Step 1 : Are the C++ GNU g++ programs faster? At a glance.
This chart shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each chart bar shows, for one unidentified benchmark, how much the fastest C++ GNU g++ program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
Step 2 : Are the C++ GNU g++ programs faster? Approximately.
This table shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each table row shows, for one named benchmark, how much the fastest C++ GNU g++ program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| C++ GNU g++ used what fraction? used how many times more? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | Time | Memory | Code | Reduced N |
| k-nucleotide | 1/3 | 1/6 | 2× | |
| reverse-complement | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4× | |
| binary-trees | 1/3 | 1/2 | ± | |
| chameneos-redux | 1/3 | 1/11 | ± | |
| regex-dna | 1/3 | 1/7 | 2× | |
| fasta | 1/2 | 1/16 | ± | |
| pidigits | 1/2 | 1/18 | 1/3 | |
| mandelbrot | 1/2 | 1/2 | ± | |
| spectral-norm | ± | 1/12 | ± | |
| fannkuch | ± | 1/12 | ± | |
| n-body | ± | 1/16 | ± | |
± read the measurements and then read the program source code.
Step 3 : Are the C++ GNU g++ programs faster? Measurements.
This table shows 5 measurements - CPU Time, Elapsed Time, Memory, Code and ~ CPU Load.
For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest C++ GNU g++ program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| Program Source Code | CPU secs | Elapsed secs | Memory KB | Code B | ~ CPU Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| k-nucleotide | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 14.80 | 4.31 | 132,452 | 3415 | 81% 80% 99% 84% |
| Java 6 -server | 47.53 | 14.24 | 762,548 | 1602 | 80% 80% 95% 79% |
| reverse-complement | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 1.34 | 0.92 | 245,440 | 2275 | 68% 50% 14% 15% |
| Java 6 -server | 2.98 | 2.94 | 473,712 | 592 | 1% 94% 4% 2% |
| binary-trees | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 18.86 | 6.32 | 173,332 | 892 | 60% 74% 74% 71% |
| Java 6 -server | 29.63 | 19.18 | 289,920 | 603 | 24% 75% 27% 28% |
| chameneos-redux | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 11.33 | 2.88 | 1,168 | 1994 | 99% 99% 100% 97% |
| Java 6 -server | 22.80 | 8.24 | 12,592 | 1377 | 50% 54% 84% 73% |
| regex-dna | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 14.67 | 4.78 | 97,064 | 1759 | 84% 60% 100% 63% |
| Java 6 -server | 30.64 | 12.27 | 665,900 | 929 | 51% 54% 71% 74% |
| fasta | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 3.78 | 3.78 | 816 | 1470 | 99% 1% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 7.50 | 7.49 | 12,648 | 1240 | 0% 1% 99% 0% |
| pidigits | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 2.71 | 2.71 | 1,600 | 682 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 12.95 | 5.00 | 28,624 | 1816 | 61% 59% 57% 55% |
| mandelbrot | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 24.67 | 6.17 | 30,436 | 858 | 100% 100% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 43.12 | 10.95 | 48,920 | 903 | 98% 98% 99% 98% |
| spectral-norm | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 11.98 | 3.00 | 1,032 | 1114 | 100% 100% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 15.95 | 4.11 | 12,552 | 950 | 97% 97% 98% 97% |
| fannkuch | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 49.61 | 13.63 | 1,160 | 1186 | 81% 77% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 66.26 | 18.43 | 13,776 | 1150 | 78% 77% 98% 99% |
| n-body | |||||
| C++ GNU g++ | 23.82 | 23.82 | 788 | 1428 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 25.03 | 25.03 | 12,408 | 1424 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
Measurements for all the accepted programs
C++ GNU g++ : c plus objects plus generics
C++ 1991-2006, Bjarne Stroustrup (pdf)
gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8)
Home Page: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Download: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcc/