gcc-tips.Rmd

# Recommendations when using gcc

It is recommended to use `-O3 -mtune=native` to achieve maximum speed during LightGBM training.

Using Intel Ivy Bridge CPU on 1M x 1K Bosch dataset, the performance increases as follow:

| Compilation Flag | Performance Index |
| --- | ---: |
| `-O2 -mtune=core2` | 100.00% |
| `-O2 -mtune=native` | 100.90% |
| `-O3 -mtune=native` | 102.78% |
| `-O3 -ffast-math -mtune=native` | 100.64% |

You can find more details on the experimentation below:

* [Laurae++/Benchmarks](https://sites.google.com/view/lauraepp/benchmarks)
* [Laurae2/gbt_benchmarks](https://github.com/Laurae2/gbt_benchmarks)
* [Laurae's Benchmark Master Data (Interactive)](https://public.tableau.com/views/gbt_benchmarks/Master-Data?:showVizHome=no)
* [Kaggle Paris Meetup #12 Slides](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6qJBmoIxFe0ZHNCOXdoRWMxUm8/view)

Some pictures below:

![gcc table](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027337/c376e22e-380c-11e7-91bc-fe0a333c03e9.png)

![gcc bars](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027338/d1caebcc-380c-11e7-864e-d704b39f1e63.png)

![gcc chart](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027353/e1bdb866-380c-11e7-97b5-22c7eac349b2.png)

![gcc comparison 1](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027401/c31f2f74-380d-11e7-857a-f5119791bed7.png)

![gcc comparison 2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027486/d7d7e72a-380e-11e7-86c3-ccbbf42a9c55.png)

![gcc meetup 1](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027427/21b38f44-380e-11e7-9c95-05437782dd46.png)

![gcc meetup 2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/9083669/26027433/362be250-380e-11e7-8982-76ac167bcd3e.png)