https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96337
--- Comment #12 from Artem S. Tashkinov <aros at gmx dot com> --- Michael has admitted that might be a specific CPU relate regression: > Been running some more tests today: > - Tried on a i9-10980XE Cascade Lake and Cascade Lake Xeon systems and did > not reproduce... > - I went back to the i9-10900K and picked just a few of the tests where it > was impacted the hardest, but then surprisingly the results were similar that > run. Source: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/software/programming-compilers/1196789-gcc-benchmarks-at-varying-optimization-levels-with-core-i9-10900k-show-an-unexpected-surprise?p=1197196#post1197196 The plot thickens.