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.

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AMD FX-4100 vs. AMD FX-8150 vs. Fusion vs. SNBProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioNetworkOSKernelDisplay DriverCompilerFile-SystemDesktopDisplay ServerOpenGLScreen ResolutionAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-8150AMD 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)AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores)ASUS Crosshair V FormulaATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridgeRealtek ALC889Intel 82583V Gigabit ConnectionUbuntu 11.103.0.0-12-generic (x86_64)Unity 4.22.0X Server 1.10.4NVIDIA 285.05.094.2.0 NVIDIA 285.05.09GCC 4.6.1OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Intel Core i3 2120, Intel Core i5 2400S, Intel Core i5 2500K, AMD FX-8150: Compiz was running on this system.

AMD FX-4100 vs. AMD FX-8150 vs. Fusion vs. SNBx264: 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 2500KAMD FX-815050.1912387449244887729378035236671408286663.652.315982.311788.9478.973785.1999.916058.103645.033735.7921.483777106.7521191328.698.7516.5028.8647.71330.30166.93371.4376.6464.3111571449847948824794226453331346685252.932.977400.051455.2484.214124.0497.055899.283534.663553.2720.944100103.60216116131.198.5129.0433.1648.90500.53184.56520.5776.8464.20126824310343800847163841770001273379777.453.246470.071500.72102.143605.97165.305780.624489.633815.9723.683037110.6921378321.266.9614.2122.1861.62524.33185.12536.7776.6864.111317639101371006047107341013331269779477.632.769419.502333.07104.234970.15164.277825.546116.875362.2631.31305070.1118778421.296.9817.2822.0076.03565.67187.39546.1576.7864.171599450125471267052878046686671419189086.553.1911798.802680.08136.326199.94183.579834.046517.096132.6737.28272053.3914470118.986.2216.4319.66102.23456.10174.74500.8316599681336517753314874367833315490100268.752.4411240.212803.63164.606593.08108.1111693.804484.595495.7938.7051.0610382327.027.8510.1026.65OpenBenchmarking.org

x264

H.264 Video Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120AMD A8-385020406080100SE +/- 0.52, N = 3SE +/- 0.51, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3102.2376.0361.6250.1948.9047.71

OpenArena

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.5Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD A8-3850120240360480600SE +/- 0.45, N = 3SE +/- 3.01, N = 3SE +/- 3.74, N = 3SE +/- 1.76, N = 3SE +/- 2.36, N = 3565.67524.33500.53456.10330.30

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: OffIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD A8-38504080120160200SE +/- 0.56, N = 3SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 3187.39185.12184.56174.74166.93

Lightsmark

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterLightsmark 2008Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD A8-3850120240360480600SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 3.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 7.50, N = 6546.15536.77520.57500.83371.43

Unigine Sanctuary

Resolution: 1920 x 1080

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Sanctuary 2.3Resolution: 1920 x 1080Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-385020406080100SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 376.8476.7876.6876.64

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 2500KIntel Core i5 2400S1428425670SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 364.3164.2064.1764.11

GraphicsMagick

Operation: HWB Color Space

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: HWB Color SpaceAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-4100AMD A8-38504080120160200SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3165159131126123115

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Blur

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: BlurAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-385020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3999487827671

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400S1530456075SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3685044444339

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Resizing

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 31331251031019892

GraphicsMagick

Operation: Sharpen

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: SharpenAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400S1530456075SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 6SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3654747444337

7-Zip Compression

Compress Speed Test

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 21204K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 169.50, N = 3SE +/- 55.16, N = 3SE +/- 157.56, N = 6SE +/- 27.17, N = 3SE +/- 4.06, N = 3SE +/- 70.48, N = 3177531267010060948888778008

TSCP

AI Chess Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgNodes Per Second, More Is BetterTSCP 1.81AI Chess PerformanceIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850110K220K330K440K550KSE +/- 124.43, N = 5SE +/- 431.75, N = 5SE +/- 389.74, N = 5SE +/- 104.96, N = 5SE +/- 250.13, N = 5SE +/- 90.79, N = 5528780471638471073314874293780247942

John The Ripper

Test: Traditional DES

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: Traditional DESIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-38501000K2000K3000K4000K5000KSE +/- 13531.86, N = 3SE +/- 5773.50, N = 3SE +/- 54861.44, N = 3SE +/- 29901.69, N = 3SE +/- 5897.27, N = 3SE +/- 4666.67, N = 3466866741770004101333367833335236672645333

John The Ripper

Test: MD5

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: MD5AMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400S3K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 29.42, N = 3SE +/- 55.77, N = 3SE +/- 4.70, N = 3SE +/- 5.67, N = 3SE +/- 7.17, N = 3SE +/- 7.94, N = 3154901419114082134661273312697

John The Ripper

Test: Blowfish

OpenBenchmarking.orgReal C/S, More Is BetterJohn The Ripper 1.7.8Test: BlowfishAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400S2004006008001000SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 31002890866852797794

OpenSSL

RSA 4096-bit Performance

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-385020406080100SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.17, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.25, N = 4SE +/- 0.05, N = 486.5577.6377.4568.7563.6552.93

CLOMP

Static OMP Speedup

OpenBenchmarking.orgSpeedup, More Is BetterCLOMP 3.3Static OMP SpeedupIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2500KAMD A8-3850Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-41000.7291.4582.1872.9163.645SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 53.243.192.972.762.442.31

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: BT.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: BT.AIntel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 2120AMD FX-41003K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 17.42, N = 3SE +/- 15.70, N = 3SE +/- 9.74, N = 3SE +/- 18.13, N = 3SE +/- 6.66, N = 3SE +/- 12.46, N = 311798.8011240.219419.507400.056470.075982.31

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: CG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: CG.BAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120AMD A8-38506001200180024003000SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 2.99, N = 3SE +/- 2.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.92, N = 3SE +/- 0.46, N = 3SE +/- 6.99, N = 32803.632680.082333.071788.941500.721455.24

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: EP.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: EP.BAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD A8-3850AMD FX-41004080120160200SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3164.60136.32104.23102.1484.2178.97

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: FT.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 212014002800420056007000SE +/- 51.39, N = 3SE +/- 5.55, N = 3SE +/- 9.08, N = 3SE +/- 3.27, N = 3SE +/- 15.77, N = 3SE +/- 3.54, N = 36593.086199.944970.154124.043785.193605.97

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: IS.C

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-38504080120160200SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3183.57165.30164.27108.1199.9197.05

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: LU.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.AAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850Intel Core i3 21203K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 13.20, N = 3SE +/- 29.43, N = 3SE +/- 12.39, N = 3SE +/- 82.99, N = 3SE +/- 10.15, N = 3SE +/- 6.33, N = 311693.809834.047825.546058.105899.285780.62

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: MG.B

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-385014002800420056007000SE +/- 2.32, N = 3SE +/- 5.02, N = 3SE +/- 4.46, N = 3SE +/- 8.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.71, N = 3SE +/- 3.56, N = 36517.096116.874489.634484.593645.033534.66

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: SP.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: SP.AIntel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-4100AMD A8-385013002600390052006500SE +/- 5.67, N = 3SE +/- 46.23, N = 3SE +/- 3.75, N = 3SE +/- 6.54, N = 3SE +/- 13.66, N = 3SE +/- 12.77, N = 36132.675495.795362.263815.973735.793553.27

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

Test / Class: UA.A

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.AAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850918273645SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 338.7037.2831.3123.6821.4820.94

Gcrypt Library

CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher

OpenBenchmarking.orgMicroseconds, Fewer Is BetterGcrypt Library 1.4.4CAMELLIA256-ECB CipherIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-4100AMD A8-38509001800270036004500SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 5.77, N = 3SE +/- 3.33, N = 3SE +/- 20.00, N = 327203037305037774100

C-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 212020406080100SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 1.95, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 351.0653.3970.11103.60106.75110.69

Smallpt

Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesAMD FX-8150Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-4100Intel Core i3 2120AMD A8-385050100150200250SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3103144187211213216

POV-Ray

Total Time

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-385020040060080010007017837848239131161

LAME MP3 Encoding

WAV To MP3

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Intel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 518.9821.2621.2927.0228.6931.19

FLAC Audio Encoding

WAV To FLAC

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1WAV To FLACIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2400SAMD FX-8150AMD A8-3850AMD FX-4100246810SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 5SE +/- 0.00, N = 5SE +/- 0.01, N = 56.226.966.987.858.518.75

FFmpeg

AVI To NTSC VCD

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.8.2AVI To NTSC VCDAMD FX-8150Intel Core i3 2120Intel Core i5 2500KAMD FX-4100Intel Core i5 2400SAMD A8-3850714212835SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 6SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.84, N = 6SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 310.1014.2116.4316.5017.2829.04

Timed MAFFT Alignment

Multiple Sequence Alignment

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed MAFFT Alignment 6.706Multiple Sequence AlignmentIntel Core i5 2500KIntel Core i5 2400SIntel Core i3 2120AMD FX-8150AMD FX-4100AMD A8-3850816243240SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 319.6622.0022.1826.6528.8633.16


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