AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Vishera benchmarking with AC power measurements so the Phoronix Test Suite calculates the performance-per-Watt at stock speeds and at 4.60GHz. Benchmarking compared to performance-per-Watt of an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer at stock speeds and then 4.0GHz and 4.6GHz to match the FX-8350. ALl benchmarking from the same system with the Linux 3.5 kernel and GCC 4.7.2, NVIDIA blob, etc. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
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AMD FX-8350 Power Consumption, Performance Per Watt
AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Vishera benchmarking with AC power measurements so the Phoronix Test Suite calculates the performance-per-Watt at stock speeds and at 4.60GHz. Benchmarking compared to performance-per-Watt of an AMD FX-8150 Bulldozer at stock speeds and then 4.0GHz and 4.6GHz to match the FX-8350. ALl benchmarking from the same system with the Linux 3.5 kernel and GCC 4.7.2, NVIDIA blob, etc. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
AMD FX-8350:
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz:
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD FX-8150:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz:
Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection
OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.43, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.43, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
x264 2012-10-03
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 327 AVG: 332 MAX: 337
x264 2012-10-03
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.50 |=================================================
System Power Consumption Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Watts
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 84 AVG: 173 MAX: 260
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 91 AVG: 198 MAX: 301
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 85 AVG: 159 MAX: 244
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 92 AVG: 191 MAX: 269
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 97 AVG: 233 MAX: 361
Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 84 AVG: 119 MAX: 126
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 122 MAX: 132
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 113 MAX: 122
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 95 AVG: 121 MAX: 127
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 109 AVG: 143 MAX: 155
Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1
WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode
Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 9.20 |======================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 10.47 |===========================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 7.19 |==============================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 8.54 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 11.59 |================================================
Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1
WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 12.95 |=======================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 11.70 |====================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 15.77 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 14.19 |===========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 12.33 |======================================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 126 AVG: 189 MAX: 220
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 126 AVG: 198 MAX: 292
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 85 AVG: 165 MAX: 214
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 191 MAX: 269
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 147 AVG: 247 MAX: 361
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 23.87 |================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 27.94 |=====================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 19.08 |=========================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 24.52 |=================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 35.98 |================================================
Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 7.90 |=============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 7.09 |========================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 8.66 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 7.79 |============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 6.86 |=======================================
x264 2012-10-03
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 154.89 |==========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 174.39 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 131.46 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 144.73 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 164.45 |============================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1c
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 118 MAX: 124
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 121 MAX: 128
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 87 AVG: 113 MAX: 117
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 118 AVG: 124 MAX: 129
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 99 AVG: 134 MAX: 149
OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.80 |==============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 0.86 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.70 |========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.71 |========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.75 |===========================================
OpenSSL 1.0.1c
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 93.80 |==========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 104.33 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 78.73 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 87.37 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 101.00 |=============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 215 AVG: 216 MAX: 218
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 105 AVG: 237 MAX: 272
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 129 AVG: 191 MAX: 203
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 145 AVG: 221 MAX: 250
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 324 AVG: 327 MAX: 332
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.21 |=================================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 0.21 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.21 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.20 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.15 |===================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 46.11 |============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 50.15 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 40.50 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 44.14 |==========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 47.80 |==============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 92 AVG: 195 MAX: 226
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 262 MAX: 285
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 193 MAX: 214
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 94 AVG: 234 MAX: 256
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 211 AVG: 316 MAX: 341
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 31.42 |================================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 25.24 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 30.53 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 25.47 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 20.54 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 6137.42 |===========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 6621.94 |==============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 5901.23 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 5957.94 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 6498.15 |=============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 4840.32 |=========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 5223.25 |=============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 5293.94 |=============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 5381.61 |==============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 4887.97 |==========================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 86 AVG: 197 MAX: 227
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 93 AVG: 226 MAX: 297
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 214 AVG: 214 MAX: 216
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 247 AVG: 262 MAX: 266
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 349 AVG: 352 MAX: 360
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 66.07 |================================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 63.38 |==============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 56.86 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 50.48 |=====================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 40.16 |=============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 12992.83 |=========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 14346.45 |=============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 12193.21 |======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 13220.63 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 14153.49 |============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 217 AVG: 218 MAX: 218
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 172 AVG: 254 MAX: 291
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 88 AVG: 167 MAX: 203
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 247 AVG: 250 MAX: 255
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 294 AVG: 327 MAX: 343
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 1.11 |=============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.07 |===========================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.21 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.85 |==================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.79 |================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 242.16 |==========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 272.47 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 201.32 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 213.18 |=====================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 257.87 |============================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 154 AVG: 226 MAX: 260
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 212 AVG: 251 MAX: 268
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 143 AVG: 211 MAX: 244
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 153 AVG: 228 MAX: 259
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 202 AVG: 261 MAX: 293
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 1.20 |=================================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.15 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.14 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 1.15 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 1.04 |==========================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 271.03 |============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 289.33 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 239.10 |=======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 260.87 |==========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 270.73 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 165 AVG: 203 MAX: 234
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 176 AVG: 211 MAX: 232
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 162 AVG: 192 MAX: 214
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 170 AVG: 205 MAX: 248
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 171 AVG: 230 MAX: 265
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 0.93 |==============================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 1.00 |=================================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 0.89 |============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 0.90 |============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 0.90 |============================================
Xonotic 0.6
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 189.14 |==========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 210.44 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 170.58 |======================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 183.46 |=========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 206.62 |==============================================
C-Ray 1.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 220 AVG: 221 MAX: 222
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 92 AVG: 281 MAX: 301
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 93 AVG: 199 MAX: 207
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 259 AVG: 262 MAX: 269
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 101 AVG: 327 MAX: 353
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 7.01 |==============================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 10.34 |============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 5.43 |=======================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 7.94 |=================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 11.38 |================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 31.45 |=========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 27.19 |====================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 36.69 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 33.03 |===========================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 28.71 |======================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... MIN: 91 AVG: 208 MAX: 222
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 111 AVG: 264 MAX: 294
AMD FX-8150 ........... MIN: 95 AVG: 189 MAX: 212
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . MIN: 126 AVG: 236 MAX: 266
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . MIN: 130 AVG: 298 MAX: 346
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Performance Per Watt > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 2.53 |=================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 3.62 |===============================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 1.91 |=========================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 2.63 |==================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 3.76 |=================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-8350 ........... 82.15 |========================================
AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 72.98 |===================================
AMD FX-8150 ........... 98.77 |================================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.00GHz . 89.54 |============================================
AMD FX-8150 @ 4.60GHz . 79.25 |=======================================