mtune

Performs optimizations for a specified CPU.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® Itanium® architecture

Syntax

Linux: -mtune=processor
Windows:  None

Arguments

processor   Is the CPU. Possible values on IA-32 systems are:
  pentium Optimizes for Intel® Pentium® processors.
  pentiumpro Optimizes for Intel® Pentium® Pro, Intel Pentium II, and Intel Pentium III processors.
  pentium4 Optimizes for Inte®l Pentium® 4 processors.
  pentium-mmx Optimizes for Intel® Pentium® with MMX™ technology.
 

Possible values on Itanium®-based systems are:

  itanium Optimizes for Intel® Itanium® processors.
  itanium2 Optimizes for Intel® Itanium® 2 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 performs optimizations for a specified CPU.

Alternate Options

None