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, AMD Opteron (Shanghai), 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 2 x AMD Opteron 2384: Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: TYAN S2932/S2932-E, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Western Digital WD1600YS-01S + 128GB ity, Graphics: ATI Device 9456, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL S2409W OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc10-ic-aliasing-patch+ (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |====================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 63.13 |=========================== 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 |======================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 112 |========================== 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 |================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 1291 |================================================== 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 |============================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 227914 |===================== 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 |=================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 111 |================================== 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 |==================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 72 |====================================== 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 |==================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 56 |=========================================== 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 |=================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 100 |====================================== 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 |==================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 63 |================================================== 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 |===================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 1987000 |==================== 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 |================================================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 12249 |======================================= 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 |================================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 806 |======================================== 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 |======================================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 50.75 |============================= 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 |================================== 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 |================================================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 16106 |============================================ 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 |===================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 36.27 |================================================= 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 |====================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 10.07 |================================================= 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 |================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 30.17 |================================================= 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 |================================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 81.62 |====================================== 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 |==================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 35.89 |================================================= 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 |============================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 10040.55 |======================================= 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 |=============================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 2225.57 |===================================== 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 |================================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 154.23 |============================================= 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 |=============================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 6143.56 |============================================ 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 |============================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 71.25 |=================== 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 |============================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 8546.31 |================================== 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 |================================ 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 4368.13 |================================ 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 |========================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 3563.44 |=========================== 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 |================================================= 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 38.22 |================================================ 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 |==================================== 2 x AMD Opteron 2384 . 3.39 |================================================== 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 |======================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |==================================================