Tiny C Compiler (TCC) Performance Benchmark: 9x Faster Than GCC
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Summary
The article presents Tiny C Compiler (TCC), a fast C compiler that demonstrates significantly faster compilation speeds compared to GCC. It provides benchmark data showing TCC compiling the Links Browser project (76,936 lines) about 9 times faster than GCC 3.2, with specific metrics of 2.27 seconds for TCC versus 20.0 seconds for GCC on a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 processor. The article includes a note that the author is no longer working on TCC and directs readers to the mailing list for current information.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledTinyCC is about 9 times faster than GCC.
Compilation speed for the Links Browser project. There are 76936 lines (including headers).
TinyCC 0.9.22 2.27 859000 29.6
GCC 3.2 -O0 20.0 98000 3.4
Measures were done on a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4. Real time is measured.
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