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.

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AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy BridgeProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLScreen ResolutionAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores)ASUS M5A97 EVOATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge16384MB60GB SSD G2 64 + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GSRealtek ALC892Realtek RTL8111/8168BUbuntu 11.042.6.38-11-generic (x86_64)NVIDIA 1.0.0GCC 4.5.2xfsAMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores)AMD Device 17058192MB60GB OCZ VERTEX2NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz)Marvell Yukon Optima 88E80592.6.38-8-generic (x86_64)Unity 3.8.10X Server 1.10.1NVIDIA 270.41.064.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06ext41920x1080Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)ASRock Z68 Pro3Intel 2nd Generation Core FamilyRealtek RTL8111/8168BIntel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores)Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Intel Core i3 2120, Intel Core i5 2400S, Intel Core i5 2500K: Compiz was running on this system.

AMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500KResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%128%157%185%213%TSCPC-RayFFmpegNAS Parallel BenchmarksTimed MAFFT AlignmentPOV-RayLAME MP3 EncodingOpenSSLx2647-Zip CompressionGcrypt LibrarySmallptFLAC Audio EncodingCLOMPGraphicsMagickJohn The Ripper

AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridgeunigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080lightsmark: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offopenarena: 1920 x 1080clomp: Static OMP Speedupnpb: UA.Anpb: SP.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: LU.Anpb: IS.Cnpb: FT.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: CG.Bnpb: BT.Amafft: Multiple Sequence Alignmentx264: H.264 Video Encodingffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDencode-flac: WAV To FLACencode-mp3: WAV To MP3compress-7zip: Compress Speed Testgcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipheropenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancejohn-the-ripper: Blowfishjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Traditional DESgraphics-magick: Sharpengraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: HWB Color Spacetscp: AI Chess Performancepovray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesc-ray: Total TimeAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K2.3121.483735.793645.036058.1099.913785.1978.971788.945982.3128.8650.1916.508.7528.698877377763.6586614082352366744924487123293780913211106.7564.3176.64371.43166.93330.302.9720.943553.273534.665899.2897.054124.0484.211455.247400.0533.1647.7129.048.5131.199488410052.93852134662645333479844711152479421161216103.6064.2076.84520.57184.56500.533.2423.683815.974489.635780.62165.303605.97102.141500.726470.0722.1848.9014.216.9621.268008303777.45797127334177000431034382126471638783213110.6964.1176.68536.77185.12524.332.7631.315362.266116.877825.54164.274970.15104.232333.079419.5022.0061.6217.286.9821.2910060305077.6379412697410133337101397613147107378418770.1164.1776.78546.15187.39565.673.1937.286132.676517.099834.04183.576199.94136.322680.0811798.8019.6676.0316.436.2218.9812670272086.5589014191466866747125509415952878070114453.39OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Tropics

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Tropics 1.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K1428425670SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 364.3164.2064.1164.17

Unigine Sanctuary

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 376.6476.8476.6876.78

Lightsmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K120240360480600SE +/- 7.50, N = 6SE +/- 3.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3371.43520.57536.77546.15

Nexuiz

This is a benchmark of Nexuiz, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game uses the DarkPlaces engine, which is a largely modified version of the Quake engine with extra features such as High Dynamic Range rendering and OpenGL 2.0 shaders. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterNexuiz 2.5.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: OffAMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K4080120160200SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.56, N = 3166.93184.56185.12187.39

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K120240360480600SE +/- 2.36, N = 3SE +/- 3.74, N = 3SE +/- 3.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.45, N = 3330.30500.53524.33565.67

CLOMP

CLOMP is the C version of the Livermore OpenMP benchmark developed to measure OpenMP overheads and other performance impacts due to threading in order to influence future system designs. This particular test profile configuration is currently set to look at the OpenMP static schedule speed-up across all available CPU cores using the recommended test configuration. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K0.7291.4582.1872.9163.645SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 52.972.313.242.763.19

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K918273645SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 320.9421.4823.6831.3137.28

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K13002600390052006500SE +/- 12.77, N = 3SE +/- 13.66, N = 3SE +/- 6.54, N = 3SE +/- 3.75, N = 3SE +/- 5.67, N = 33553.273735.793815.975362.266132.67

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K14002800420056007000SE +/- 3.56, N = 3SE +/- 1.71, N = 3SE +/- 4.46, N = 3SE +/- 5.02, N = 3SE +/- 2.32, N = 33534.663645.034489.636116.876517.09

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 10.15, N = 3SE +/- 82.99, N = 3SE +/- 6.33, N = 3SE +/- 12.39, N = 3SE +/- 29.43, N = 35899.286058.105780.627825.549834.04

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K4080120160200SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 397.0599.91165.30164.27183.57

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K13002600390052006500SE +/- 3.27, N = 3SE +/- 15.77, N = 3SE +/- 3.54, N = 3SE +/- 9.08, N = 3SE +/- 5.55, N = 34124.043785.193605.974970.156199.94

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K306090120150SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 384.2178.97102.14104.23136.32

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K6001200180024003000SE +/- 6.99, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 2.38, N = 3SE +/- 2.99, N = 31455.241788.941500.722333.072680.08

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 18.13, N = 3SE +/- 12.46, N = 3SE +/- 6.66, N = 3SE +/- 9.74, N = 3SE +/- 17.42, N = 37400.055982.316470.079419.5011798.80

Timed MAFFT Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K816243240SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 333.1628.8622.1822.0019.66

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 347.7150.1948.9061.6276.03

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.8.2AVI To NTSC VCDAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K714212835SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 329.0416.5014.2117.2816.43

FLAC Audio Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 58.518.756.966.986.22

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3AMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K714212835SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 531.1928.6921.2621.2918.98

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 27.17, N = 3SE +/- 4.06, N = 3SE +/- 70.48, N = 3SE +/- 157.56, N = 6SE +/- 55.16, N = 39488887780081006012670

Gcrypt Library

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterGcrypt Library 1.4.4CAMELLIA256-ECB CipherAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K9001800270036004500SE +/- 20.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 5.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 341003777303730502720

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 452.9363.6577.4577.6386.55

John The Ripper

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K2004006008001000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3852866797794890

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5AMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 5.67, N = 3SE +/- 4.70, N = 3SE +/- 7.17, N = 3SE +/- 7.94, N = 3SE +/- 55.77, N = 31346614082127331269714191

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K1000K2000K3000K4000K5000KSE +/- 4666.67, N = 3SE +/- 5897.27, N = 3SE +/- 5773.50, N = 3SE +/- 54861.44, N = 3SE +/- 13531.86, N = 326453333523667417700041013334668667

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K1122334455SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34744433747

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 39892103101125

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K1122334455SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34444433950

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 37187827694

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K4080120160200SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3115123126131159

TSCP

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K110K220K330K440K550KSE +/- 90.79, N = 5SE +/- 250.13, N = 5SE +/- 431.75, N = 5SE +/- 389.74, N = 5SE +/- 124.43, N = 5247942293780471638471073528780

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20040060080010001161913783784701

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K50100150200250SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3216211213187144

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 1.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3103.60106.75110.6970.1153.39