Feature Comparisons

Use the tables below to compare compilers based on what else is supplied with each one.

WINDOWS COMPILERS

Absoft 2015 g95 Intel Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer Lahey LGF v1.1 (gfortran) Lahey LF95 v7.6 Pro (Fujitsu) NAG 6.0 PGI Visual Fortran 14.9 Silverfrost FTN95 7.10
Debugger Fx3 NO VS2013 shell VS2013 shell Fujitsu WinFDB NAG Fortran Builder VS2013 shell Has it’s own debugger. VS2013 shell can still be used. SCC included.
Editor Absoft IDE NO VS2013 shell VS2013 shell VS2013 shell NAG Fortran Builder VS2013 shell VS2013/Plato3
IDE Absoft IDE NO VS2013 shell VS2013 shell VS2013 shell NAG Fortran Builder VS2013 shell VS2013/Plato3
C Compiler NO gcc Cost Option gcc Fujitsu C gcc Cost Option YES-SCC
Graphics/GUI AWE, GINO gui NO QuickWin WiSK WisK Simdem & GTK NO Clearwin+/Simdem, Simpleplot
Maths Libraries HPC Math (BLAS, LAPACK) NO Intel MKL NO Fujitsu SSL2, BLAS, LAPACK LAPACK ACML NO
(BLAS,LAPACK)
64bit availability YES YES YES YES NO YES YES NO

Lahey v7.6 also contains everything in Lahey LGF 1.1, but note that the features apply individually to the two compilers.

LINUX COMPILERS

Absoft 2015 g95 gFortran Intel Parallel Studio XE 2015 Composer Lahey LF95 v6.2/v8.1 Pro NAG 6.0 PGI Workstation 14.9
Debugger Fx3 NO NO Intel debugger Fujitsu FDB dbx90 PGDBG
Editor Absoft IDE NO NO Eclipse support NO NO NO
IDE Absoft IDE NO NO Eclipse support NO NO NO
C Compiler NO gcc gcc Cost Option NO NO Cost Option
Graphics/GUI AWE NO NO NO WisK NO NO
Maths Libraries BLAS, LAPACK NO NO Intel MKL Fujitsu SSL2, BLAS, LAPACK Cost Option BLAS, LAPACK
(BLAS, LAPACK)
64bit availability YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

 

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