I saw 9% regression in SPEC CPU 2K 175.vpr -O2 number on Nocona between gcc 3.4.4 and gcc 4.2. Gcc 4.1 and 4.0 have similar regression.
-- Summary: [4.2/4.1/4.0]: 9% regresssion in SPEC CPU 2K 175.vpr on Nocona Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hjl at lucon dot org GCC build triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26353