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.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1210258-RA-PILEDRIVE35&grw&sro.

AMD FX-8350 Power Consumption, Performance Per WattProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaAMD ATI RD890 bridge8192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz)Realtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 12.103.5.0-17-generic (x86_64)Unity 6.8.0X Server 1.13.0NVIDIA 304.434.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43GCC 4.7ext41920x1080AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgCompiler Details- --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details- Scaling Governor: ondemandSystem Details- Compiz was running on this system.

AMD FX-8350 Power Consumption, Performance Per Wattencode-opus: WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decodeopenarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highnpb: EP.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Acompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video Encodingc-ray: Total Timeopenssl: RSA 4096-bit PerformanceAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz12.95271.03189.14242.1612992.834840.326137.4246.117.9082.15154.8931.4593.8011.70289.33210.44272.4714346.455223.256621.9450.157.0972.98174.3927.19104.3315.77239.10170.58201.3212193.215293.945901.2340.508.6698.77131.4636.6978.7314.19260.87183.46213.1813220.635381.615957.9444.147.7989.54144.7333.0387.3712.33270.73206.62257.8714153.494887.976498.1547.806.8679.25164.4528.71101.00OpenBenchmarking.org

Opus Codec Encoding

WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterOpus Codec Encoding 1.0.1WAV, Opus Encode, Opus DecodeAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz48121620SE +/- 0.05, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.06, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 515.7714.1912.3312.9511.701. (CC) gcc options: -std=gnu99 -O3 -ffast-math -fPIE -pie -logg -lm -lopus

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz60120180240300SE +/- 3.93, N = 4SE +/- 4.60, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 6.62, N = 6SE +/- 4.43, N = 3239.10260.87270.73271.03289.33

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz50100150200250SE +/- 0.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.52, N = 3SE +/- 3.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.64, N = 3170.58183.46206.62189.14210.44

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz60120180240300SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 3.25, N = 3SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.30, N = 3SE +/- 3.83, N = 6201.32213.18257.87242.16272.471. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 9.83, N = 3SE +/- 8.19, N = 3SE +/- 52.66, N = 3SE +/- 8.73, N = 3SE +/- 50.86, N = 312193.2113220.6314153.4912992.8314346.451. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz12002400360048006000SE +/- 6.04, N = 3SE +/- 6.38, N = 3SE +/- 8.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.06, N = 3SE +/- 11.88, N = 35293.945381.614887.974840.325223.251. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz14002800420056007000SE +/- 75.42, N = 3SE +/- 28.43, N = 3SE +/- 96.74, N = 5SE +/- 116.56, N = 3SE +/- 91.38, N = 65901.235957.946498.156137.426621.941. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz1122334455SE +/- 0.16, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 340.5044.1447.8046.1150.151. (F9X) gfortran options: -fopenmp

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz246810SE +/- 0.13, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 38.667.796.867.907.091. (CXX) g++ options: -O2 -pthread -lbz2 -lpthread

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz20406080100SE +/- 0.98, N = 3SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 0.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.69, N = 3SE +/- 0.74, N = 398.7789.5479.2582.1572.98

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video EncodingAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz4080120160200SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.79, N = 3SE +/- 1.89, N = 3SE +/- 1.59, N = 3SE +/- 2.01, N = 3131.46144.73164.45154.89174.39

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz816243240SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 336.6933.0328.7131.4527.191. (CC) gcc options: -lm -lpthread -O3

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz20406080100SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 378.7387.37101.0093.80104.331. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

Time To Compile

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1Time To CompileAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.8461.6922.5383.3844.231.912.633.762.533.62

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815094.8188.9211.7AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz126.3235.7266.4AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz130.3297.8346.2AMD FX-835091.1207.6222.3AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz111.4264.3293.9OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1System Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz36912155.437.9411.387.0110.34

C-Ray

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815093.2199.2207.0AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz259.1262.1268.5AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz101.3326.8353.2AMD FX-8350219.5220.5221.6AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz92.4281.2301.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1System Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

Xonotic

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterXonotic 0.6Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.2250.450.6750.91.1250.890.900.900.931.00

Xonotic

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-8150162.4192.2213.5AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz170.3204.6248.2AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz170.9229.6265.2AMD FX-8350165.4203.4233.6AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz176.4210.5232.1OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterXonotic 0.6System Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.270.540.811.081.351.141.151.041.201.15

OpenArena

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-8150143.3210.6244.1AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz152.8227.8259.0AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz201.8261.2292.8AMD FX-8350153.9225.9259.5AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz211.9251.0267.7OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8System Power Consumption Monitor70140210280350

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s Per Watt, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.27230.54460.81691.08921.36151.210.850.791.111.07

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815087.5166.5202.6AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz247.0249.6254.9AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz293.8327.0342.5AMD FX-8350217.2217.7218.4AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz172.3254.0290.6OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3System Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s Per Watt, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz153045607556.8650.4840.1666.0763.38

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-8150213.7214.4215.5AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz247.2261.9265.9AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz349.2352.4360.2AMD FX-835085.7196.7226.7AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz92.8226.4297.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3System Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s Per Watt, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz71421283530.5325.4720.5431.4225.24

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815085.5193.3213.7AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz94.4233.9255.7AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz210.5316.4341.4AMD FX-835092.4195.3225.5AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz93.6262.3285.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3System Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s Per Watt, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.04730.09460.14190.18920.23650.210.200.150.210.21

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-8150128.5191.1202.8AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz145.2221.4249.7AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz324.4327.2332.2AMD FX-8350214.6215.9218.3AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz105.0236.6272.4OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3System Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second Per Watt, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cRSA 4096-bit PerformanceAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz0.19350.3870.58050.7740.96750.700.710.750.800.86

OpenSSL

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815086.7113.0117.4AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz117.7123.9129.0AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz98.7133.8148.8AMD FX-835085.7117.8124.2AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz93.6121.1128.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.1cSystem Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

256MB File Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6256MB File CompressionAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz81624324019.0824.5235.9823.8727.94

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815085.1165.2213.7AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz93.2191.0268.5AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz147.0246.8361.2AMD FX-8350125.6188.6220.1AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz125.8198.1291.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6System Power Consumption Monitor100200300400500

Opus Codec Encoding

WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode

OpenBenchmarking.orgPerformance Per Watt, More Is BetterOpus Codec Encoding 1.0.1WAV, Opus Encode, Opus DecodeAMD FX-8150AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHzAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHzAMD FX-8350AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz36912157.198.5411.599.2010.47

Opus Codec Encoding

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815085.6113.4122.0AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz94.8121.1127.1AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz108.8143.0154.8AMD FX-835083.5119.2126.2AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz93.2122.5131.5OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is BetterOpus Codec Encoding 1.0.1System Power Consumption Monitor4080120160200

System Power Consumption Monitor

Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-815084.9159.3244.1AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz92.2190.7268.5AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz97.0232.6361.2AMD FX-835083.5173.4259.5AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz90.5197.7301.3OpenBenchmarking.orgWattsSystem Power Consumption MonitorPhoronix Test Suite System Monitoring100200300400500

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Betterx264 2012-10-03H.264 Video EncodingAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz0.11250.2250.33750.450.56250.50

x264

System Power Consumption Monitor

MinAvgMaxAMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz327.1332.1337.2OpenBenchmarking.orgWatts, Fewer Is Betterx264 2012-10-03System Power Consumption Monitor80160240320400


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