Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks
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- icc
![[user]](http://www.spec.org/auto/accel/flags/user.png)
- CC, LD
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Invoke the Intel C compiler.
Fortran benchmarks
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- ifort
- FC, LD
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Invoke the Intel Fortran compiler.
Compilers: Intel c/c++/fortran Compiler 17.0.3.191
Operating systems: Linux
Last updated: 04-Apr-2017
The text for many of the descriptions below was taken from the "icc --help".
Copyright © 1985-2017 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Invoke the Intel C compiler.
Invoke the Intel Fortran compiler.
Invoke the Intel C compiler.
Invoke the Intel Fortran compiler.
![[benchmark]](http://www.spec.org/auto/accel/flags/benchmark.png)
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
FPORTABILITY flag
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
No Fortran main method exists, use C equivalent instead.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
FPORTABILITY flag
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
By default, 551.ppalm uses the Temperton Algorithm to compute FFTs. By defining SPEC_HOST_FFTW3, the benchmark will instead use a user suppiled FFTW3 library. The arrays passed to this library will be the host copy.
Users must specify both -DSPEC_HOST_FFTW as well as the include path to the FFTW3 interface file, fftw3.f03. They must also add the FFTW3 libary to the libraries. For example:
315.palm:
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
No Fortran main method exists, use C equivalent instead.
Enables the use of nested SIMD statements for OpenMP.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
Enable use of SIMD directive inside of loop rather than on outer loop.
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
Specifies whether streaming stores are generated:
always - enables generation of streaming stores under the assumption that the application is memory bound
auto - compiler decides when streaming stores are used (DEFAULT)
never - disables generation of streaming stores
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
Enable levels of prefetch insertion, where 0 disables. n may be 0 through 5 inclusive. Default is 2.
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
Enable levels of prefetch insertion, where 0 disables. n may be 0 through 5 inclusive. Default is 2.
optimize for maximum speed and enable more aggressive optimizations that may not improve performance on some programs
May generate Intel® AVX2, AVX, Intel® SSE4.2, SSE4.1, SSSE3, SSE3, SSE2 and SSE instructions /arch:core-avx2 is supported on Windows* but -mcore-avx2 is not supported for Linux* or macOS* (use -march=core-avx2 instead)
Enable the compiler to generate multi-threaded code based on the OpenMP* directives (same as -fopenmp)
Enables OpenMP* offloading compilation for target pragmas. This
option only applies to Intel(R) MIC Architecture and Intel(R)
Graphics Technology. Enabled by default with -qopenmp.
Use -qno-openmp-offload to disable.
Specify kind to specify the default device for target pragmas
host - allow target code to run on host system while still doing
the outlining for offload
mic - specify Intel(R) MIC Architecture
gfx - specify Intel(R) Graphics Technology
-prec-div improves precision of floating-point divides. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-div disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
-prec-sqrt improves precision of floating-point square root. It has a slight impact on speed. -no-prec-sqrt disables this option and enables optimizations that give slightly less precise results than full IEEE division.
Enable/disable(DEFAULT) use of ANSI aliasing rules in optimizations; user asserts that the program adheres to these rules.
-ipo[n]
Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion
(n - number of multi-file objects)
enable floating point model variation
[no-]except - enable/disable floating point semantics
fast[=1|2] - enables more aggressive floating point optimizations
precise - allows value-safe optimizations
source - enables intermediates in source precision
strict - enables -fp-model precise -fp-model except, disables
contractions and enables pragma stdc fenv_access
double - rounds intermediates in 53-bit (double) precision
extended - rounds intermediates in 64-bit (extended) precision
Adds the directory for include files to the search path at compile time.
Adds the library directory search path at link time
Link using FFTW 3.3.6 library for Linux. Description from FFTW:
FFTW lib compiled with -O3 -xCORE-AVX2
FFTW is a C subroutine library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) in one or more dimensions, of arbitrary input size, and of both real and complex data (as well as of even/odd data, i.e. the discrete cosine/sine transforms or DCT/DST).
AMD BIOS Setting
Maximum Performance
Maximizes performance and minimizes latency with little regard to power consumption.
SMT Mode
Can be used to disable symmetric multithreading. To re-enable SMT, a POWER CYCLE is needed after selecting the 'Auto' option. WARNING - S3 is NOT SUPPORTED on systems where SMT is disabled.
NUMA node per socket
Specifies the number of desired NUMA nodes per socket. Zero will attempt to interleave the two sockets together.
BIOS settings
Maximum Performance
Mode will maximize the absolute performance of the system without regard for power. In this mode, power consumption is a don't care. Things like fan speed and heat output of the system may increase in addition to power consumption. Efficiency of the system may go down in this mode, but the absolute performance may increase depending on the workload that is running.
Custom
Allows the user to individually modify any of the low-level settings that are preset and unchangeable in any of the other 4 preset modes.
Hyper-Threading
Enabling Hyper-Threading let operating system addresses two virtual or logical cores for a physical presented core. Workloads can be shared between virtual or logical cores when possible. The main function of hyper-threading is to increase the number of independent instructions in the pipeline for using the processor resources more efficiently.
C-States
Legacy: When "Legacy" is selected, the operating system initiates the C-state transitions. For E5/E7 CPUs, ACPI C1/C2/C3 map to Intel C1/C3/C6. For 6500/7500 CPUs, ACPI C1/C3 map to Intel C1/C3 (ACPI C2 is not available). Some OS SW may defeat the ACPI mapping (e.g. intel_idle driver).
Autonomous: When "Autonomous" is selected, HALT and C1 request get converted to C6 requests in hardware.
Disable: When "Disable" is selected, only C0 and C1 are used by the OS. C1 gets enabled automatically when an OS autohalts.
Platform settings
One or more of the following settings may have been applied to the testbed. If so, the "Platform Notes" section of the report will say so; and you can read below to find out more about what these settings mean.
Flag description origin markings:
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