AMD FX-8350 Power Consumption, Performance Per Watt AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Vishera benchmarking with AC power measurements so the Phoronix Test Suite calculates the performance-per-Watt at stock speeds and at 4.60GHz. Benchmarking compared to performance-per-Watt of an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer at stock speeds and then 4.0GHz and 4.6GHz to match the FX-8350. ALl benchmarking from the same system with the Linux 3.5 kernel and GCC 4.7.2, NVIDIA blob, etc. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. AMD FX-8350: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 31.45 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 27.19 |==================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 36.69 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 33.03 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 28.71 |====================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 7.01 |============================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 10.34 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 5.43 |======================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 7.94 |================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 11.38 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 220 AVG: 221 MAX: 222 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 92 AVG: 281 MAX: 301 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 93 AVG: 199 MAX: 207 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 259 AVG: 262 MAX: 269 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 101 AVG: 327 MAX: 353 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 242.16 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 272.47 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 201.32 |=================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 213.18 |===================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 257.87 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 1.11 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.07 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.21 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.85 |================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.79 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 217 AVG: 218 MAX: 218 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 172 AVG: 254 MAX: 291 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 88 AVG: 167 MAX: 203 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 247 AVG: 250 MAX: 255 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 294 AVG: 327 MAX: 343 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 12992.83 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 14346.45 |============================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 12193.21 |====================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 13220.63 |========================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 14153.49 |============================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 66.07 |================================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 63.38 |============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 56.86 |========================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 50.48 |===================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 40.16 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 197 MAX: 227 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 226 MAX: 297 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 214 AVG: 214 MAX: 216 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 247 AVG: 262 MAX: 266 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 349 AVG: 352 MAX: 360 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 4840.32 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 5223.25 |============================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 5293.94 |============================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 5381.61 |============================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 4887.97 |========================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 6137.42 |=========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 6621.94 |============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 5901.23 |========================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 5957.94 |========================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 6498.15 |============================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 31.42 |================================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 25.24 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 30.53 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 25.47 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 20.54 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 92 AVG: 195 MAX: 226 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 262 MAX: 285 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 193 MAX: 214 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 234 MAX: 256 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 211 AVG: 316 MAX: 341 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 46.11 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 50.15 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 40.50 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 44.14 |========================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 47.80 |============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.21 |================================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 0.21 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.21 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.20 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.15 |=================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 215 AVG: 216 MAX: 218 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 105 AVG: 237 MAX: 272 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 129 AVG: 191 MAX: 203 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 145 AVG: 221 MAX: 250 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 324 AVG: 327 MAX: 332 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 271.03 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 289.33 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 239.10 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 260.87 |========================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 270.73 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 1.20 |================================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.15 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.14 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 1.15 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 1.04 |========================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 154 AVG: 226 MAX: 260 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 212 AVG: 251 MAX: 268 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 143 AVG: 211 MAX: 244 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 153 AVG: 228 MAX: 259 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 202 AVG: 261 MAX: 293 OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 93.80 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 104.33 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 78.73 |=================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 87.37 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 101.00 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.80 |============================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 0.86 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.70 |======================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.71 |======================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.75 |=========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 118 MAX: 124 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 121 MAX: 128 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 87 AVG: 113 MAX: 117 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 118 AVG: 124 MAX: 129 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 99 AVG: 134 MAX: 149 Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 12.95 |======================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 11.70 |==================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 15.77 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 14.19 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 12.33 |====================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 9.20 |====================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 10.47 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 7.19 |============================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 8.54 |=================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 11.59 |================================================ Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 84 AVG: 119 MAX: 126 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 122 MAX: 132 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 113 MAX: 122 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 95 AVG: 121 MAX: 127 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 109 AVG: 143 MAX: 155 Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 7.90 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 7.09 |======================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 8.66 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 7.79 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 6.86 |======================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 23.87 |================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 27.94 |===================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 19.08 |========================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 24.52 |================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 35.98 |================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 126 AVG: 189 MAX: 220 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 126 AVG: 198 MAX: 292 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 85 AVG: 165 MAX: 214 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 191 MAX: 269 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 147 AVG: 247 MAX: 361 System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 84 AVG: 173 MAX: 260 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 91 AVG: 198 MAX: 301 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 85 AVG: 159 MAX: 244 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 92 AVG: 191 MAX: 269 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 97 AVG: 233 MAX: 361 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 82.15 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 72.98 |=================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 98.77 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 89.54 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 79.25 |======================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 2.53 |================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 3.62 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.91 |========================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 2.63 |================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 3.76 |================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 91 AVG: 208 MAX: 222 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 111 AVG: 264 MAX: 294 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 95 AVG: 189 MAX: 212 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 126 AVG: 236 MAX: 266 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 130 AVG: 298 MAX: 346 x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 154.89 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 174.39 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 131.46 |=================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 144.73 |======================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 164.45 |============================================ x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.50 |================================================= x264 2012-10-03 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 327 AVG: 332 MAX: 337 Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 189.14 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 210.44 |=============================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 170.58 |====================================== AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 183.46 |========================================= AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 206.62 |============================================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.93 |============================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.00 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.89 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.90 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.90 |============================================ Xonotic 0.6 System Power Consumption Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 165 AVG: 203 MAX: 234 AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 176 AVG: 211 MAX: 232 AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 162 AVG: 192 MAX: 214 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 170 AVG: 205 MAX: 248 AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 171 AVG: 230 MAX: 265