I got faster (10-20%) results with icc on an abstract game minimax AI bot back then (i.e. something similar to a chess engine). Even more so when taking advanta

I got faster (10-20%) results with icc on an abstract game minimax AI bot back then (i.e. something similar to a chess engine). Even more so when taking advantage of PGO. Over time GCC caught up. By nature, this code had no usage of floating point in its critical path. I haven't bothered with icc in years though.