AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux A Processor comparison of the AMD Sempron 2650, Sempron 3850, Athlon 5150, and Athlon 5150 AM1 /FS1b APUs. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the AMD APU ubuntu 14.04 Linux performance for the processor and graphics tests. AMD Sempron 2650: Processor: AMD Sempron 2650 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.45GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8240 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Sempron 3850: Processor: AMD Sempron 3850 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8280 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Athlon 5150: Processor: AMD Athlon 5150 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Athlon 5350: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i3-2330M: Processor: Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0X0DC1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 1 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB SAMSUNG HM501II, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E + Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.6, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.9, Compiler: GCC 4.8.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 29.47 |========================================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 32.97 |============================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 37.23 |==================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 37.70 |===================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 25.00 |=================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . MIN: 15 AVG: 33 MAX: 50 AMD Sempron 3850 . MIN: 14 AVG: 30 MAX: 98 AMD Athlon 5150 .. MIN: 12 AVG: 27 MAX: 91 AMD Athlon 5350 .. MIN: 11 AVG: 26 MAX: 69 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 21.93 |=========================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 25.67 |================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 27.27 |===================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 27.30 |===================================================== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . MIN: 13.0 AVG: 45.0 MAX: 89.0 AMD Sempron 3850 . MIN: 25.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 62.0 AMD Athlon 5150 .. MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 81.0 AMD Athlon 5350 .. MIN: 13.0 AVG: 36.4 MAX: 78.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 7.60 |========================================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 8.47 |============================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 9.50 |==================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 9.93 |====================================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . MIN: 21 AVG: 75 MAX: 99 AMD Sempron 3850 . MIN: 39 AVG: 71 MAX: 99 AMD Athlon 5150 .. MIN: 33 AVG: 71 MAX: 99 AMD Athlon 5350 .. MIN: 30 AVG: 72 MAX: 99 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 20.10 |========================================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 23.33 |=============================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 26.03 |==================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 26.30 |===================================================== Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 92.0 AMD Sempron 3850 . MIN: 22.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 94.0 AMD Athlon 5150 .. MIN: 18.0 AVG: 38.2 MAX: 86.0 AMD Athlon 5350 .. MIN: 19.0 AVG: 37.4 MAX: 90.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 55.67 |===================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 56.75 |====================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 66.97 |============================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 79.63 |===================================================== Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 34.54 |====================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 37.96 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 44.47 |================================================ AMD Athlon 5350 .. 48.60 |===================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 3406.77 |=========================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 3855.30 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 3840.80 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 3915.58 |=============================== Core i3-2330M .... 6385.75 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 3261.59 |========================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 3755.25 |============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 3838.63 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 3948.68 |================================ Core i3-2330M .... 6357.77 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 3317.46 |======================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 4156.70 |============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 4129.20 |============================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 4319.18 |=============================== Core i3-2330M .... 7161.83 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 3261.79 |======================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 4128.56 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 4143.41 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 4428.19 |================================ Core i3-2330M .... 7148.86 |=================================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 116.74 |================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 120.43 |==================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 99.74 |=========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 79.99 |=================================== Core i3-2330M .... 55.74 |======================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 214.51 |==================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 214.22 |==================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 175.86 |=========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 142.51 |=================================== Core i3-2330M .... 102.32 |========================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 77.16 |===================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 45.08 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 37.64 |========================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 31.06 |===================== Core i3-2330M .... 62.42 |=========================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 48.35 |===================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 29.62 |================================ AMD Athlon 5150 .. 23.96 |========================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 19.34 |===================== Core i3-2330M .... 31.05 |================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 8.24 |====================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 8.25 |====================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 8.24 |====================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 8.24 |====================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 6.85 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 287.63 |=============================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 277.27 |============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 329.68 |==================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 399.01 |=========================================== Core i3-2330M .... 478.14 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 142.77 |================================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 129.17 |============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 157.49 |==================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 201.92 |============================================== Core i3-2330M .... 227.26 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 36.76 |============== AMD Sempron 3850 . 37.30 |============== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 38.36 |=============== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 38.62 |=============== Core i3-2330M .... 137.47 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 424.90 |================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 427.25 |================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 500.98 |======================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 589.00 |=============================================== Core i3-2330M .... 650.43 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 434.76 |============================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 429.92 |============================ AMD Athlon 5150 .. 506.61 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 598.78 |======================================== Core i3-2330M .... 786.12 |==================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 398.96 |===================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 362.72 |================================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 444.95 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 566.67 |==================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 544.97 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 736 |=================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 1322 |================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 1627 |========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 2083 |====================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 702 |================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 2377000 |================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 4316667 |================================ AMD Athlon 5150 .. 5317000 |======================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 6782333 |=================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 1346500 |========== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 9860 |=================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 17688 |================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 21753 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 27927 |===================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 10368 |==================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 15.83 |===================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 28.90 |====================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 34.01 |============================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 40.06 |===================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 4.81 |======================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 6.77 |================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 8.26 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 10.56 |===================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 6.09 |=============================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 14.72 |==================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 26.08 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 31.74 |========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 39.73 |===================================================== Core i3-2330M .... 24.54 |================================= Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 117.55 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 . 121.27 |========== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 121.29 |========== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 120.12 |========= Core i3-2330M .... 663.05 |==================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 285.40 |==================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 190.03 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 158.81 |============================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 129.09 |======================== Core i3-2330M .... 159.40 |============================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 641.12 |==================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 363.74 |============================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 310.91 |========================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 262.52 |===================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 204.16 |==================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 114.00 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 92.49 |======================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 72.15 |================== Core i3-2330M .... 202.97 |==================================================== ebizzy 0.3 Records/s Seconds > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 2280 |================= AMD Sempron 3850 . 4357 |================================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 4637 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 4959 |====================================== Core i3-2330M .... 7085 |====================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 308 |=================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 170 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 139 |========= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 109 |======= Core i3-2330M .... 873 |======================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 24.58 |================================================ AMD Sempron 3850 . 27.39 |===================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 22.25 |=========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 17.35 |================================== Core i3-2330M .... 25.96 |================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 53.33 |================================================ AMD Sempron 3850 . 59.33 |===================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 48.34 |=========================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 37.61 |================================== Core i3-2330M .... 34.56 |=============================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 57.23 |================== AMD Sempron 3850 . 102.83 |================================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 126.63 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 162.47 |==================================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 94704054.94 |================================ AMD Sempron 3850 . 84905699.45 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 .. 104598539.86 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 .. 134231671.35 |============================================= Core i3-2330M .... 135718063.16 |============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 . 1916.70 |============= AMD Sempron 3850 . 3697.51 |========================== AMD Athlon 5150 .. 4168.62 |============================= AMD Athlon 5350 .. 4714.18 |================================= Core i3-2330M .... 7285.53 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