[Pythonmac-SIG] intel compiler

[Perry Smith]

Perhaps an email to gcc-help would get the info that you need.  I  
could be the go-between but I don't feel like I know enough to convey  
your questions.

Perry Smith
Ease Software, Inc.
pedz at easesoftware.com
http://www.easesoftware.com

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On Aug 28, 2006, at 3:28 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:

>
> On 28-aug-2006, at 10:21, Dan White wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Could someone who is using the Intel compiler say something about
>>> the performance of resulting binaries compared to binaries created
>>> by GCC. I'm obviously mostly interested in the speed of the python
>>> interpreter.
>>>
>>> Ronald
>>>
>>
>> for C++ code which is doing recursive / parallelisable tasks
>> with processor optimisation flag -xP (for an intel core duo chip)
>> it is faster than gcc4 with optimisation for auto vectorisation and
>> other speed optimisations
>>
>> At least in my case. Of course mileage might vary...
>> I suggest its at least worth running some benchmarks
>> so wee what differece it makes for various kinds of tasks in python.
>
> I was hoping that someone had already done that :-). Having a look at
> the intel compiler is somewhere on my todo list, ever since a college
> noticed that he got higher pystones in Windows running in Parallels
> than running natively on the same mac.
>
> Ronald
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