Intel Sandy Bridge vs. AMD Bulldozer Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge, Intel Core i5 2400S Sandy Bridge, AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer benchmarking under Linux with an early Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin 64-bit snapshot on the Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com. Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX-8150: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 135.89 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 123.11 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 116.74 |=============================================== Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 218.17 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 212.43 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 232.40 |======================================================= Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 355.73 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 323.97 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 353.92 |======================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 105.01 |=========================================== Core i5 2400S . 134.10 |======================================================= FX-8150 ....... 89.17 |===================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 32.65 |============================================== Core i5 2400S . 39.71 |======================================================== FX-8150 ....... 30.39 |=========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 12802 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 10244 |================================ FX-8150 ....... 17915 |======================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 53.28 |=========================================== Core i5 2400S . 69.35 |======================================================== FX-8150 ....... 51.05 |========================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 150 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 199 |========================================================== FX-8150 ....... 104 |============================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 531438 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 472953 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 314371 |================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 27.86 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 21.98 |============================================ FX-8150 ....... 20.54 |========================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 96.53 |======================================= Core i5 2400S . 77.13 |=============================== FX-8150 ....... 135.76 |======================================================= FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 16.00 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 16.32 |======================================================== FX-8150 ....... 9.98 |================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 6.19 |============================================= Core i5 2400S . 6.94 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 7.85 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 14.27 |========================================= Core i5 2400S . 16.01 |============================================== FX-8150 ....... 19.56 |======================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 86.88 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 77.65 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 68.50 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 5060667 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 4513333 |================================================ FX-8150 ....... 4298667 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 14389 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 12815 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 15381 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 916 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 817 |============================================== FX-8150 ....... 1002 |========================================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 1413.80 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 1254.82 |================================================ FX-8150 ....... 374.17 |============== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 19.59 |========================================== Core i5 2400S . 21.90 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 26.07 |======================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 14.56 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 18.74 |======================================================== FX-8150 ....... 13.52 |======================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 121.11 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 135.79 |============================================= FX-8150 ....... 167.25 |======================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 70.09 |============================================= Core i5 2400S . 78.21 |=================================================== FX-8150 ....... 86.34 |======================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 157.50 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 178.03 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 198.52 |======================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 111.31 |====================================== Core i5 2400S . 124.86 |=========================================== FX-8150 ....... 160.48 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 11946.95 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S . 9566.81 |========================================== FX-8150 ....... 11152.49 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 2786.72 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 2430.27 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 2495.38 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 133.90 |============================================= Core i5 2400S . 102.44 |=================================== FX-8150 ....... 163.08 |======================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 6013.74 |=================================================== Core i5 2400S . 4819.31 |========================================= FX-8150 ....... 6410.04 |====================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 182.66 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 163.66 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 107.33 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 10228.12 |=============================================== Core i5 2400S . 8174.35 |===================================== FX-8150 ....... 11631.05 |===================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 6318.83 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 5795.93 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 4369.39 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 6179.97 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S . 5435.51 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 5378.85 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 36.98 |==================================================== Core i5 2400S . 31.33 |============================================ FX-8150 ....... 40.14 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 165 |========================================================== Core i5 2400S . 142 |================================================== FX-8150 ....... 165 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 97 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 81 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 100 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 51 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 41 |==================================== FX-8150 ....... 68 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 128 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 107 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 133 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 48 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 38 |================================== FX-8150 ....... 65 |=========================================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 3.19 |========================================================= Core i5 2400S . 2.74 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 2.46 |============================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 111.59 |================================================ Core i5 2400S . 88.30 |====================================== FX-8150 ....... 128.30 |=======================================================