Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge, Intel Core, Intel Core i7 920, Intel Corei i7 970, Intel Core i7 990X, Intel Core i7 870 benchmarking under Linux with an early Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin 64-bit snapshot on the Linux 3.2 kernel. Testing by Michael Larabel of Phoronix.com for a future article.
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Intel, AMD Multi-Core CPUs Under Linux,
"7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 - Compress Speed Test",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",9431,9344,9401
"FX-8150",18242,17420,18082
"Core i7 870",14062,14745,14567
"Core i7 920",13305,13794,13076
"Core i7 970",24219,24831,23949
"Core i7 990X",25348,26236,25021
"Core i5 2400S",10229,10254,10249
"Core i5 2500K",12794,12785,12827
"C-Ray 1.1 - Total Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",105.017,105.018,105.088
"FX-8150",51.061,51.049,51.043
"Core i7 870",64.715,65.297,65.389
"Core i7 920",66.633,67.02,67.191
"Core i7 970",38.632,38.67,38.69
"Core i7 990X",35.685,35.711,35.706
"Core i5 2400S",69.07,69.335,69.643
"Core i5 2500K",53.128,53.325,53.387
"CLOMP 3.3 - Static OMP Speedup",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",3.04,2.99,2.94,3,3.01
"FX-8150",2.5,2.51,2.41,2.37,2.51
"Core i7 870",4.74,4.77,4.85,4.79,4.92
"Core i7 920",5.08,5.42,5.23,5.04,5.18
"Core i7 970",5.8,5.64,5.48,5.55,5.19,5.21,5.45,5.96,5.18,5.51
"Core i7 990X",5.51,5.61,5.31,5.79,5.56
"Core i5 2400S",2.75,2.73,2.74,2.72,2.74
"Core i5 2500K",3.18,3.18,3.19,3.2,3.18
"FFmpeg 0.8.7 - AVI To NTSC VCD",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",28.936906814575,29.354249000549,29.268813848495
"FX-8150",10.105323076248,9.9284291267395,9.9200849533081
"Core i7 870",22.670441865921,21.625725030899,23.126568078995
"Core i7 920",19.537930965424,20.353683948517,20.403912067413
"Core i7 970",22.094081163406,21.848494052887,22.154129981995
"Core i7 990X",21.732728004456,22.394902944565,22.156861066818
"Core i5 2400S",15.981745004654,16.620071172714,16.349017858505
"Core i5 2500K",15.905565977097,16.389196157455,15.69678902626
"FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 - WAV To FLAC",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",9.1368818283081,9.1278789043427,9.1214728355408,9.1348919868469,9.1270871162415
"FX-8150",7.8696870803833,7.8382749557495,7.8295180797577,7.8455579280853,7.8449139595032
"Core i7 870",8.1141300201416,8.1065030097961,8.0925600528717,8.0974299907684,8.0900979042053
"Core i7 920",9.8347480297089,9.7707772254944,9.7690351009369,9.7816159725189,9.775582075119
"Core i7 970",8.3114650249481,8.257551908493,8.2781319618225,8.2463099956512,8.2460639476776
"Core i7 990X",7.6714818477631,7.6967480182648,7.6489930152893,7.6882829666138,7.6705400943756
"Core i5 2400S",6.9438171386719,6.9298160076141,6.9488461017609,6.9396111965179,6.9358019828796
"Core i5 2500K",6.2079510688782,6.1807849407196,6.185042142868,6.1861848831177,6.1798770427704
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: HWB Color Space",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",117,116,117
"FX-8150",165,165,165
"Core i7 870",151,151,151
"Core i7 920",126,127,127
"Core i7 970",159,159,159
"Core i7 990X",171,171,170
"Core i5 2400S",142,142,142
"Core i5 2500K",165,165,165
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Blur",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",73,73,73
"FX-8150",101,101,99
"Core i7 870",105,105,105
"Core i7 920",90,90,90
"Core i7 970",118,118,118
"Core i7 990X",127,126,126
"Core i5 2400S",81,80,81
"Core i5 2500K",97,97,97
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",44,44,44
"FX-8150",68,68,68
"Core i7 870",68,68,68
"Core i7 920",60,60,59
"Core i7 970",87,87,87
"Core i7 990X",92,92,92
"Core i5 2400S",41,41,41
"Core i5 2500K",51,51,51
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Resizing",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",100,99,99
"FX-8150",133,133,133
"Core i7 870",130,130,130
"Core i7 920",109,110,110
"Core i7 970",143,143,143
"Core i7 990X",154,153,153
"Core i5 2400S",107,107,107
"Core i5 2500K",128,128,128
"GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 - Operation: Sharpen",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",47,47,47
"FX-8150",65,65,65
"Core i7 870",68,69,68
"Core i7 920",59,59,59
"Core i7 970",88,88,88
"Core i7 990X",94,94,94
"Core i5 2400S",38,38,38
"Core i5 2500K",48,48,48
"Himeno Benchmark 3.0 - Poisson Pressure Solver",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",420.018862,430.95688,435.578069
"FX-8150",373.730398,373.016417,375.767266
"Core i7 870",1104.472238,1107.165328,1112.723347
"Core i7 920",947.003089,946.698473,956.729593
"Core i7 970",1120.993382,1133.940001,1158.529839
"Core i7 990X",1175.993355,1209.172589,1226.845602
"Core i5 2400S",1229.832599,1258.469309,1276.171282
"Core i5 2500K",1392.988887,1416.342853,1432.060637
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Traditional DES",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",3045000,3043000,3053000
"FX-8150",4312000,4293000,4291000
"Core i7 870",3876000,3871000,3869000
"Core i7 920",3258000,3258000,3262000
"Core i7 970",3835000,3838000,3838000
"Core i7 990X",4135000,4127000,4125000
"Core i5 2400S",4524000,4513000,4503000
"Core i5 2500K",5070000,5058000,5054000
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: MD5",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",13500,13501,13498
"FX-8150",15400,15397,15347
"Core i7 870",15809,15846,15810
"Core i7 920",13217,13215,13212
"Core i7 970",15606,15609,15644
"Core i7 990X",16829,16834,16850
"Core i5 2400S",12815,12817,12814
"Core i5 2500K",14373,14401,14392
"John The Ripper 1.7.9 - Test: Blowfish",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",886,886,886
"FX-8150",1002,1002,1002
"Core i7 870",982,983,985
"Core i7 920",820,819,820
"Core i7 970",969,969,971
"Core i7 990X",1046,1046,1046
"Core i5 2400S",817,816,817
"Core i5 2500K",917,916,916
"LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 - WAV To MP3",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",23.394077777863,23.48313498497,23.468242883682,23.465717077255,23.415665149689
"FX-8150",19.51993894577,19.582835197449,19.560640096664,19.524324893951,19.610714912415
"Core i7 870",17.65577507019,17.692471981049,17.681918859482,17.668974876404,17.676264047623
"Core i7 920",21.347456932068,21.345280885696,21.335220098495,21.322380065918,21.334461927414
"Core i7 970",18.037194013596,18.042754173279,18.057971000671,18.042423009872,18.050051927567
"Core i7 990X",16.751684188843,16.757025003433,16.751513957977,16.751790046692,16.759027957916
"Core i5 2400S",15.976231098175,16.045654058456,16.007004976273,16.022270917892,15.991899967194
"Core i5 2500K",14.271796941757,14.274296045303,14.258552074432,14.266097068787,14.255357980728
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Bibd",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",368.481226,365.363524,365.209806
"FX-8150",166.581766,166.580023,168.579076
"Core i7 870",160.6601,161.423313,161.954527
"Core i7 920",188.153728,187.55361,188.682925
"Core i7 970",158.592461,159.59692,159.213537
"Core i7 990X",149.130489,149.326503,150.664905
"Core i5 2400S",136.088792,136.163032,135.10794
"Core i5 2500K",121.74705,120.585606,120.989793
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Graceful",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",121.849276,122.253625,122.017498
"FX-8150",86.061705,86.661763,86.30814
"Core i7 870",87.491821,87.765402,87.426575
"Core i7 920",104.572397,103.511143,104.060689
"Core i7 970",86.717993,86.937678,86.517572
"Core i7 990X",81.673499,81.419082,81.671779
"Core i5 2400S",78.22906,78.17017,78.242333
"Core i5 2500K",70.245445,70.025248,70.010735
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Quasigroup",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",235.901611,238.600779,236.82077
"FX-8150",198.250487,200.543521,196.772155
"Core i7 870",202.629794,202.939054,203.568483
"Core i7 920",232.021419,233.766601,232.34202
"Core i7 970",194.623248,193.939706,196.306274
"Core i7 990X",182.762803,181.562086,181.844953
"Core i5 2400S",180.436171,177.033522,176.633599
"Core i5 2500K",157.923054,157.482576,157.092088
"Minion 0.12 - Benchmark: Solitaire",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",383.141923,381.721778,387.150223
"FX-8150",160.256836,162.295189,158.875565
"Core i7 870",161.006945,162.045457,160.940032
"Core i7 920",189.584449,187.528281,187.315414
"Core i7 970",159.91446,158.985295,159.379665
"Core i7 990X",150.076587,150.624997,150.534817
"Core i5 2400S",125.875803,124.504799,124.210995
"Core i5 2500K",111.726894,111.24882,110.954323
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: BT.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",7484.3,7507.93,7496.04
"FX-8150",11115.08,11099.19,11243.2
"Core i7 870",7912.84,7843.93,7810.04
"Core i7 920",8485.95,8528.58,8540.33
"Core i7 970",13207.77,13155.85,13203.42
"Core i7 990X",13801.79,13734.81,13740.06
"Core i5 2400S",9564,9565.56,9570.87
"Core i5 2500K",11943.4,11952.68,11944.78
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: CG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",836.24,1286.41,1168.85,1052.61,804.46,1369.48
"FX-8150",2497.07,2496.2,2492.86
"Core i7 870",1323.89,1323.56,1323.57
"Core i7 920",1616.7,1590.05,1617.47
"Core i7 970",2237.62,2248.73,2256.48
"Core i7 990X",2262.55,2277.79,2275.68
"Core i5 2400S",2430.23,2432.45,2428.13
"Core i5 2500K",2784.07,2795.96,2780.12
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: EP.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",84.16,84.17,84.15
"FX-8150",164.56,159.59,165.09
"Core i7 870",173.8,171.78,170.73
"Core i7 920",161.06,159.27,160.97
"Core i7 970",280.15,281.78,282.17
"Core i7 990X",298.9,295.52,293.87
"Core i5 2400S",102.48,102.42,102.41
"Core i5 2500K",133.97,133.88,133.84
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: FT.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",3876.86,3877.73,3874.49
"FX-8150",6378.9,6430.37,6420.86
"Core i7 870",3133.78,3133.96,3130.73
"Core i7 920",3162.54,3161.59,3161.26
"Core i7 970",4615.78,4605.75,4606.8
"Core i7 990X",4634.04,4610.88,4622.55
"Core i5 2400S",4823.03,4816.66,4818.25
"Core i5 2500K",6017.5,6011.63,6012.08
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: IS.C",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",96.3,96.37,96.25
"FX-8150",107.17,107.44,107.39
"Core i7 870",109.37,109.44,109.46
"Core i7 920",114.79,116.32,116.29
"Core i7 970",143.42,143.22,143.35
"Core i7 990X",152.21,152.32,152.26
"Core i5 2400S",163.86,163.57,163.54
"Core i5 2500K",182.84,182.5,182.63
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: LU.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",6106.02,6064.2,6086.01
"FX-8150",11654.87,11612.92,11625.36
"Core i7 870",7857.74,7701.18,7107.54,7248.49,7311.77,7567.08
"Core i7 920",8288.61,8249.92,8068.96
"Core i7 970",12693.68,12623.58,12364.23
"Core i7 990X",12535.2,12677.36,12571.34
"Core i5 2400S",8199.02,8179.77,8144.27
"Core i5 2500K",10276.43,10228.09,10179.85
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: MG.B",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",3251.57,3237.41,3255.24
"FX-8150",4368.6,4372.88,4366.69
"Core i7 870",2305.86,2304.79,2301.29
"Core i7 920",3486.79,3485.71,3495.73
"Core i7 970",4715.9,4702.81,4714.34
"Core i7 990X",4731.6,4739.23,4720.98
"Core i5 2400S",5800.02,5778.74,5809.02
"Core i5 2500K",6327.04,6308.6,6320.86
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: SP.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",3516.48,3488.39,3475.34
"FX-8150",5382.29,5437.79,5316.47
"Core i7 870",2523.14,2506.09,2502.43
"Core i7 920",3401.81,3367.6,3392.3
"Core i7 970",5122.61,5109.76,5083.07
"Core i7 990X",5169.05,5143.28,5118.93
"Core i5 2400S",5451.86,5428,5426.67
"Core i5 2500K",6191.18,6158.22,6190.52
"NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 - Test / Class: UA.A",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",20.31,20.29,20.25
"FX-8150",40.29,40.05,40.07
"Core i7 870",24.54,24.68,24.5
"Core i7 920",29.07,28.95,29.1
"Core i7 970",54.51,54.66,54.3
"Core i7 990X",56.58,55.81,56.27
"Core i5 2400S",31.31,31.4,31.27
"Core i5 2500K",36.88,36.98,37.08
"Nexuiz 2.5.2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",85.4377301,85.6853321,85.5349476
"FX-8150",117.054412,116.4028636,116.7687598
"Core i7 870",122.2017647,117.8350059,117.3106236
"Core i7 920",105.381033,104.0080409,100.4073231
"Core i7 970",123.924613,123.0766799,123.8568677
"Core i7 990X",131.3401072,132.5197129,132.2108139
"Core i5 2400S",123.1757334,123.3043164,122.8484369
"Core i5 2500K",137.0042202,135.280836,135.3910246
"OpenSSL 1.0.0e - RSA 4096-bit Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",53.4,53.1,53.2,53.4
"FX-8150",69.1,67.8,68.1,69
"Core i7 870",54.2,54.2,54.2,54.2
"Core i7 920",45.4,45.5,45.5,45.4
"Core i7 970",53.6,53.6,53.6,53.6
"Core i7 990X",58,57.9,57.9,57.9
"Core i5 2400S",77.9,77.9,76.8,78
"Core i5 2500K",86.4,86.5,87.4,87.2
"Smallpt 1.0 - Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",212,211,211
"FX-8150",104,104,103
"Core i7 870",141,141,142
"Core i7 920",147,147,147
"Core i7 970",82,83,82
"Core i7 990X",76,76,76
"Core i5 2400S",204,197,197
"Core i5 2500K",151,150,150
"Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 - Pfam Database Search",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",20.889830827713,20.632916927338,20.663599967957
"FX-8150",14.288819789886,13.424324989319,12.868088960648,13.684720993042,13.222311973572,13.646781921387
"Core i7 870",24.563812017441,24.320232868195,24.437769889832
"Core i7 920",21.966048002243,22.074235916138,21.809345006943
"Core i7 970",14.832139015198,14.58900308609,14.603509902954
"Core i7 990X",13.991214036942,13.750591039658,13.762787103653
"Core i5 2400S",18.790104866028,18.705716848373,18.730747938156
"Core i5 2500K",14.64736700058,14.5232629776,14.499103069305
"Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",153.16971898079,149.74141097069,150.03486800194
"FX-8150",90.418787956238,88.313917160034,88.7796189785
"Core i7 870",104.6690518856,104.2089471817,104.85473895073
"Core i7 920",115.03307390213,112.56451296806,112.70525693893
"Core i7 970",66.836634159088,64.646039962769,65.123169898987
"Core i7 990X",63.734382867813,61.891971111298,62.283525943756
"Core i5 2400S",135.40436506271,133.46009111404,133.43806910515
"Core i5 2500K",106.1666970253,104.30039191246,104.5762181282
"Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 - Multiple Sequence Alignment",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",32.789044141769,32.815304994583,32.813647985458
"FX-8150",26.089979887009,26.056448936462,26.058850049973
"Core i7 870",23.844885110855,23.836207151413,23.822021007538
"Core i7 920",28.027616024017,27.944326877594,27.933779001236
"Core i7 970",23.635205030441,23.579073190689,23.547945976257
"Core i7 990X",21.961831092834,21.926054954529,21.866549015045
"Core i5 2400S",21.916980028152,21.899749994278,21.886358976364
"Core i5 2500K",19.618978977203,19.561071157455,19.588416099548
"Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 - Time To Compile",
Lower Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",52.592010974884,52.69778585434,52.476935148239
"FX-8150",30.444074869156,30.388949871063,30.345212936401
"Core i7 870",33.006752967834,32.95140504837,33.111639022827
"Core i7 920",35.858107805252,36.066317796707,35.91462802887
"Core i7 970",22.735687971115,22.747761011124,23.011141061783
"Core i7 990X",22.026297092438,21.683919906616,21.76820898056
"Core i5 2400S",39.743163824081,39.700754880905,39.681408882141
"Core i5 2500K",32.686280012131,32.594032049179,32.660419940948
"TSCP 1.81 - AI Chess Performance",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",244899,245008,244790,244790,244899
"FX-8150",314371,313833,314191,314910,314550
"Core i7 870",333199,333199,333400,332997,332796
"Core i7 920",288063,288063,288214,288365,288063
"Core i7 970",341461,340617,340196,339986,340827
"Core i7 990X",367185,366208,366208,366452,366452
"Core i5 2400S",474808,474808,473991,466761,474399
"Core i5 2500K",532667,532667,532667,530103,529085
"TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w - Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",57.3822,57.3519,57.4251
"FX-8150",128.386,127.953,128.564
"Core i7 870",115.449,117.63,116.722
"Core i7 920",103.475,102.733,103.063
"Core i7 970",157.356,157.838,158.609
"Core i7 990X",166.633,166.756,166.334
"Core i5 2400S",88.2644,88.1352,88.4877
"Core i5 2500K",111.336,111.934,111.505
"VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 - vpxenc",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",14.29,14.52,14.45
"FX-8150",20.5,20.44,20.69
"Core i7 870",18.06,18.26,18.55
"Core i7 920",16.6,16.92,17.07
"Core i7 970",21.15,21.55,21.13
"Core i7 990X",22.23,22.66,22.57
"Core i5 2400S",21.8,21.75,22.4
"Core i5 2500K",27.46,28.12,28.01
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",224.5,222.8,223.8
"FX-8150",329.5,360.2,358.1,360.3,359.2,356.2
"Core i7 870",290,295.2,293.3
"Core i7 920",244.2,242.3,244.9
"Core i7 970",289.6,290.9,291
"Core i7 990X",306.9,308.2,306.7
"Core i5 2400S",323.3,323.4,325.2
"Core i5 2500K",354.3,356.8,356.1
"x264 2011-12-06 - H.264 Video Encoding",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",62.36,64.02,63.31
"FX-8150",135.07,136.03,136.17
"Core i7 870",105.13,106.16,105.81
"Core i7 920",94.32,96.63,96.35
"Core i7 970",158.18,160.9,161.98
"Core i7 990X",166.3,173.05,171.72
"Core i5 2400S",76.35,77.07,77.96
"Core i5 2500K",97.28,96.55,95.77
"Xonotic 0.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Fusion A8-3850",145.7851902,146.0916613,146.8440175
"FX-8150",230.5802808,233.2098552,233.4141017
"Core i7 870",201.3238227,202.5253075,203.4824648
"Core i7 920",178.3171839,179.0660708,179.0326754
"Core i7 970",202.536045,203.443429,202.3339495
"Core i7 990X",209.5943272,210.0374675,209.3847168
"Core i5 2400S",212.2388453,212.8916715,212.1620865
"Core i5 2500K",218.9914672,217.7950777,217.7377057