AMD A8 Fusion APU Linux Catalyst Gallium3D, Intel Ivy Bridge 2.5GHz Quad Graphics Benchmarks of the AMD Fusion A8-3870K (Llano APU) with its Radeon HD 6550D graphics on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Comparing the Catalyst Linux driver found in the Ubuntu Precise repository with the latest Git of Mesa 8.1-devel, Linux 3.4 kernel, xf86-video-ati / libdrm Git. Swap buffers wait was disabled. Running a variety of OpenGL benchmarks on the AMD Fusion APU under Linux. Intel Ivy Bridge 2.5GHz Quad Graphics: Benchmarking the Intel Core i5 2400S, i5 2500K, and Core i7 3770K with Intel HD 2000, HD 3000, and HD 4000 graphics respectively. In looking at the Linux OpenGL graphics performance, all three Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge processors were clocked to 2.50GHz and only four cores enabled and no SpeedStep / TurboBoost to better just compare the graphics differences between Intel HD 2000/3000/4000 graphics cores than CPU differences. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB (600/667MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D: Processor: AMD A8-3870 APU @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, Chipset: AMD Family 12h Root Complex, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6550D 1024MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.4.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-e44089b) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel HD 2000: Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel HD 3000: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel HD 4000: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 6.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1.902 (1.12.2 RC 2), Display Driver: intel 2.20.3, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.1-devel (git-7d65356), Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1 + Intel IOC SDK 2012 v1.0.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Test: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65 (MS-7681) v2.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2 + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST9500325AS, Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 512MB (650/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: PLE2472HD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 3.56 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 18.45 |============================================= cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 103.60 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 535.74 |============================================ cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 9.87 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 49.87 |============================================= ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 152.03 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 13.20 |==== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 184.45 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 19.78 |===== Intel HD 2000 ............ 32.18 |======== Intel HD 3000 ............ 40.72 |========== Intel HD 4000 ............ 78.02 |=================== Test ..................... 52.83 |============= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 800 x 600 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 70.45 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 35.66 |======================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 62.65 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 29.05 |===================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1600 x 900 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 51.89 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.15 |============== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 52.95 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 21.73 |================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 47.55 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.15 |=============== Nexuiz 2.5.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: Yes - Sound: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 44.93 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.45 |================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 214.73 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 79.97 |================ OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 212.20 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 80.50 |================= OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 180.60 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 46.60 |=========== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 187.33 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 80.73 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 231.20 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 40.80 |======== OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 145.33 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 38.37 |============ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 76.90 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 41.50 |======================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 65.87 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 28.30 |=================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 45.37 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 15.10 |=============== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 48.50 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 18.20 |================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 31.77 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.70 |================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 33.70 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 11.00 |=============== Intel HD 2000 ............ 23.43 |=============================== Intel HD 3000 ............ 27.90 |===================================== Intel HD 4000 ............ 31.07 |========================================= Test ..................... 18.80 |========================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.13 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.20 |===== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.20 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 11.87 |===== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.17 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.20 |===== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.07 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.20 |===== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.03 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.20 |===== Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 107.17 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.40 |===== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 800 x 600 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 157.07 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 71.97 |==================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 156.10 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 70.37 |==================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1600 x 900 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 150.93 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 55.47 |================ Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 151.27 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 63.13 |================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 83.23 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 48.33 |========================== Smokin Guns 1.1b4 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 145.67 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 43.30 |============= Urban Terror 4.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 95.63 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 41.00 |=================== VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 17.37 |========= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 12.95 |======= Intel HD 2000 ............ 61.38 |================================ Intel HD 3000 ............ 75.66 |======================================= Intel HD 4000 ............ 87.28 |============================================= Test ..................... 5.65 |=== Warsow 0.61 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 81.67 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 16.77 |========= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 127.57 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 35.07 |============ Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 121.63 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 24.07 |========= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 104.07 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 15.40 |======= Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 97.97 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 13.50 |====== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 88.07 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 11.70 |====== Doom 3 1.3.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 78.83 |============================================= AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 10.20 |====== Intel HD 2000 ............ 19.77 |=========== Intel HD 3000 ............ 24.40 |============== Intel HD 4000 ............ 37.37 |===================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 800 x 600 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 146.54 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 83.61 |========================= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 142.02 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 76.46 |======================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 136.86 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 56.35 |================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1400 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 133.47 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.45 |============= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 129.86 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.43 |============= Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD A8-3870K - Catalyst .. 126.26 |============================================ AMD A8-3870K - Gallium3D . 39.44 |============== Intel HD 2000 ............ 88.09 |=============================== Intel HD 3000 ............ 104.97 |===================================== Intel HD 4000 ............ 123.69 |=========================================== Test ..................... 59.70 |===================== Prey 1.4.119 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 2000 . 16.60 |=============================== Intel HD 3000 . 21.60 |======================================== Intel HD 4000 . 29.80 |======================================================== Test .......... 30.00 |======================================================== Warsow 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 2000 . 24.33 |================================ Intel HD 3000 . 28.73 |====================================== Intel HD 4000 . 42.77 |======================================================== Test .......... 20.77 |=========================== Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 2000 . 29.42 |=========================== Intel HD 3000 . 42.90 |======================================== Intel HD 4000 . 60.67 |======================================================== Test .......... 34.46 |================================ Xonotic 0.6 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 2000 . 15.66 |======================= Intel HD 3000 . 23.83 |=================================== Intel HD 4000 . 38.40 |======================================================== Test .......... 23.70 |===================================