[Numpy-discussion] String sort

[Bruce Southey]

Hi,
I confirmed the gcc 4.2.3 performance for the Opteron:

Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
C qsort with C style compare: 0.630000
C qsort with Python style compare: 0.630000
NumPy newqsort: 0.360000

I also installed the Intel icc 10.1 compiler on my Opteron system but
I did not use any flags:
$ /opt/intel/cc/10.1.008/bin/icc sort-string-bench.c -o icc_sort
$ ./icc_sort
Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
C qsort with C style compare: 1.030000
C qsort with Python style compare: 0.960000
NumPy newqsort: 0.530000

Just glad to be able to contribute something,
Bruce



On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Francesc Altet <faltet at carabos.com> wrote:
> A Thursday 14 February 2008, escriguéreu:
>
> > > In any case, if anybody have access to an Opteron machine and gcc
>  > > 4.2.3, it would be great if he can run the benchmark and contribute
>  > > his feedback.
>  >
>  > Here it is with gcc 4.2.3 on an Opteron 246 (2.0 GHz):
>  >
>  > uller:~$ ./sort423_O2    # with -O2
>
> > Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
>  > C qsort with C style compare: 0.770000
>  > C qsort with Python style compare: 0.740000
>  > NumPy newqsort: 0.630000
>  >
>  > uller:~$ ./sort423_O3    # with -O3
>
> > Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
>  > C qsort with C style compare: 0.640000
>  > C qsort with Python style compare: 0.660000
>  > NumPy newqsort: 0.400000
>
>  And here are my timings with gcc 4.1.3 and using a similar Opteron than
>  yours (270 @ 2.0 GHz):
>
>  With -O2:
>
> Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
>  C qsort with C style compare: 0.750000
>  C qsort with Python style compare: 0.700000
>  NumPy newqsort: 0.690000
>
>  With -O3:
>
> Benchmark with 1000000 strings of size 15
>  C qsort with C style compare: 0.670000
>  C qsort with Python style compare: 0.620000
>  NumPy newqsort: 0.380000
>
>  So, it seems clear that the GCC people has fixed in 4.2.3 the problem
>  with the optimizer introduced in 4.2.1.  Very good!
>
>  By the way, it's nice to see the wide range of platforms that this list
>  allows to test out :-)
>
>
>
>  Cheers,
>
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