AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking against the AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer for Phoronix.com. Thanks to AMD for sending out the FX-8150 Bulldozer kit. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors for a future article.
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AMD FX-4100 vs. AMD FX-8150 vs. Fusion vs. SNB
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking against the AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer for Phoronix.com. Thanks to AMD for sending out the FX-8150 Bulldozer kit. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors for a future article.
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
AMD FX-8150:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 285.05.09, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
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 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 314874 |=============================
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-8150 ......... 2.44 |======================================
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 |====================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 7.85 |==============================================
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 |==============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 27.02 |===========================================
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 |==================================
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 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 456.10 |========================================
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 |==============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 26.65 |========================================
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 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 11240.21 |=============================================
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 |==============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 2803.63 |================================================
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 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 164.60 |=================================================
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 |=============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 6593.08 |================================================
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 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 108.11 |=============================
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 |========================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 11693.80 |===============================================
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 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 4484.59 |=================================
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 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 5495.79 |===========================================
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 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 38.70 |==================================================
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 |====================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 17753 |==================================================
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 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 3678333 |======================================
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 |==============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 15490 |==================================================
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 |=============================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 1002 |===================================================
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 |==================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 165 |====================================================
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 |==================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 99 |=====================================================
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 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 68 |=====================================================
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 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 133 |====================================================
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 |======================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 65 |=====================================================
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 |====================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 102.23 |=================================================
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 |========================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 51.06 |=======================
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-8150 ......... 823 |====================================
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 |============================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 10.10 |=================
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-8150 ......... 174.74 |==============================================
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 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 103 |=========================
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 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 500.83 |=============================================
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 |==================================================
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 |==================================================
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 |==================================================
AMD FX-8150 ......... 68.75 |========================================