Sandy Bridge vs. Bulldozer vs. Llano Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge, Intel Core i5 2400S Sandy Bridge, AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer, AMD A8-3850 Fusion Llano 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 for a future article. 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 Fusion A8-3850: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Platinum A75, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 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 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 85.55 |================================== 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 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 146.24 |================================== 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 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 223.70 |================================== 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 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 150.98 |====================================================== 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 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 52.59 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 12802 |======================================= Core i5 2400S .. 10244 |=============================== FX-8150 ........ 17915 |======================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 9392 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 53.28 |=========================== Core i5 2400S .. 69.35 |==================================== FX-8150 ........ 51.05 |========================== Fusion A8-3850 . 105.04 |====================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 150 |========================================= Core i5 2400S .. 199 |====================================================== FX-8150 ........ 104 |============================ Fusion A8-3850 . 211 |========================================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 531438 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 472953 |================================================ FX-8150 ........ 314371 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 244877 |========================= 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 |========================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 14.42 |============================ 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 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 63.23 |========================= 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 |=================== Fusion A8-3850 . 29.19 |======================================================= 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 |================================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 9.13 |======================================================== 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 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 23.45 |======================================================= 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 |=========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 53.28 |================================== 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 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 3047000 |================================ 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 |======================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 13500 |================================================ 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 |======================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 886 |================================================== 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 |============== Fusion A8-3850 . 428.85 |================ 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 |============================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 32.81 |======================================================= 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 |==================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 20.73 |======================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 121.11 |================== Core i5 2400S .. 135.79 |==================== FX-8150 ........ 167.25 |========================= Fusion A8-3850 . 366.35 |====================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 70.09 |=============================== Core i5 2400S .. 78.21 |=================================== FX-8150 ........ 86.34 |====================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 122.04 |====================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 157.50 |==================================== Core i5 2400S .. 178.03 |========================================= FX-8150 ........ 198.52 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 237.11 |====================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 111.31 |================ Core i5 2400S .. 124.86 |================== FX-8150 ........ 160.48 |======================= Fusion A8-3850 . 384.00 |====================================================== 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 |================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 7496.09 |================================= 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 |=============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 1086.34 |===================== 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 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 84.16 |============================ 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 |===================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3876.36 |================================ 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 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 96.31 |============================ 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 |==================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 6085.41 |=========================== 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 |===================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3248.07 |=========================== 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 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3493.40 |============================== 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 |======================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 20.28 |============================ 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 |========================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 117 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 97 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 81 |============================================== FX-8150 ........ 100 |========================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 73 |========================================== 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 |========================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 44 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 128 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 107 |============================================== FX-8150 ........ 133 |========================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 99 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 48 |=========================================== Core i5 2400S .. 38 |================================== FX-8150 ........ 65 |========================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 47 |========================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 3.19 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 2.74 |================================================ FX-8150 ........ 2.46 |=========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3.00 |===================================================== 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 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 57.39 |========================