https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=62077
--- Comment #43 from Sven C. Dack <sven.c.dack at virginmedia dot com> --- (In reply to Markus Trippelsdorf from comment #42) > (In reply to Sven C. Dack from comment #40) > > The results are the averages (and deviations) of 5 runs with each compiler: > > > > avg stdev % > > default: 282.86s 0.56s, 0.20% 100.00% (base) > > profiled: 255.76s 0.72s, 0.28% +10.60% > > lto: 282.80s 0.16s, 0.06% +0.02% > > lto-plugin: 285.41s 0.49s, 0.17% -0.89% > > Can you also try profiled+lto? This should in theory get you the fastes > compiler. I am already on it, but it will take a while. I had assumed this would not work yet. I also read that with only LTO one would get a faster compiler. Why is this not the case here? The binutils I am using are: $ ld --version GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.24.51.20140703 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version. This program has absolutely no warranty.