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 Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd: Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H67, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6401AALS-0 + 1000GB Hitachi HDS72101, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext2/ext3 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 |===================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 61.77 |======================== 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 |=============================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 177 |====================================== 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 |=========================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 828 |================================ 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 |=========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 446335 |==================================== 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 |============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 139 |======================================== 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 |=============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 82 |========================================= 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 |=============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 43 |======================================== 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 |============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 108 |======================================== 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 |=============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 41 |========================================= 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 3769667 |================================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 11946 |===================================== 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 |============================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 768 |======================================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 73.43 |===================================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 11026 |====================================== 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 |=========================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 23.09 |================================= 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 |================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 7.36 |====================================== 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 |========================= Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 17.02 |========================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 66.22 |====================================== 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 |========================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 23.25 |=============================== 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 |========================================= Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 10248.67 |==================================== 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 2384.32 |===================================== 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 |=========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 114.41 |==================================== 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 5145.83 |=================================== 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 |=========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 153.56 |==================================== 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 8703.48 |===================================== 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 5556.19 |==================================== 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 |========================================== Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 5336.44 |===================================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 32.04 |====================================== 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 |============================================ Core i3 2300 8GB comp amd . 3.23 |============================================= 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 |================================================= 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 |================================================= 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 |================================================= 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 |==================================================