Intel, AMD Multi-Core CPUs Under Linux Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge, Intel Core, Intel Core i7 920, Intel Corei i7 970, Intel Core i7 990X 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. Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i5 2400S: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX-8150: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.61GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Fusion A8-3850: Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Platinum A75, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 990X: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 970: Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core i7 920: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-3-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.91.4 Catalyst 11.11, OpenGL: 4.1.11251, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: On Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 135.89 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 123.11 |================================================= FX-8150 ........ 116.74 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 85.55 |================================== Core i7 990X ... 132.02 |==================================================== Core i7 970 .... 123.62 |================================================= Core i7 920 .... 103.27 |========================================= Xonotic 0.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 218.17 |=================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 212.43 |================================================= FX-8150 ........ 232.40 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 146.24 |================================== Core i7 990X ... 209.67 |================================================= Core i7 970 .... 202.77 |=============================================== Core i7 920 .... 178.81 |========================================== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 355.73 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 323.97 |================================================= FX-8150 ........ 353.92 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 223.70 |================================== Core i7 990X ... 307.27 |=============================================== Core i7 970 .... 290.50 |============================================ Core i7 920 .... 243.80 |===================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 105.01 |====================================== Core i5 2400S .. 134.10 |================================================ FX-8150 ........ 89.17 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 150.98 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 62.64 |====================== Core i7 970 .... 65.54 |======================= Core i7 920 .... 113.43 |========================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 32.65 |================================== Core i5 2400S .. 39.71 |========================================== FX-8150 ........ 30.39 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 52.59 |======================================================= Core i7 990X ... 21.83 |======================= Core i7 970 .... 22.83 |======================== Core i7 920 .... 35.95 |====================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 12802 |============================ Core i5 2400S .. 10244 |====================== FX-8150 ........ 17915 |======================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 9392 |==================== Core i7 990X ... 25535 |======================================================= Core i7 970 .... 24333 |==================================================== Core i7 920 .... 13392 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 53.28 |=========================== Core i5 2400S .. 69.35 |==================================== FX-8150 ........ 51.05 |========================== Fusion A8-3850 . 105.04 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 35.70 |================== Core i7 970 .... 38.66 |==================== Core i7 920 .... 66.95 |================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 150 |========================================= Core i5 2400S .. 199 |====================================================== FX-8150 ........ 104 |============================ Fusion A8-3850 . 211 |========================================================= Core i7 990X ... 76 |===================== Core i7 970 .... 82 |====================== Core i7 920 .... 147 |======================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 531438 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 472953 |================================================ FX-8150 ........ 314371 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 244877 |========================= Core i7 990X ... 366501 |===================================== Core i7 970 .... 340617 |=================================== Core i7 920 .... 288154 |============================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 27.86 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 21.98 |=========================================== FX-8150 ........ 20.54 |========================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 14.42 |============================ Core i7 990X ... 22.49 |============================================ Core i7 970 .... 21.28 |========================================== Core i7 920 .... 16.86 |================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 96.53 |=============================== Core i5 2400S .. 77.13 |======================== FX-8150 ........ 135.76 |=========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 63.23 |==================== Core i7 990X ... 170.36 |====================================================== Core i7 970 .... 160.35 |=================================================== Core i7 920 .... 95.77 |============================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 16.00 |============================== Core i5 2400S .. 16.32 |=============================== FX-8150 ........ 9.98 |=================== Fusion A8-3850 . 29.19 |======================================================= Core i7 990X ... 22.09 |========================================== Core i7 970 .... 22.03 |========================================== Core i7 920 .... 20.10 |====================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 6.19 |=================================== Core i5 2400S .. 6.94 |======================================== FX-8150 ........ 7.85 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 9.13 |==================================================== Core i7 990X ... 7.68 |============================================ Core i7 970 .... 8.27 |=============================================== Core i7 920 .... 9.79 |======================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 14.27 |================================= Core i5 2400S .. 16.01 |====================================== FX-8150 ........ 19.56 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 23.45 |======================================================= Core i7 990X ... 16.75 |======================================= Core i7 970 .... 18.05 |========================================== Core i7 920 .... 21.34 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 86.88 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 77.65 |================================================= FX-8150 ........ 68.50 |=========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 53.28 |================================== Core i7 990X ... 57.93 |===================================== Core i7 970 .... 53.60 |================================== Core i7 920 .... 45.45 |============================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 5060667 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 4513333 |=============================================== FX-8150 ........ 4298667 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 3047000 |================================ Core i7 990X ... 4129000 |=========================================== Core i7 970 .... 3837000 |======================================== Core i7 920 .... 3259333 |================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 14389 |=============================================== Core i5 2400S .. 12815 |========================================== FX-8150 ........ 15381 |================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 13500 |============================================ Core i7 990X ... 16838 |======================================================= Core i7 970 .... 15620 |=================================================== Core i7 920 .... 13215 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 916 |================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 817 |============================================ FX-8150 ........ 1002 |====================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 886 |=============================================== Core i7 990X ... 1046 |======================================================== Core i7 970 .... 970 |==================================================== Core i7 920 .... 820 |============================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 1413.80 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 1254.82 |=============================================== FX-8150 ........ 374.17 |============== Fusion A8-3850 . 428.85 |================ Core i7 990X ... 1204.00 |============================================= Core i7 970 .... 1137.82 |=========================================== Core i7 920 .... 950.14 |==================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 19.59 |================================= Core i5 2400S .. 21.90 |===================================== FX-8150 ........ 26.07 |============================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 32.81 |======================================================= Core i7 990X ... 21.92 |===================================== Core i7 970 .... 23.59 |======================================== Core i7 920 .... 27.97 |=============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 14.56 |==================================== Core i5 2400S .. 18.74 |=============================================== FX-8150 ........ 13.52 |================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 20.73 |==================================================== Core i7 990X ... 13.83 |=================================== Core i7 970 .... 14.67 |===================================== Core i7 920 .... 21.95 |======================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 121.11 |================== Core i5 2400S .. 135.79 |==================== FX-8150 ........ 167.25 |========================= Fusion A8-3850 . 366.35 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 149.71 |====================== Core i7 970 .... 159.13 |======================= Core i7 920 .... 188.13 |============================ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 70.09 |=============================== Core i5 2400S .. 78.21 |=================================== FX-8150 ........ 86.34 |====================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 122.04 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 81.59 |==================================== Core i7 970 .... 86.72 |====================================== Core i7 920 .... 104.05 |============================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 157.50 |==================================== Core i5 2400S .. 178.03 |========================================= FX-8150 ........ 198.52 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 237.11 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 182.06 |========================================= Core i7 970 .... 194.96 |============================================ Core i7 920 .... 232.71 |===================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 111.31 |================ Core i5 2400S .. 124.86 |================== FX-8150 ........ 160.48 |======================= Fusion A8-3850 . 384.00 |====================================================== Core i7 990X ... 150.41 |===================== Core i7 970 .... 159.43 |====================== Core i7 920 .... 188.14 |========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: BT.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 11946.95 |============================================= Core i5 2400S .. 9566.81 |==================================== FX-8150 ........ 11152.49 |========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 7496.09 |============================ Core i7 990X ... 13758.89 |==================================================== Core i7 970 .... 13189.01 |================================================== Core i7 920 .... 8518.29 |================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: CG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 2786.72 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 2430.27 |============================================== FX-8150 ........ 2495.38 |=============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 1086.34 |===================== Core i7 990X ... 2272.01 |=========================================== Core i7 970 .... 2247.61 |=========================================== Core i7 920 .... 1608.07 |=============================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 133.90 |======================== Core i5 2400S .. 102.44 |=================== FX-8150 ........ 163.08 |============================== Fusion A8-3850 . 84.16 |=============== Core i7 990X ... 296.10 |====================================================== Core i7 970 .... 281.37 |=================================================== Core i7 920 .... 160.43 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: FT.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 6013.74 |================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 4819.31 |======================================== FX-8150 ........ 6410.04 |===================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3876.36 |================================ Core i7 990X ... 4622.49 |====================================== Core i7 970 .... 4609.44 |====================================== Core i7 920 .... 3161.80 |========================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 182.66 |====================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 163.66 |================================================ FX-8150 ........ 107.33 |================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 96.31 |============================ Core i7 990X ... 152.26 |============================================= Core i7 970 .... 143.33 |========================================== Core i7 920 .... 115.80 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 10228.12 |========================================== Core i5 2400S .. 8174.35 |================================== FX-8150 ........ 11631.05 |================================================ Fusion A8-3850 . 6085.41 |========================= Core i7 990X ... 12594.63 |==================================================== Core i7 970 .... 12560.50 |==================================================== Core i7 920 .... 8202.50 |================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 6318.83 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 5795.93 |================================================= FX-8150 ........ 4369.39 |===================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3248.07 |=========================== Core i7 990X ... 4730.60 |======================================== Core i7 970 .... 4711.02 |======================================== Core i7 920 .... 3489.41 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 6179.97 |===================================================== Core i5 2400S .. 5435.51 |=============================================== FX-8150 ........ 5378.85 |============================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 3493.40 |============================== Core i7 990X ... 5143.75 |============================================ Core i7 970 .... 5105.15 |============================================ Core i7 920 .... 3387.24 |============================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 36.98 |==================================== Core i5 2400S .. 31.33 |=============================== FX-8150 ........ 40.14 |======================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 20.28 |==================== Core i7 990X ... 56.22 |======================================================= Core i7 970 .... 54.49 |===================================================== Core i7 920 .... 29.04 |============================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 165 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S .. 142 |=============================================== FX-8150 ........ 165 |======================================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 117 |======================================= Core i7 990X ... 171 |========================================================= Core i7 970 .... 159 |===================================================== Core i7 920 .... 127 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 97 |============================================ Core i5 2400S .. 81 |===================================== FX-8150 ........ 100 |============================================= Fusion A8-3850 . 73 |================================= Core i7 990X ... 126 |========================================================= Core i7 970 .... 118 |===================================================== Core i7 920 .... 90 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 51 |================================ Core i5 2400S .. 41 |========================== FX-8150 ........ 68 |=========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 44 |============================ Core i7 990X ... 92 |========================================================== Core i7 970 .... 87 |======================================================= Core i7 920 .... 60 |====================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 128 |================================================ Core i5 2400S .. 107 |======================================== FX-8150 ........ 133 |================================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 99 |===================================== Core i7 990X ... 153 |========================================================= Core i7 970 .... 143 |===================================================== Core i7 920 .... 110 |========================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 48 |============================== Core i5 2400S .. 38 |======================= FX-8150 ........ 65 |======================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 47 |============================= Core i7 990X ... 94 |========================================================== Core i7 970 .... 88 |====================================================== Core i7 920 .... 59 |==================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 3.19 |================================ Core i5 2400S .. 2.74 |============================ FX-8150 ........ 2.46 |========================= Fusion A8-3850 . 3.00 |============================== Core i7 990X ... 5.56 |======================================================== Core i7 970 .... 5.50 |======================================================= Core i7 920 .... 5.19 |==================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K .. 111.59 |==================================== Core i5 2400S .. 88.30 |============================= FX-8150 ........ 128.30 |========================================== Fusion A8-3850 . 57.39 |=================== Core i7 990X ... 166.57 |====================================================== Core i7 970 .... 157.93 |=================================================== Core i7 920 .... 103.09 |=================================