AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU Linux Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the AMD A10-7850K Kaveri APU on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux and being compared to various Intel and AMD processors. Intel Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2500 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 AMD FX-8350: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.01GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6570/7570 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-6800K: Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 (MS-7793) v1.0, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-7850K: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (900/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.12.7-031207-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 4.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon R7 1024MB (900/1066MHz), Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.12.7-031207-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.30.1, OpenGL: 4.3.12682, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 197.34 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 123.10 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 118.20 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K .... 90.31 |===================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 167.50 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 131.80 |=============================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 93.89 |====================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 100.55 |======================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 159.92 |===================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 151.45 |=================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 141.91 |================================= Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 30.35 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K .... 27.54 |============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 26.63 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 24.89 |=========================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 25.17 |=========================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 20.76 |======================= AMD FX-8350 ............ 35.41 |======================================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 43.15 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 41.36 |============================================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 39.04 |=========================================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 47.81 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 45.70 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 43.72 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 39.89 |=============================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 39.21 |=============================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 35.22 |============================ Intel Core i7 4770K .... 32.99 |========================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 54.01 |========================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 60.06 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 59.15 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 53.89 |========================================== FFTE 5.0 Test: N=64, 1D Complex FFT Routine MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 4856.85 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 4876.49 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 4936.49 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 5294.77 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 5289.39 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .... 6101.44 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 ............ 3632.15 |=========================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 3886.69 |============================= AMD A10-7850K .......... 4479.24 |================================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 4925.76 |==================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 2265 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 3223 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 3703 |========================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 6005 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 3026 |==================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 3874 |========================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 6619 |============================================ AMD FX-8350 ............ 7192 |================================================ AMD A10-6800K .......... 3684 |========================= AMD A10-7850K .......... 4053 |=========================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 4462 |============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 31334 |============= Intel Core i5 2500K .... 52803 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 61617 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 83391 |=================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 38604 |================ Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 65609 |============================ Intel Core i7 4770K .... 84129 |==================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 108255 |============================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 55054 |======================= AMD A10-7850K .......... 66130 |============================ AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 72860 |=============================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 69.85 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 105.58 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 113.40 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K .... 156.41 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 89.83 |======================= Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 136.59 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 183.23 |============================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 158.99 |======================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 83.55 |===================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 94.05 |======================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 102.27 |========================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 1391.47 |==================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 1398.90 |==================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 1371.88 |==================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 1494.68 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 1583.81 |========================================= Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 1702.66 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K .... 1728.63 |============================================= AMD FX-8350 ............ 738.06 |=================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 723.76 |=================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 963.83 |========================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 1032.35 |=========================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 57.07 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 38.35 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 38.05 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 33.05 |=========================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 47.21 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 32.06 |========================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 27.90 |======================= AMD FX-8350 ............ 37.50 |=============================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 57.62 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 53.42 |============================================ AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 49.56 |======================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 201.38 |============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 119.68 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 117.62 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 89.43 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 159.96 |===================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 97.96 |====================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 74.60 |================= AMD FX-8350 ............ 89.61 |==================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 175.18 |======================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 156.19 |==================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 145.20 |================================= Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 74.33 |============================ Intel Core i5 2500K .... 59.45 |====================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 57.55 |===================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 56.28 |===================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 108.35 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 102.54 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 99.38 |===================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 115.56 |=========================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 124.30 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 123.56 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 123.25 |============================================== Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 192.68 |=========================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 108.53 |=============== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 98.54 |============== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 81.45 |=========== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 171.05 |======================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 87.91 |============ Intel Core i7 4770K .... 78.27 |=========== AMD FX-8350 ............ 166.35 |======================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 327.63 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 167.60 |======================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 152.78 |===================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 65 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 41 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 40 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 28 |====================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 52 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 34 |========================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 25 |=================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 32 |========================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 63 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K .......... 62 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 57 |============================================ Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 4.17 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 4.14 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 3.97 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 3.63 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 3.36 |=================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 3.06 |================================ Intel Core i7 4770K .... 2.90 |============================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 4.58 |=============================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 4.64 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K .......... 4.36 |============================================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 3.97 |========================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 7.48 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .... 7.12 |============================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 7.02 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 6.40 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 5.89 |====================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 5.27 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 4.85 |=============================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 6.46 |========================================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 7.30 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 6.91 |============================================ AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 6.39 |========================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 4.85 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 4.40 |======================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 4.42 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 4.01 |==================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 3.89 |=================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 3.32 |============================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 3.03 |=========================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 4.43 |======================================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 5.39 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K .......... 5.12 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 4.79 |=========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 1.33 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 1.31 |========================================== Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 1.32 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 1.21 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 1.18 |====================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 1.07 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 1.02 |================================ AMD FX-8350 ............ 1.40 |============================================= AMD A10-6800K .......... 1.51 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K .......... 1.42 |============================================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 1.31 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 7.09 |============================================ Intel Core i5 2500K .... 6.98 |============================================ Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 6.78 |========================================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 6.14 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 5.44 |================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 4.93 |=============================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 4.76 |============================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 7.50 |=============================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 7.70 |================================================ AMD A10-7850K .......... 7.42 |============================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 6.75 |========================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 10.99 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 10.88 |========================================= Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 10.84 |========================================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 10.04 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 10.47 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 9.47 |==================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 9.12 |=================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 12.06 |============================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 12.37 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K .......... 12.41 |=============================================== AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 11.27 |=========================================== Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 266357773.16 |============================= Intel Core i5 2500K .... 269240362.91 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 269804024.12 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K .... 294841328.60 |================================ Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 320166746.44 |=================================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 355385206.93 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4770K .... 367634154.08 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 276739433.74 |============================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 269187219.97 |============================= AMD A10-7850K .......... 212733639.87 |======================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 223571422.29 |======================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 ..... 232.77 |=============== Intel Core i5 2500K .... 424.20 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 ..... 453.87 |============================== Intel Core i7 3770K .... 552.70 |==================================== Intel Core i3 4130 ..... 280.33 |================== Intel Core i5 4670 ..... 536.57 |=================================== Intel Core i7 4770K .... 611.83 |======================================== AMD FX-8350 ............ 706.20 |============================================== AMD A10-6800K .......... 360.57 |======================= AMD A10-7850K .......... 352.03 |======================= AMD A10-7850K - 4.4GHz . 387.63 |=========================