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 Phenom x6 1055t: Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 2.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO/USB3, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ + 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ + 250GB SAMSUNG SP2504C + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB (633/1134MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.04, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.04, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 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 |======================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 82.06 |==================================== 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 |=================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 144 |=================================== 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 |=============================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 1036 |============================================== 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 278452 |========================== 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 |==================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 133 |=========================================== 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 |===================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 79 |============================================= 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 54 |===================================================== 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 |==================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 114 |=============================================== 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 |========================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 61 |===================================================== 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 2858667 |============================= 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 |=============================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 15201 |================================================== 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 938 |==================================================== 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 62.90 |==================================== 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 |================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 2947 |===================================== 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 12790 |================================================== 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 |============================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 28.67 |============================================== 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 |==================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 8.21 |================================================ 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 |============================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 27.81 |================================================ 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 68.34 |============================================= 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 |============================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 30.31 |============================================== 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 |=============================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 9539.23 |====================================== 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 1805.64 |================================ 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 121.93 |============================================ 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 5798.56 |============================================= 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 89.43 |======================== 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 7068.69 |=================================== 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 4474.47 |================================= 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 |================================================ Phenom x6 1055t ..... 4536.03 |==================================== 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 30.51 |========================================= 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 3.09 |================================================= 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 |================================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 365.90 |================================ 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 |============================================= Phenom x6 1055t ..... 205.58 |================================================= 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 61.51 |======================================== 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 |================================================== Phenom x6 1055t ..... 56.89 |============================================