$ time ./llc -march=x86 -mcpu=pentium4 -filetype=asm eon.bc -o eon.s -asm-verbose=false real 0m17.855s user 0m17.480s sys 0m0.380s $ time ./llc -march=x86 -mcpu=pentium4 -filetype=asm eon.bc -o eon.s real 0m53.304s user 0m52.880s sys 0m0.420s Maybe this should be off by default? - David Meyer