constantine/benchmarks/bench_blueprint.nim

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# Constantine
# Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Status Research & Development GmbH
# Copyright (c) 2020-Present Mamy André-Ratsimbazafy
# Licensed and distributed under either of
# * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
# * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
# ############################################################
#
# Benchmark blueprint
#
# ############################################################
import
# Internal
../constantine/config/common,
# Helpers
../helpers/[prng_unsafe, static_for],
./platforms,
# Standard library
std/[monotimes, times, strformat, strutils, macros]
export strformat, platforms, times, monotimes, macros
var rng*: RngState
let seed = uint32(getTime().toUnix() and (1'i64 shl 32 - 1)) # unixTime mod 2^32
rng.seed(seed)
echo "bench xoshiro512** seed: ", seed
# warmup
proc warmup*() =
# Warmup - make sure cpu is on max perf
let start = cpuTime()
var foo = 123
for i in 0 ..< 300_000_000:
foo += i*i mod 456
foo = foo mod 789
# Compiler shouldn't optimize away the results as cpuTime rely on sideeffects
let stop = cpuTime()
echo &"Warmup: {stop - start:>4.4f} s, result {foo} (displayed to avoid compiler optimizing warmup away)\n"
warmup()
when defined(gcc):
echo "\nCompiled with GCC"
elif defined(clang):
echo "\nCompiled with Clang"
elif defined(vcc):
echo "\nCompiled with MSVC"
elif defined(icc):
echo "\nCompiled with ICC"
else:
echo "\nCompiled with an unknown compiler"
echo "Optimization level => "
echo " no optimization: ", not defined(release)
echo " release: ", defined(release)
echo " danger: ", defined(danger)
echo " inline assembly: ", UseASM_X86_64
when (sizeof(int) == 4) or defined(Constantine32):
echo "⚠️ Warning: using Constantine with 32-bit limbs"
else:
echo "Using Constantine with 64-bit limbs"
when SupportsCPUName:
echo "Running on ", cpuName(), ""
when SupportsGetTicks:
echo "\n⚠️ Cycles measurements are approximate and use the CPU nominal clock: Turbo-Boost and overclocking will skew them."
echo "i.e. a 20% overclock will be about 20% off (assuming no dynamic frequency scaling)"
echo "\n=================================================================================================================\n"
proc separator*(length: int) =
echo "-".repeat(length)
proc notes*() =
echo "Notes:"
echo " - Compilers:"
echo " Compilers are severely limited on multiprecision arithmetic."
echo " Constantine compile-time assembler is used by default (nimble bench_fp)."
echo " GCC is significantly slower than Clang on multiprecision arithmetic due to catastrophic handling of carries."
echo " GCC also seems to have issues with large temporaries and register spilling."
echo " This is somewhat alleviated by Constantine compile-time assembler."
echo " Bench on specific compiler with assembler: \"nimble bench_ec_g1_gcc\" or \"nimble bench_ec_g1_clang\"."
echo " Bench on specific compiler with assembler: \"nimble bench_ec_g1_gcc_noasm\" or \"nimble bench_ec_g1_clang_noasm\"."
echo " - The simplest operations might be optimized away by the compiler."
template measure*(iters: int,
startTime, stopTime: untyped,
startClk, stopClk: untyped,
body: untyped): untyped =
let startTime = getMonotime()
when SupportsGetTicks:
let startClk = getTicks()
for _ in 0 ..< iters:
body
when SupportsGetTicks:
let stopClk = getTicks()
let stopTime = getMonotime()
when not SupportsGetTicks:
let startClk = -1'i64
let stopClk = -1'i64