Re: gcc vs. icc

2011-04-29 Thread Genes MailLists
On 04/29/2011 02:57 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > That was what we found when testing icc as well. I suspect > only the lunatics that designed such an insane architecture > actually know how to generate the best possible code for it :-). icc has support for improved floating point performance - tho

Re: gcc vs. icc

2011-04-29 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:42:37 +0100 (BST) Patrick Dupre wrote: > Is it normal ? That was what we found when testing icc as well. I suspect only the lunatics that designed such an insane architecture actually know how to generate the best possible code for it :-). -- users mailing list users@lists

gcc vs. icc

2011-04-29 Thread Patrick Dupre
Hello, I observed better performances by using icc comparer to gcc-4.4.5 (50 to 100%). Of course the binary code is bigger. Is it normal ? Regards. -- --- == Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemi