mcpu

Tells the compiler to optimize for a specified cpu.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, IntelŪ EM64T, IntelŪ ItaniumŪ architecture

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS: -mcpu=cpu
Windows:    None

Arguments

cpu      Is the cpu for which the compiler should optimize.
Possible values on IA-32 systems are:
  pentium Optimizes for IntelŪ PentiumŪ processors.
  pentiumpro Optimizes for IntelŪ PentiumŪ Pro, Intel Pentium II, and Intel Pentium III processors.
  pentium4 Optimizes for Intel Pentium 4 processors.
  itanium Optimizes for IntelŪ ItaniumŪ processors.
  itanium2 Optimizes for Intel Itanium 2 processors.
  itanium2-p9000 Optimizes for Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor 9000 Sequence processors.

Default

pentium4      On IA-32 systems, the compiler optimizes for Intel Pentium 4 processors.
itanium2      On Itanium-based systems, the compiler optimizes for Intel Itanium 2 processors.

Description

This option tells the compiler to optimize for a specified cpu. On IntelŪ EM64T systems, only -mcpu=pentium4 is supported.

Alternate Options

None