intel/lib/intel64', '/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64']
define_macros = [('SCIPY_MKL_H', None)]
include_dirs = ['/opt/intel/include/']
blas_mkl_info:
libraries = ['iomp5', 'mkl_def', 'mkl_intel_lp64', 'mkl_intel_thread',
'mkl_core', 'pthread']
library_dirs = ['/opt/intel/lib/intel64', '/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64']
define_macros = [('SCIPY_MKL_H', None)]
include_dirs = ['/opt/intel/include/']
mkl_info:
libraries = ['iomp5', 'mkl_def', 'mkl_intel_lp64', 'mkl_intel_thread',
'mkl_core', 'pthread']
library_dirs = ['/opt/intel/lib/intel64', '/opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64']
define_macros = [('SCIPY_MKL_H', None)]
include_dirs = ['/opt/intel/include/']
and used the intel compilers to build numpy. Since I have an i7 processor I
compiled including AVX instructions. Yet, EPD is double as fast as my own
build executing the simple benchmark from:
http://dpinte.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/numpy-performance-improvement-with-the-mkl/
I expected at least comparable performance. How is such a decrease
possible? Did I miss a significant part to make numpy really fast?
Thanks
Christoph
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