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 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 Opteron 1212: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.39GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DP965LT, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 165GB Hitachi HDS72161, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1500 256MB (325/625MHz), Audio: SigmaTel STAC9227, Network: Intel 82566DC Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1024 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 Opteron 1212 .... 5.81 |======== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1645.21 |======== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1134.84 |========= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 2303.07 |========= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1272.74 |========= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1232.97 |========== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 30.56 |=========== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 616.62 |=========== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 564 |==================================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 208.13 |================================================= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 3469 |============== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 17 |=================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 19 |==================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 50 |===================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 35.23 |==================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 39 |====================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 67 |====================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 78.21 |===================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 233772 |====================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1.52 |======================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 39.00 |================================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 20.54 |=================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 12.49 |================================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 15.70 |==== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 1392 |=================================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 37.97 |================================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 293.77 |========================= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 2565333 |========================== 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 |============================= AMD Opteron 1212 .... 4787 |=================================================== 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 |================================================== 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 |================================================= 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 Opteron 1212 .... 627 |===================================== 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 Opteron 1212 .... 10298 |==================================== 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 |================================================== 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 |==================================================