AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridge AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking for Phoronix.com on a remote system for a future article. Thanks to Daniel Newkirk for the SSH access to this AMD Bulldozer system due to lack of AMD FX CPUs at Phoronix. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors. AMD FX-4100: Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 EVO, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB SSD G2 64 + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: xfs AMD A8-3850: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 74GB Western Digital WDC WD740GD-00FL + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1024MB (810/1000MHz), Monitor: G220fb OS: Slamd64 12.2.0, Kernel: 2.6.39.4 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.88.7 Catalyst 11.8, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.9, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 2048x1536 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 106.75 |=============================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 103.60 |============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 110.69 |================================ Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 70.11 |==================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 53.39 |=============== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 94.15 |=========================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 211 |================================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 216 |=================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 213 |=================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 187 |============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 144 |======================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 205 |================================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 913 |=========================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 1161 |================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 783 |======================= Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 784 |======================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 701 |==================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 1165 |================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 293780 |================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 247942 |=============== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 471638 |============================= Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 471073 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 528780 |================================ Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 259458 |================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 123 |======================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 115 |====================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 126 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2400S . 131 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 159 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 87 |================================================= AMD A8-3850 ......... 71 |======================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 82 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 76 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 94 |===================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |=============================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 44 |=============================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 39 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 50 |===================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 92 |====================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 98 |========================================= Intel Core i3 2120 .. 103 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 101 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 125 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |================================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 47 |===================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2400S . 37 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 47 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3523667 |======================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 2645333 |================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 4177000 |============================ Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 4101333 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 4668667 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2817000 |=================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 14082 |================================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 13466 |=============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 12733 |============================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 12697 |============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 14191 |================================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 11510 |=========================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 866 |================================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 852 |================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 797 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 794 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 890 |=================================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 691 |=========================== OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 63.65 |======================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 52.93 |==================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 77.45 |============================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 77.63 |============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 86.55 |================================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 39.20 |=============== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3777 |=============================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 4100 |================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3037 |========================= Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 3050 |========================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 2720 |======================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 3430 |============================ 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 8877 |======================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 9488 |========================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 8008 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 10060 |========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 12670 |================================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 8696 |======================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 28.69 |============================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 31.19 |=============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 21.26 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 21.29 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 18.98 |=================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 32.84 |================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 8.75 |========================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 8.51 |========================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 6.96 |==================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 6.98 |==================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6.22 |================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 11.31 |================================= FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 16.50 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 29.04 |================================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 14.21 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 17.28 |==================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 16.43 |=================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 13.10 |=============== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 50.19 |====================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 47.71 |===================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 48.90 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 61.62 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 76.03 |================================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 50.11 |====================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 28.86 |============================ AMD A8-3850 .......................... 33.16 |================================ Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 22.18 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 22.00 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 19.66 |=================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 34.34 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 5982.31 |=============== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 7400.05 |=================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 6470.07 |================ Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 9419.50 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 11798.80 |============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 6491.46 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 1788.94 |===================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 1455.24 |================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 1500.72 |================= Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 2333.07 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 2680.08 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 1412.01 |================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 78.97 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 84.21 |==================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 102.14 |======================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 104.23 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 136.32 |================================ Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 98.71 |======================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3785.19 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 4124.04 |===================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3605.97 |================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 4970.15 |========================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6199.94 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 3342.26 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 99.91 |================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 97.05 |================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 165.30 |============================= Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 164.27 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 183.57 |================================ Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 83.96 |=============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 6058.10 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 5899.28 |=================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 5780.62 |================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 7825.54 |========================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 9834.04 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 5055.84 |================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3645.03 |================= AMD A8-3850 .......................... 3534.66 |================= Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 4489.63 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 6116.87 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6517.09 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2806.43 |============= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3735.79 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 3553.27 |================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3815.97 |=================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 5362.26 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6132.67 |=============================== Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2775.61 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......................... 21.48 |=================== AMD A8-3850 .......................... 20.94 |=================== Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 23.68 |===================== Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 31.31 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 37.28 |================================= Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 15.98 |============== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 2.31 |==================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 2.97 |=============================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 3.24 |=================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 2.76 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 3.19 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 330.30 |============================= Intel Core i3 2120 .. 500.53 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 524.33 |============================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 565.67 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 166.93 |============================================ Intel Core i3 2120 .. 184.56 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2400S . 185.12 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K . 187.39 |================================================= Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 371.43 |================================= Intel Core i3 2120 .. 520.57 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 536.77 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K . 546.15 |================================================= Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 76.64 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 76.84 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 76.68 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 76.78 |================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 64.31 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 64.20 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 64.11 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 64.17 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 216.90 |================================ Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 113.88 |================================