/O2    maximize speed
 /Oi[-] enable intrinsic functions
 /Ot    favor code speed
 /Ox    maximum optimizations
 /Oy[-] enable frame pointer omission 
 /GL[-] enable link-time code generation
 /arch:<SSE|SSE2|AVX>
   minimum CPU architecture requirements, one of:
   SSE - enable use of instructions available with SSE enabled CPUs
   SSE2 - enable use of instructions available with SSE2 enabled CPUs
   AVX - enable use of Intel(R) Advanced Vector Extensions instructions
 /Zi    enable debugging information
 /MP[n] use up to 'n' processes for compilation
 /MD    link with MSVCRT.LIB
 /MDd   link with MSVCRTD.LIB debug lib
 /MT    link with LIBCMT.LIB
 /MTd   link with LIBCMTD.LIB debug lib

seconds  bytes compiler
   34.6   9728 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -MD
   31.7   9728 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE -MD
   27.7  10240 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE2 -MD
   28.4   9728 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:AVX -MD
--
   34.8  11776 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -MDd -Zi
   32.2  11776 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE -MDd -Zi
   28.6  12288 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE2 -MDd -Zi
   29.5  11776 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:AVX -MDd -Zi
--
   34.0  69632 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -MT
   31.9  69632 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE -MT
   28.1  69120 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE2 -MT
   28.8  68608 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:AVX -MT
--
   35.0 338432 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -MTd -Zi
   32.3 338432 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE -MTd -Zi
   29.2 336896 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:SSE2 -MTd -Zi
   29.8 336896 cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL -arch:AVX -MTd -Zi
--
Total test time: 00:24:54 (average over 3 run for each compilation)

/* REXX-Regina_3.9.3(MT) 5.00 5 Oct 2019 (64 bit) */
cmd = '.exe'
cl = 'cl -nologo -MP -Oy -O2 -Ox -Ot -Oi -GL'
arg.0  = 16
arg.1  = '-MD'
arg.2  = '-arch:SSE -MD'
arg.3  = '-arch:SSE2 -MD'
arg.4  = '-arch:AVX -MD'
arg.5  = '-MDd -Zi'
arg.6  = '-arch:SSE -MDd -Zi'
arg.7  = '-arch:SSE2 -MDd -Zi'
arg.8  = '-arch:AVX -MDd -Zi'
arg.9  = '-MT'
arg.10 = '-arch:SSE -MT'
arg.11 = '-arch:SSE2 -MT'
arg.12 = '-arch:AVX -MT'
arg.13 = '-MTd -Zi'
arg.14 = '-arch:SSE -MTd -Zi'
arg.15 = '-arch:SSE2 -MTd -Zi'
arg.16 = '-arch:AVX -MTd -Zi'

parse arg count
say 'seconds' ' bytes' 'compiler'
call time r
do i = 1 to arg.0
 address command (cl arg.i '.cpp') with output append stream 'NUL'
 size = stream(cmd,'C','QUERY SIZE'); call stream cmd,'C','CLOSE'
 time = time(e)
 do count
   address command (cmd) with output append stream 'NUL'
 end
 time = (time(e) - time) / count
 say format(time,5,1) format(size,6) cl arg.i
end
say '--'
say 'Total test time:' time(n,format(time(r),,0),s) '(average over' count 'run for each compilation)'