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 A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS F1A75-I DELUXE, Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB M4-CT128M4SSD2 + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1024MB (810/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Hudson Azalia, Monitor: G220fb, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Slackware 13.37.0, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.89.4 Catalyst 11.9, OpenGL: 4.1.11079, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, 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 |========================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 106.09 |============================= 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 |=============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 220 |================================= 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 |=============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 1189 |================================ 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 |=============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 240199 |============== 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 |================================= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 120 |========================= 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 |================================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 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 |================================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 46 |=============================== 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 |================================= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 109 |============================= 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 |======================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 67 |================================== 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 |================= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 2645333 |================ 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 |========================= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 13228 |============================= 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 |========================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 841 |=============================== 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 |============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 53.20 |=================== 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 |=========================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 3277 |========================== 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 |===================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 9700 |======================== 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 |=============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 33.04 |=============================== 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 |=============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 8.73 |======================== 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 |============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 14.13 |=============== 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 |==================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 51.89 |===================== 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 |=============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 33.11 |============================== 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 |=============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 7692.79 |================== 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 |=============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 1304.04 |============== 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 |====================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 83.02 |================== 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 |================ A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 4378.95 |==================== 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 |============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 105.92 |================= 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 |=============== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 5715.87 |================= 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 |============ A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 4094.67 |================== 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 |============= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 3839.18 |================== 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 |============= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 22.91 |=================== 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 |================================ A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 3.14 |=============================== 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 |============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 259.67 |============== 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 |============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 108.26 |================= 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 |========================= A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 260.33 |============================== 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 |============================== A8-3850 8GB ddr3 @1866 radeon 6670 1GB . 108.30 |=============================