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-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridgex264: H.264 Video Encodingopenarena: 1920 x 1080nexuiz: 1920 x 1080 - No - Offlightsmark: 1920 x 1080unigine-sanctuary: 1920 x 1080unigine-tropics: 1920 x 1080graphics-magick: HWB Color Spacegraphics-magick: Blurgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinggraphics-magick: Sharpencompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testtscp: AI Chess Performancejohn-the-ripper: Traditional DESjohn-the-ripper: MD5john-the-ripper: Blowfishopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceclomp: Static OMP Speedupnpb: BT.Anpb: CG.Bnpb: EP.Bnpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: SP.Anpb: UA.Agcrypt: CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipherc-ray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplespovray: Total Timeencode-mp3: WAV To MP3encode-flac: WAV To FLACffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDmafft: Multiple Sequence AlignmentAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500K50.1912387449244887729378035236671408286663.652.315982.311788.9478.973785.1999.916058.103645.033735.7921.483777106.7521191328.698.7516.5028.8647.71330.30166.93371.4376.6464.3111571449847948824794226453331346685252.932.977400.051455.2484.214124.0497.055899.283534.663553.2720.944100103.60216116131.198.5129.0433.1648.90500.53184.56520.5776.8464.20126824310343800847163841770001273379777.453.246470.071500.72102.143605.97165.305780.624489.633815.9723.683037110.6921378321.266.9614.2122.1861.62524.33185.12536.7776.6864.111317639101371006047107341013331269779477.632.769419.502333.07104.234970.15164.277825.546116.875362.2631.31305070.1118778421.296.9817.2822.0076.03565.67187.39546.1576.7864.171599450125471267052878046686671419189086.553.1911798.802680.08136.326199.94183.579834.046517.096132.6737.28272053.3914470118.986.2216.4319.66OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

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

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Nexuiz

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off

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

Lightsmark

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

Unigine Tropics

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

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

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

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

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

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

TSCP

AI Chess Performance

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

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

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

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

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

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

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

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

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

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

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

Test / Class: BT.A

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

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

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

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

Gcrypt Library

CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher

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

C-Ray

Total Time

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

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

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

POV-Ray

Total Time

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

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

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

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

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

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

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

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence 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


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