The usual way to run GCC is to run the executable called gcc, or <machine>-gcc when cross-compiling, or <machine>-gcc-<version> to run a version other than the one that was installed last. Sometimes this is inconvenient, so GCC provides options that will switch to another cross-compiler or version.
-b
machineThe value to use for machine is the same as was specified as the
machine type when configuring GCC as a cross-compiler. For
example, if a cross-compiler was configured with configure
i386v, meaning to compile for an 80386 running System V, then you
would specify -b i386v to run that cross compiler.
-V
versionThe -V and -b options work by running the <machine>-gcc-<version> executable, so there's no real reason to use them if you can just run that directly.