AMD A10-5800K Linux Power Performance AMD A10-5800K Trinity with MSI A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0 motherboard running from Linux of Ubuntu 12.10 release. Running some performance-per-Watt and other monitoring data while running various Phoronix Test Suite benchmarks and also comparing the A10-5800K APU to it overclocked and then to previous-generation Llano A8-3870K from the same system Linux. AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz: Processor: AMD A10-5800K APU @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7660D 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz: Processor: AMD A10-5800K APU @ 4.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7660D 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A8-3870K: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 48.98 |====================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 42.54 |================================= AMD A8-3870K ............ 59.65 |============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 2.29 |=========================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 4.00 |=============================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 1.87 |====================== C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 42 AVG: 112 MAX: 122 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 122 AVG: 170 MAX: 175 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 42 AVG: 112 MAX: 115 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 117.11 |======================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 130.90 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K ............ 90.50 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 1.14 |=============================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 0.94 |======================================= AMD A8-3870K ............ 0.93 |====================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 35 AVG: 103 MAX: 116 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 58 AVG: 139 MAX: 154 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 40 AVG: 97 MAX: 105 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 111.72 |========================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 120.12 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K ............ 99.79 |===================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 1.68 |=============================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 1.51 |========================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 1.49 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 45 AVG: 67 MAX: 74 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 75 AVG: 80 MAX: 86 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 52 AVG: 67 MAX: 71 OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 89.83 |========================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 99.17 |============================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 89.90 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 1.24 |============================================ AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 1.20 |=========================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 1.31 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 72 AVG: 73 MAX: 73 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 60 AVG: 83 MAX: 86 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 38 AVG: 69 MAX: 73 TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 65.67 |========================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 71.44 |============================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 51.24 |================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 0.58 |=============================================== AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 0.45 |==================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 0.50 |========================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 77 AVG: 113 MAX: 123 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 133 AVG: 160 MAX: 164 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 100 AVG: 103 MAX: 103 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 165.56 |============================================= AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 149.52 |========================================= AMD A8-3870K ............ 157.69 |=========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . 0.65 |================================ AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . 0.96 |=============================================== AMD A8-3870K ............ 0.69 |================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 47 AVG: 108 MAX: 115 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 91 AVG: 143 MAX: 150 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 45 AVG: 108 MAX: 115 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts AMD A10-5800K @ 3.80GHz . MIN: 35 AVG: 97 MAX: 123 AMD A10-5800K @ 4.40GHz . MIN: 54 AVG: 129 MAX: 175 AMD A8-3870K ............ MIN: 38 AVG: 94 MAX: 115