Intel Core i7 3960X Linux, Intel Sandy Bridge vs. AMD Bulldozer, Intel Core i5 2500K First tests of the Intel Core i7 3960X Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition processor under Linux. Using an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit snapshot with the Linux 3.2 kernel. More tests are on the way on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel. Thanks to Intel Corp for sending out the Core i7 3960X, the Intel X79 motherboard, and the Intel water cooling kit for Sandy-E. Intel Sandy Bridge vs. AMD Bulldozer: Intel Core i5 2500K Sandy Bridge, Intel Core i5 2400S Sandy Bridge, AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer 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. Intel Core i5 2500K: Intel Core i5 2500K 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. 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 Intel Core i5 2500K: 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 Intel Core i5 2500K: 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 Intel Core i7 3960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 3.30GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DX79SI, Chipset: Intel Sandy DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6900 2048MB (800/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82579LM 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 AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4250, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Fedora 14, Kernel: 2.6.35.14-103.fc14.i686.PAE (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.6.5, Display Server: X Server 1.9.5, Display Driver: radeon 6.13.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9, Compiler: GCC 4.6.0, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .................. 53.28 |============ Core i5 2400S .................. 69.35 |=============== FX-8150 ........................ 51.05 |=========== Intel Core i7 3960X ............ 36.23 |======== AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz . 170.32 |====================================== 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 |============== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K .................. 150 |========================== Core i5 2400S .................. 199 |================================== FX-8150 ........................ 104 |================== Intel Core i7 3960X ............ 67 |=========== AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz . 240 |========================================= 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 |========================= Intel Core i7 3960X ............ 58.76 |================= AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.60GHz . 118.48 |================================== 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 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 12802 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 10244 |================================ FX-8150 ....... 17915 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 48 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 38 |================================== FX-8150 ....... 65 |=========================================================== 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 |================================ TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 531438 |======================================================= Core i5 2400S . 472953 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 314371 |================================= 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 |=========================================================== 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 |================================== 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 |======================================================= 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 |======================================================= 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 |===================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 111.31 |====================================== Core i5 2400S . 124.86 |=========================================== FX-8150 ....... 160.48 |======================================================= 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 |===================================================== 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 |======================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 121.11 |======================================== Core i5 2400S . 135.79 |============================================= FX-8150 ....... 167.25 |======================================================= 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 |======================================================== 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 |========================================= 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 |======================================================== 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 |====================================================== 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 |=========================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 3.19 |========================================================= Core i5 2400S . 2.74 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 2.46 |============================================ 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 |======================================================== 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 |============================================ 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 |========================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 157.50 |============================================ Core i5 2400S . 178.03 |================================================= FX-8150 ....... 198.52 |======================================================= 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 |================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 128 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 107 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 133 |========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core i5 2500K . 97 |======================================================== Core i5 2400S . 81 |=============================================== FX-8150 ....... 100 |========================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2500K . 70.09 |============================================= Core i5 2400S . 78.21 |=================================================== FX-8150 ....... 86.34 |======================================================== 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 |========================================================= 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 |======================================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 |========================================================== 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 |=============================================== 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 |================================================ 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 |======================================================= 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 |=======================================================