AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridge AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking for Phoronix.com on a remote system for a future article. Thanks to Daniel Newkirk for the SSH access to this AMD Bulldozer system due to lack of AMD FX CPUs at Phoronix. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors. AMD FX-4100: Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 EVO, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB SSD G2 64 + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: xfs AMD A8-3850: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX-4100: Processor: AMD FX -4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 200GB SAMSUNG SP2004C + 250GB SAMSUNG SP2504C, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889 OS: Gentoo 2.0.3, Kernel: 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + llvm 2.9, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz: Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 4.22GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 3 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4250 512MB (560/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: CMC 22 W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-60-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.97.2, OpenGL: 3.3.11672, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Unigine Tropics 1.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 64.31 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 64.20 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 64.11 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 64.17 |================================================== FX-4100 ............. 9.89 |======== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 76.64 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 76.84 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 76.68 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 76.78 |================================================== FX-4100 ............. 10.06 |======= Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 ......... 371.43 |================================= Intel Core i3 2120 .. 520.57 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 536.77 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K . 546.15 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 .......... 166.93 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 184.56 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 185.12 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 187.39 |================================================ AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 13.13 |=== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3850 .......... 330.30 |============================ Intel Core i3 2120 ... 500.53 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 524.33 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 565.67 |================================================ FX-4100 .............. 158.40 |============= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 277.27 |======================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 2.31 |==================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 2.97 |============================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3.24 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 2.76 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 3.19 |================================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 2.18 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 21.48 |============================ AMD A8-3850 .......... 20.94 |============================ Intel Core i3 2120 ... 23.68 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 31.31 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 37.28 |================================================= FX-4100 .............. 20.81 |=========================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 22.14 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 3735.79 |============================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 3553.27 |=========================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3815.97 |============================= Intel Core i5 2400S .. 5362.26 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6132.67 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 3606.40 |============================ AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3448.87 |========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 3645.03 |========================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 3534.66 |========================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 4489.63 |================================ Intel Core i5 2400S .. 6116.87 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6517.09 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 3575.62 |========================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3285.39 |======================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 6058.10 |============================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 5899.28 |============================ Intel Core i3 2120 ... 5780.62 |============================ Intel Core i5 2400S .. 7825.54 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 9834.04 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 6035.40 |============================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 6572.27 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 99.91 |========================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 97.05 |========================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 165.30 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 164.27 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 183.57 |================================================ FX-4100 .............. 100.62 |========================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 104.19 |=========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 3785.19 |============================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 4124.04 |=============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3605.97 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 4970.15 |====================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6199.94 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 3757.15 |============================ AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3490.74 |========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 78.97 |============================ AMD A8-3850 .......... 84.21 |============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 102.14 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 104.23 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 136.32 |================================================ FX-4100 .............. 77.08 |=========================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 94.90 |================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 1788.94 |=============================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 1455.24 |========================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 1500.72 |========================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 2333.07 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 2680.08 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 1744.30 |=============================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 1784.39 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 5982.31 |======================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 7400.05 |============================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 6470.07 |========================= Intel Core i5 2400S .. 9419.50 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 11798.80 |============================================== FX-4100 .............. 6262.06 |======================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 6415.45 |========================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 28.86 |============================================ AMD A8-3850 ......... 33.16 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 22.18 |================================= Intel Core i5 2400S . 22.00 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 19.66 |============================== FX-4100 ............. 31.40 |=============================================== x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 50.19 |================================ AMD A8-3850 .......... 47.71 |=============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 48.90 |================================ Intel Core i5 2400S .. 61.62 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 76.03 |================================================= FX-4100 .............. 49.29 |================================ AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 56.77 |===================================== FFmpeg 0.8.2 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 16.50 |============================ AMD A8-3850 .......... 29.04 |================================================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 14.21 |======================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 17.28 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 16.43 |============================ FX-4100 .............. 15.61 |========================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 10.26 |================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 8.75 |========================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 8.51 |======================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 6.96 |================================= Intel Core i5 2400S .. 6.98 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6.22 |============================== FX-4100 .............. 10.32 |================================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 7.83 |===================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 28.69 |============================================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 31.19 |================================================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 21.26 |================================= Intel Core i5 2400S .. 21.29 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 18.98 |============================== FX-4100 .............. 31.07 |================================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 26.76 |========================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 8877 |================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 9488 |===================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 8008 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 10060 |======================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 12670 |================================================= FX-4100 .............. 8851 |================================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 10248 |======================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 3777 |=============================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 4100 |=================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 3037 |====================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 3050 |====================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 2720 |================================== FX-4100 ............. 3638 |============================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0a RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 63.65 |==================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 52.93 |============================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 77.45 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2400S .. 77.63 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 86.55 |================================================= FX-4100 .............. 58.90 |================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 70.98 |======================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 866 |=========================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 852 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 797 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 794 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 890 |============================================ FX-4100 .............. 822 |========================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 1002 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 14082 |============================================ AMD A8-3850 .......... 13466 |========================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 12733 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 12697 |======================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 14191 |============================================= FX-4100 .............. 13372 |========================================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 15535 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 3523667 |=================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 2645333 |=========================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 4177000 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 4101333 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .. 4668667 |=============================================== FX-4100 .............. 3249000 |================================= AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3673333 |===================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |================================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 47 |===================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2400S . 37 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 47 |===================================================== FX-4100 ............. 32 |==================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 92 |====================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 98 |========================================= Intel Core i3 2120 .. 103 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 101 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 125 |==================================================== FX-4100 ............. 85 |=================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |=============================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 44 |=============================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 39 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2500K . 50 |===================================================== FX-4100 ............. 38 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 87 |================================================= AMD A8-3850 ......... 71 |======================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 82 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2400S . 76 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 94 |===================================================== FX-4100 ............. 71 |======================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 ......... 123 |======================================== AMD A8-3850 ......... 115 |====================================== Intel Core i3 2120 .. 126 |========================================= Intel Core i5 2400S . 131 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 159 |==================================================== FX-4100 ............. 124 |========================================= TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 293780 |=========================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 247942 |======================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 471638 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 471073 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 528780 |================================================ FX-4100 .............. 261910 |======================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 315127 |============================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 913 |======================================= AMD A8-3850 .......... 1161 |================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 783 |================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 784 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 701 |============================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 825 |==================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 211 |================================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 216 |=================================================== Intel Core i3 2120 ... 213 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2400S .. 187 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .. 144 |================================== FX-4100 .............. 215 |=================================================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 207 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-4100 .......... 106.75 |============================================== AMD A8-3850 .......... 103.60 |============================================= Intel Core i3 2120 ... 110.69 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2400S .. 70.11 |============================== Intel Core i5 2500K .. 53.39 |======================= FX-4100 .............. 105.22 |============================================== AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 97.42 |==========================================