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 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.
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 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 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 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
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 74GB Western Digital WDC WD740GD-00FL + 2 x 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670 1024MB (810/1000MHz), Monitor: G220fb
OS: Slamd64 12.2.0, Kernel: 2.6.39.4 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: fglrx 8.88.7 Catalyst 11.8, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.9, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 2048x1536
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 i5 2400S .................. 61.62 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 48.90 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 76.03 |=================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 50.11 |======================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 330.30 |=============================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 524.33 |=============================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 500.53 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 565.67 |=================================================
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 i5 2400S . 185.12 |================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 184.56 |================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 187.39 |=================================================
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 371.43 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 536.77 |================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 520.57 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 546.15 |=================================================
Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 76.64 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 76.68 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 76.84 |==================================================
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 i5 2400S . 64.11 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 64.20 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 64.17 |==================================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 216.90 |================================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off | AA: 2x Box - AF: 2x
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 113.88 |================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 123 |========================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 115 |======================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 131 |===========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 126 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 159 |====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 87 |=================================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 71 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 76 |===========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 82 |==============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 94 |=====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |===============================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 44 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 39 |=========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |==============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 50 |=====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 92 |======================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 98 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 101 |==========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 103 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 125 |====================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |==================================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 47 |=====================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 37 |==========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 47 |=====================================================
7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 8877 |=======================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 9488 |=========================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 10060 |==========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 8008 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 12670 |=================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 8696 |=======================
TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 293780 |==================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 247942 |===============
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 471073 |=============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 471638 |=============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 528780 |================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 259458 |================
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 i5 2400S .................. 4101333 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 4177000 |============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 4668667 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2817000 |===================
John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 14082 |=================================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 13466 |===============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 12697 |==============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 12733 |==============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 14191 |=================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 11510 |===========================
John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 866 |==================================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 852 |==================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 794 |===============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 797 |===============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 890 |===================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 691 |===========================
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 i5 2400S .................. 77.63 |==============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 77.45 |==============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 86.55 |=================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 39.20 |===============
CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 2.31 |====================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 2.97 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 2.76 |===========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 3.24 |===================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 3.19 |==================================================
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 i5 2400S .................. 9419.50 |========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 6470.07 |================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 11798.80 |==============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 6491.46 |=================
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 i5 2400S .................. 2333.07 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 1500.72 |=================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 2680.08 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 1412.01 |================
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 i5 2400S .................. 104.23 |========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 102.14 |========================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 136.32 |================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 98.71 |=======================
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 i5 2400S .................. 4970.15 |=========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3605.97 |==================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6199.94 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 3342.26 |=================
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 i5 2400S .................. 164.27 |=============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 165.30 |=============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 183.57 |================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 83.96 |===============
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 i5 2400S .................. 7825.54 |=========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 5780.62 |==================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 9834.04 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 5055.84 |================
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 i5 2400S .................. 6116.87 |=============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 4489.63 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6517.09 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2806.43 |=============
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 i5 2400S .................. 5362.26 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3815.97 |===================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6132.67 |===============================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 2775.61 |==============
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 i5 2400S .................. 31.31 |============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 23.68 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 37.28 |=================================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 15.98 |==============
Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 3777 |===============================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 4100 |==================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 3050 |=========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 3037 |=========================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 2720 |=======================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 3430 |============================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 106.75 |===============================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 103.60 |==============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 70.11 |====================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 110.69 |================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 53.39 |===============
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 94.15 |===========================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 211 |==================================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 216 |===================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 187 |==============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 213 |===================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 144 |=======================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 205 |=================================
POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 913 |===========================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 1161 |==================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 784 |=======================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 783 |=======================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 701 |====================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 1165 |==================================
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 i5 2400S .................. 21.29 |=====================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 21.26 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 18.98 |===================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 32.84 |=================================
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 i5 2400S .................. 6.98 |====================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 6.96 |====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 6.22 |==================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 11.31 |=================================
FFmpeg 0.8.2
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 16.50 |===================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 29.04 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 17.28 |====================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 14.21 |================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 16.43 |===================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 13.10 |===============
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......................... 28.86 |============================
AMD A8-3850 .......................... 33.16 |================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .................. 22.00 |=====================
Intel Core i3 2120 ................... 22.18 |=====================
Intel Core i5 2500K .................. 19.66 |===================
Q9450 8GB ddr2 @1000 radeon 6670 1GB . 34.34 |=================================