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.

Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the Phoronix Test Suite by running the command: phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1110199-GR-1110171AR27
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AMD FX-4100
October 15 2011
 
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October 17 2011
 
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October 17 2011
 
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October 17 2011
 
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October 17 2011
 
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AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridge, "x264 2010-11-22 - H.264 Video Encoding", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",50.13,50.31,50.13 "AMD A8-3850",47.86,48.2,47.08 "Intel Core i5 2400S",61.07,62.01,61.77 "Intel Core i3 2120",48.87,48.74,49.08 "Intel Core i5 2500K",75.04,76.3,76.74 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",50.16,50.03,50.14 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "AMD A8-3850",335,327.5,328.4 "Intel Core i5 2400S",518.6,525.6,528.8 "Intel Core i3 2120",496.3,508,497.3 "Intel Core i5 2500K",565.9,564.8,566.3 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off", Higher Results Are Better "AMD A8-3850",167.6138432,167.7376828,165.4369648 "Intel Core i5 2400S",186.2243575,184.3033336,184.8314649 "Intel Core i3 2120",185.5981022,184.3364992,183.7456705 "Intel Core i5 2500K",188.4550967,186.5481,187.1753297 "Lightsmark 2008 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "AMD A8-3850",372.33,401.05,349.05,371.25,379.18,355.72 "Intel Core i5 2400S",536.73,536.67,536.92 "Intel Core i3 2120",512.75,523.98,524.99 "Intel Core i5 2500K",546.29,546.17,546 "Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "AMD A8-3850",76.5874,76.6597,76.6635 "Intel Core i5 2400S",76.7907,76.6146,76.6333 "Intel Core i3 2120",76.8837,76.8786,76.7446 "Intel Core i5 2500K",76.8466,76.8305,76.6712 "Unigine Tropics 1.3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080", Higher Results Are Better "AMD A8-3850",64.3006,64.308,64.3217 "Intel Core i5 2400S",64.0642,64.1177,64.1549 "Intel Core i3 2120",64.259,64.1853,64.1533 "Intel Core i5 2500K",64.2315,64.1815,64.1 "OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x", Higher Results Are Better "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",209.7,220.7,220.3 "Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x", Higher Results Are Better "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",113.8447437,114.0881726,113.6994943 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",123,123,123 "AMD A8-3850",115,115,115 "Intel Core i5 2400S",131,131,131 "Intel Core i3 2120",126,126,126 "Intel Core i5 2500K",159,159,159 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",86,87,87 "AMD A8-3850",72,71,71 "Intel Core i5 2400S",76,76,76 "Intel Core i3 2120",82,83,82 "Intel Core i5 2500K",93,94,94 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",44,44,44 "AMD A8-3850",44,44,44 "Intel Core i5 2400S",39,39,39 "Intel Core i3 2120",43,43,43 "Intel Core i5 2500K",50,50,50 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",92,91,92 "AMD A8-3850",97,98,98 "Intel Core i5 2400S",101,101,101 "Intel Core i3 2120",103,104,103 "Intel Core i5 2500K",125,125,124 "GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",42,47,42,44,42,47 "AMD A8-3850",47,47,47 "Intel Core i5 2400S",37,37,37 "Intel Core i3 2120",43,43,43 "Intel Core i5 2500K",47,47,47 "7-Zip Compression 9.13 - Compress Speed Test", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",8870,8878,8884 "AMD A8-3850",9437,9496,9530 "Intel Core i5 2400S",10222,9277,10258,10239,10137,10228 "Intel Core i3 2120",7949,8148,7926 "Intel Core i5 2500K",12764,12673,12573 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",8678,8747,8662 "TSCP 1.81 - AI Chess Performance", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",293591,294691,293279,293435,293905 "AMD A8-3850",247763,247763,247874,248098,248210 "Intel Core i5 2400S",469546,471556,471153,471556,471556 "Intel Core i3 2120",471153,471153,471960,473176,470750 "Intel Core i5 2500K",529085,528577,529085,528577,528577 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",259433,259556,259311,259556,259433 "John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: Traditional DES", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",3512000,3528000,3531000 "AMD A8-3850",2636000,2650000,2650000 "Intel Core i5 2400S",4148000,3992000,4164000 "Intel Core i3 2120",4167000,4187000,4177000 "Intel Core i5 2500K",4686000,4642000,4678000 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",2752000,2850000,2849000 "John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: MD5", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",14076,14091,14078 "AMD A8-3850",13460,13460,13477 "Intel Core i5 2400S",12685,12712,12694 "Intel Core i3 2120",12741,12719,12740 "Intel Core i5 2500K",14234,14080,14258 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",11419,11550,11562 "John The Ripper 1.7.8 - Test: Blowfish", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",866,866,866 "AMD A8-3850",852,852,852 "Intel Core i5 2400S",793,795,795 "Intel Core i3 2120",797,797,797 "Intel Core i5 2500K",890,891,889 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",691,691,691 "OpenSSL 1.0.0a - RSA 4096-bit Performance", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",63.4,63.4,64.4,63.4 "AMD A8-3850",53,52.8,52.9,53 "Intel Core i5 2400S",77.2,77.6,78,77.7 "Intel Core i3 2120",77.7,76.9,77.2,78 "Intel Core i5 2500K",86.3,86.4,87.3,86.2 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",39.2,39.2,39.2,39.2 "CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",2.31,2.31,2.34,2.32,2.29 "AMD A8-3850",2.97,2.99,2.97,2.87,3.03 "Intel Core i5 2400S",2.76,2.75,2.76,2.76,2.77 "Intel Core i3 2120",3.24,3.23,3.24,3.25,3.24 "Intel Core i5 2500K",3.2,3.17,3.18,3.2,3.19 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",5994.06,5957.4,5995.48 "AMD A8-3850",7375.08,7389.75,7435.31 "Intel Core i5 2400S",9403.34,9418.17,9436.99 "Intel Core i3 2120",6481.69,6469.92,6458.61 "Intel Core i5 2500K",11809.58,11764.71,11822.11 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",6489.18,6465.37,6519.84 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",1787.55,1788.58,1790.69 "AMD A8-3850",1467.38,1455.18,1443.16 "Intel Core i5 2400S",2329.55,2332.07,2337.6 "Intel Core i3 2120",1500.47,1500.08,1501.62 "Intel Core i5 2500K",2674.48,2684.72,2681.03 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",1408.86,1412.3,1414.87 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",79.21,78.73,78.96 "AMD A8-3850",84.33,84.35,83.94 "Intel Core i5 2400S",104.19,104.24,104.26 "Intel Core i3 2120",102.3,102.03,102.1 "Intel Core i5 2500K",136.38,136.25,136.34 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",99.31,98.42,98.41 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",3757.89,3812.51,3785.18 "AMD A8-3850",4125.81,4128.6,4117.7 "Intel Core i5 2400S",4987.17,4967.15,4956.14 "Intel Core i3 2120",3599.09,3610.87,3607.96 "Intel Core i5 2500K",6192.59,6196.43,6210.81 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",3336.58,3350.89,3339.3 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: IS.C", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",99.72,100.02,99.98 "AMD A8-3850",97.03,97.03,97.08 "Intel Core i5 2400S",164.26,164.04,164.51 "Intel Core i3 2120",165.01,165.39,165.49 "Intel Core i5 2500K",183.43,183.31,183.98 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",83.97,83.97,83.95 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",6142.64,6139.53,5892.12 "AMD A8-3850",5902.09,5880.47,5915.29 "Intel Core i5 2400S",7845.03,7829.05,7802.53 "Intel Core i3 2120",5793.27,5773.88,5774.72 "Intel Core i5 2500K",9782.79,9834.59,9884.74 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",5155.14,5100.4,4911.97 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",3641.61,3646.93,3646.55 "AMD A8-3850",3533.11,3541.45,3529.41 "Intel Core i5 2400S",6109.99,6113.99,6126.64 "Intel Core i3 2120",4480.72,4494.31,4493.87 "Intel Core i5 2500K",6516.46,6521.39,6513.42 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",2824.76,2798.06,2796.47 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",3746.66,3752.06,3708.64 "AMD A8-3850",3576.21,3532.09,3551.51 "Intel Core i5 2400S",5360.67,5356.7,5369.41 "Intel Core i3 2120",3821.08,3823.85,3802.98 "Intel Core i5 2500K",6134.22,6122.17,6141.61 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",2771.71,2780.35,2774.77 "NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A", Higher Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",21.45,21.52,21.47 "AMD A8-3850",20.92,20.97,20.92 "Intel Core i5 2400S",31.42,31.29,31.23 "Intel Core i3 2120",23.73,23.71,23.61 "Intel Core i5 2500K",37.25,37.29,37.29 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",16.06,15.9,15.98 "Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 - CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",3780,3780,3770 "AMD A8-3850",4060,4120,4120 "Intel Core i5 2400S",3050,3040,3060 "Intel Core i3 2120",3030,3040,3040 "Intel Core i5 2500K",2720,2720,2720 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",3430,3430,3430 "C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",103.953,105.81,110.497 "AMD A8-3850",103.664,103.5,103.644 "Intel Core i5 2400S",70.241,69.808,70.294 "Intel Core i3 2120",110.697,110.932,110.441 "Intel Core i5 2500K",53.144,53.465,53.566 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",94.098,94.127,94.212 "Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",210,210,213 "AMD A8-3850",215,216,216 "Intel Core i5 2400S",187,187,188 "Intel Core i3 2120",213,213,214 "Intel Core i5 2500K",143,143,145 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",204,205,205 "POV-Ray 3.6.1 - Total Time", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100", "AMD A8-3850", "Intel Core i5 2400S", "Intel Core i3 2120", "Intel Core i5 2500K", "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB", "LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2 - WAV To MP3", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",28.69855594635,28.657061100006,28.678791999817,28.698204994202,28.698653936386 "AMD A8-3850",31.182585954666,31.170170068741,31.17223405838,31.251115083694,31.189087867737 "Intel Core i5 2400S",21.344117164612,21.278836965561,21.269612073898,21.29311299324,21.258363962173 "Intel Core i3 2120",21.345674991608,21.257179021835,21.193749904633,21.276561975479,21.228436946869 "Intel Core i5 2500K",19.035326957703,18.966133117676,18.963277101517,18.962826967239,18.949804782867 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",32.98516702652,32.799562931061,32.819350004196,32.786047935486,32.814290046692 "FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",8.7467868328094,8.7495501041412,8.7374129295349,8.7585699558258,8.7680680751801 "AMD A8-3850",8.5115280151367,8.5074388980865,8.5128281116486,8.5170919895172,8.5091609954834 "Intel Core i5 2400S",6.9832079410553,6.9927840232849,6.9744799137115,6.974426984787,6.9697079658508 "Intel Core i3 2120",6.9692850112915,6.9604530334473,6.9583449363708,6.9559919834137,6.9611268043518 "Intel Core i5 2500K",6.2264420986176,6.2157180309296,6.2158811092377,6.2165961265564,6.2168099880219 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",11.345164060593,11.297388792038,11.300939083099,11.2973279953,11.303664922714 "FFmpeg 0.8.2 - AVI To NTSC VCD", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",19.764193058014,15.154355049133,15.171274185181,15.173055887222,15.27480506897,18.476037979126 "AMD A8-3850",28.64491891861,29.659510850906,28.820040225983 "Intel Core i5 2400S",17.107269048691,17.245445013046,17.475755214691 "Intel Core i3 2120",15.684858083725,14.0393679142,12.856005907059,13.965808868408,14.160197973251,14.524924993515 "Intel Core i5 2500K",16.838582038879,16.065936088562,16.38535284996 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",13.418656110764,13.014197826385,12.863121986389 "Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706 - Multiple Sequence Alignment", Lower Results Are Better "AMD FX-4100",28.848389863968,28.858245849609,28.878486156464 "AMD A8-3850",33.170986175537,33.159306049347,33.160596847534 "Intel Core i5 2400S",22.046805143356,22.003217935562,21.96182179451 "Intel Core i3 2120",22.251682043076,22.119774103165,22.170434951782 "Intel Core i5 2500K",19.712419033051,19.63210105896,19.636750936508 "Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB",34.426323890686,34.288482904434,34.303906917572