AMD FX-8350 Vishera CPU On Ubuntu Linux AMD FX-8350 "Vishera" Bulldozer 2 / Piledriver core processor running on Ubuntu 12.10 Linux. Benchmarks of the Piledriver FX-8350 compared to several other Intel and AMD CPUs under Linux for a future article looking at the performance of this 2012 AMD FX CPU. Intel Core i5 2400S: 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: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: 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: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z77H2-A2X v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-5800K: Processor: AMD A10-5800K APU @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7660D 512MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, 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: AMD Radeon HD 6700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.0.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11903, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4, 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: AMD Radeon HD 6570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 9.0-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Core2 Comparison Run1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 128GB C300-CTFDDAC128M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1024MB (850/2100MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: arch rolling, Kernel: 3.9.3-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.17, Compiler: GCC 4.8.0 20130502, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 121.86 |===================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 159.21 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 180.06 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 274.15 |============================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 117.29 |==================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 200.88 |================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 241.53 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 277.43 |=============================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 63.88 |=========== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 8181.26 |======================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 10110.46 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 10742.55 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 13559.82 |======================================= AMD A10-5800K ......... 7084.96 |==================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 12301.18 |=================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 13427.95 |======================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 15605.11 |============================================= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 4683.80 |============== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 5282.90 |======================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 5468.58 |========================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 5604.66 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 5410.43 |======================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 4240.45 |================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 5261.64 |======================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 5594.75 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 6179.89 |============================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 2889.00 |====================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: SP.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 4903.49 |================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 5579.01 |===================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 5813.71 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 5716.01 |====================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 3928.31 |========================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 6057.14 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 6328.69 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 6980.78 |============================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 2626.84 |================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 28.68 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 33.94 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 36.52 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 46.80 |============================================ AMD A10-5800K ......... 22.08 |===================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 41.48 |======================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 42.26 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 50.90 |================================================ Core2 Comparison Run1 . 12.39 |============ Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 28.97 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 25.96 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 24.94 |============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 22.90 |=========================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 40.37 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 38.01 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 35.01 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 31.65 |====================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 47.07 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 41.94 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 40.08 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 36.88 |============================ AMD A10-5800K ......... 62.45 |================================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 61.23 |=============================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 56.70 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 51.25 |======================================= FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 4788.34 |====================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 5376.81 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 5357.95 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 5835.56 |============================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 3337.15 |========================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 3545.44 |============================ AMD FX-8350 ........... 3450.35 |=========================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 3797.51 |============================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 4747.96 |===================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 17.62 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 13.91 |===================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 13.23 |==================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 10.24 |=============== AMD A10-5800K ......... 19.35 |============================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 12.77 |=================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 11.58 |================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 10.50 |================ Core2 Comparison Run1 . 31.75 |================================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 9.38 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 7.50 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 7.11 |===================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 5.54 |================ AMD A10-5800K ......... 10.98 |================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 7.29 |====================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 6.24 |================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 5.60 |================= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 16.23 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 2447 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 3218 |=================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 3679 |====================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 6055 |==================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 3421 |==================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 6506 |======================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 7176 |=========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 8244 |================================================= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 1979 |============ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 80.57 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 101.04 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 104.85 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 140.64 |=============================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 66.07 |====================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 118.37 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 125.92 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 139.48 |=============================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 36.28 |============ VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 22.61 |=================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 29.17 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 31.28 |================================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 27.82 |=========================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 17.88 |=========================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 20.54 |================================ AMD FX-8350 ........... 23.01 |=================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 26.24 |======================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 14.78 |======================= x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 81.33 |====================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 102.34 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 110.33 |============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 151.85 |========================================= AMD A10-5800K ......... 80.95 |====================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 133.41 |==================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 155.39 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 173.93 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 101 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 118 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 122 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 140 |================================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 103 |===================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 114 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 121 |=========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 133 |================================================ Core2 Comparison Run1 . 64 |======================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 46 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 57 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 58 |====================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 95 |===================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 80 |=============================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 105 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 113 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 129 |================================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 31 |============ GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 112 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 132 |======================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 135 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 169 |================================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 127 |====================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 144 |=========================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 151 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 167 |================================================= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 85 |========================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 145 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 168 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 181 |============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 197 |================================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 143 |==================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 156 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 163 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 179 |============================================= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 135 |================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 73 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 90 |====================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 90 |====================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 118 |================================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 70 |============================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 86 |==================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 100 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 112 |=============================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 62 |========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 1342.78 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 1505.25 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 1503.63 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 1663.35 |============================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 671.14 |=================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 648.36 |================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 688.42 |=================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 745.69 |===================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 1362.06 |====================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S . 147.92 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K . 116.14 |=================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 114.25 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 86.67 |========================== AMD A10-5800K ....... 164.33 |================================================= AMD FX-8150 ......... 95.81 |============================= AMD FX-8350 ......... 82.27 |========================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 48.48 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 36.44 |===================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 34.34 |==================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 33.05 |=================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 49.09 |============================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 27.02 |================ AMD FX-8350 ........... 23.34 |============== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 20.30 |============ Core2 Comparison Run1 . 81.97 |================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 14.01 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 11.06 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 10.81 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 8.30 |===================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 17.52 |============================================= AMD FX-8150 ........... 8.45 |===================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 7.96 |==================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 7.00 |================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 18.89 |================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 49 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 38 |=========== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 36 |=========== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 25 |======= AMD A10-5800K ......... 54 |================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 30 |========= AMD FX-8350 ........... 26 |======== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 23 |======= Core2 Comparison Run1 . 168 |================================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 11.10 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 9.87 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 9.74 |================================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 8.99 |============================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 12.98 |============================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 13.16 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 ........... 12.41 |========================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 11.25 |====================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 14.22 |================================================ FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 20.19 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 17.56 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 17.14 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 16.92 |=================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 20.84 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 23.13 |================================================ AMD FX-8350 ........... 21.68 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 20.03 |========================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 525.50 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 477.74 |======================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 444.38 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 410.01 |================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 520.09 |=========================================== AMD FX-8150 ........... 567.54 |=============================================== AMD FX-8350 ........... 495.46 |========================================= AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 448.16 |===================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 2400S ... 101.07 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 113.27 |========================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 120.10 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 130.13 |=============================================== AMD A10-5800K ......... 89.60 |================================ AMD FX-8150 ........... 90.70 |================================= AMD FX-8350 ........... 93.93 |================================== AMD FX-8350 @ 4.60GHz . 103.00 |===================================== Core2 Comparison Run1 . 78.67 |============================