Binaries used:
gcc 2.95.3 ( 	-O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=686 )
gcc 3.2    ( 	-O3 -s -mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -finline-functions -ffast-math \
             	-fomit-frame-pointer -Wall -funroll-loops -fexpensive-optimizations \
		-malign-double -Wno-multichar -foptimize-sibling-calls \
		-minline-all-stringops )
linux      (	official linux binary www.povray.org under NetBSD emulation )

System info:
NetBSD 1.6_Beta4 ( Kernel/ userland sources Jul 23 2002 )
AMD Athlon TB 1Ghz
512 MB 266Mhz PC2100 SDRAM CAS 2.5 (Kingston)
VIA KT333 ( MSI KT3 Ultra )


Render Times:
All times in seconds Parse/Photon/Trace/Total  percentage of gcc-2.95.3 time
( NB parse times apparently do not get reported by povray when then are below a certain threshold )

All scanes rendered at 640x480 no AA

Scene: 				|gcc 2.95.3		|gcc 3.2		|linux
advanced/wallstucco.pov		9/-/14/23     (100%)	6/-/11/17    (73.9%)	8/-/13/21    (91.3%)
lights/glassthing.pov		1/4/35/280    (100%)	-/2/89/91    (32.5%)	-/3/36/99    (35.3%)
radiosity/radiosity.pov		-/-/89/89     (100%)	-/-/42/42    (47.2%)	-/-/41/41    (46.1%)
interior/media/media2.pov	-/-/190/190   (100%)	-/-/87/87    (45.8%)	-/-/101/101  (53.1%)
textures/patterns/crackle.pov