http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50182
Bug #: 50182 Summary: Performance degradation from gcc 4.1 (x86_64) Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: oleg.smol...@gmail.com G++ 4.6 emits slower code based on the following set of benchmarks: http://stlab.adobe.com/performance/ The discussion thread is here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2011-07/threads.html#00506 http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2011-08/threads.html#00411 I digested one of the tests down to a single short case (see attachments): http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2011-08/msg00391.html g++ 4.1 (1.35 sec, 1185M ops/s): .text:0000000000400FE0 loc_400FE0: .text:0000000000400FE0 movzx eax, ds:data8[rdx] .text:0000000000400FE7 add rdx, 1 .text:0000000000400FEB add eax, 0Ah .text:0000000000400FEE cmp rdx, 1F40h .text:0000000000400FF5 lea ecx, [rax+rcx] .text:0000000000400FF8 jnz short loc_400FE0 g++ 4.6 (2.86s, 563M ops/s) : .text:0000000000400D90 loc_400D90: .text:0000000000400D90 add eax, 0Ah .text:0000000000400D93 add al, [rdx] .text:0000000000400D95 add rdx, 1 .text:0000000000400D99 cmp rdx, 503480h .text:0000000000400DA0 jnz short loc_400D90 P.S. setting the component to C++. Optimizer?