AMD Athlon II X3 vs. Ryzen 3 AMD Ryzen 3 1200, Ryzen 3 1300X compared to old AMD Athlon II X3. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. AMD Athlon II X3 425: Processor: AMD Athlon II X3 425 @ 2.70GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 890FX Deluxe3, Chipset: AMD RD890 PCI-e GFX Hydra part, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 128GB ADATA SU800, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170814, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Ryzen 3 1200: Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB ADATA SU800, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170814, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD Ryzen 3 1300X: Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB ADATA SU800, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: AMD Device aaf0, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20170814, Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.3.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 emachines EL1200 /w 4850e: Processor: AMD Athlon 4850e @ 2.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: eMachines WMCP61M, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP61, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVT-2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 256MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: VP191b OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.12, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 17.0.7 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . MIN: 3.0 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 89.0 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 66.0 AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 59.0 Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 914376.96 |================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 1868497.71 |=================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 2060055.29 |======================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 286022.55 |===== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 4441.26 |============ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 13942.00 |==================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 15813.00 |========================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 2282.72 |====== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 15143.88 |================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 30671.93 |=================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 35776.59 |========================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 5426.82 |====== Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 752112.31 |=================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 1426857.17 |=================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 1580025.25 |======================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 256856.06 |====== Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 96.91 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 23.31 |============ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 19.79 |========== FFmpeg 3.3.3 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 21.30 |========================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 9.03 |=========== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 7.91 |========= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 37.48 |============================================ Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 54.04 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 13.80 |============= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 11.81 |=========== FFTW 3.3.4 Build: Float + SSE - Size: 2D FFT Size 1024 Mflops Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 38.89 |=========== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 175.17 |================================================ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 162.60 |============================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 12.41 |============ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 52.54 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 50.10 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 14.63 |============ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 60.76 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 57.94 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 1798.76 |============== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 4873.30 |======================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 5229.81 |========================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 157.97 |= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 1.36 |============= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 5.27 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 5.23 |================================================== Darktable 2.2.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 60.77 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 19.32 |================ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 16.59 |============= Redis 3.0.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 8768.20 |============= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 29351.20 |============================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 30038.72 |============================================== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.35 |=============== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 1.18 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 1.17 |================================================== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 83.14 |===================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 149.58 |====================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 168.15 |=========================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 54.37 |============== ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 49.27 |================ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 132.47 |========================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 151.80 |================================================ Redis 3.0.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 7407.54 |=============== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 21828.51 |============================================ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 22642.95 |============================================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.32 |================ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 0.83 |=========================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 0.97 |================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 115.78 |================ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 348.02 |================================================ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 331.18 |============================================== R Benchmark Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.01 |================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 0.03 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 0.02 |================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.6.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 1533.56 |============= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 4382.96 |==================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 5068.09 |========================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 207.46 |== libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.1 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.76 |================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 1.95 |============================================ AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 2.24 |================================================== Blender 2.78c Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 2706.85 |=============================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 1082.21 |=================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 928.35 |================ lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 4.02 |================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 11.24 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 10.96 |================================================ lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 497 |===================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 904 |====================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 1068 |============================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 387 |================ Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.69 |=================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 1.84 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 1.75 |================================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 83.50 |================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 197.13 |=========================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 219.57 |================================================ GIMP 2.8.20 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 37.57 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 16.49 |====================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 14.68 |=================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 94.47 |=================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 214.53 |=========================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 239.79 |================================================ lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 241 |======================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 413 |========================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 466 |============================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 185 |================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Decompression MB/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 2.06 |==================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 5.10 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 4.78 |=============================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.65 |===================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 1.57 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 1.55 |================================================= HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.05 |===================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 0.12 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 0.12 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 99.50 |==================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 211.03 |========================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 238.36 |================================================ R Benchmark Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 1.0294 |================================================ AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 0.4974 |======================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 0.4473 |===================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 7.89 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 3.84 |======================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 3.46 |====================== GIMP 2.8.20 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 14.31 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 7.09 |======================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 6.35 |====================== Scikit-Learn 0.17.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 79.65 |================================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 44.68 |=========================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 39.42 |======================== lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Brotli 0 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 180 |==================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 361 |========================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 407 |============================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 33 |==== HPC Challenge 1.5.0 Test / Class: G-HPL GFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 6.66610 |====================== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 10.94893 |==================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 12.44300 |========================================= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 6.49569 |===================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 19.31 |============================================ GIMP 2.8.16 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 10.21 |============================================ Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 4.88 |============================================= Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 4.89 |============================================= Darktable 2.0.3 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 671.24 |=========================================== High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 Phoronix Test Suite v7.2.1 emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 0.17 |============================================= High Performance Conjugate Gradient 3.0 Per Watt > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 . 0.00 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... 0.01 |================================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... 0.01 |================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 48.65 |============================================ System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Watts AMD Athlon II X3 425 . MIN: 99 AVG: 128 MAX: 165 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 ..... MIN: 63 AVG: 86 MAX: 182 AMD Ryzen 3 1300X .... MIN: 67 AVG: 103 MAX: 198 lzbench 2017-08-08 Test: Zstd 1 - Process: Compression MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 123 |=============== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 330 |========================================= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 369 |============================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 31 |==== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 154.73 |=============== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 384.28 |====================================== AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 431.74 |=========================================== emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 43.86 |==== SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Athlon II X3 425 ...... 32.13 |== AMD Ryzen 3 1200 .......... 23.56 |= AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ......... 23.64 |= emachines EL1200 /w 4850e . 691.41 |===========================================