FX vs APU memory bandwidth AMD A10-6800K APU testing with a Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB on LinuxMint 15 via the Phoronix Test Suite. A10-6800K 4.8ghz, 2400-9-11-11: Processor: AMD A10-6800K APU @ 4.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A85XN-WIFI, Chipset: AMD Family 15h, Memory: 7168MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 64GB M4-CT064M4SSD2, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8670D 768MB (1000/1200MHz), Audio: AMD ATI Trinity HDMI Audio, Monitor: IPS224, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 + Atheros AR9462 Wireless OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-35-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 FX-6300 4.8ghz, 1600-7-8-8: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HannStar Display HE225DPB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3000x1920 FX-6300 4.8ghz, 2133-10-12-12: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HannStar Display HE225DPB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3000x1920 FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-14-16-16: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HannStar Display HE225DPB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3000x1920 FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-12-14-13: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HannStar Display HE225DPB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3000x1920 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better A10-6800K 4.8ghz, 2400-9-11-11 . 13254.73 |====================== FX-6300 4.8ghz, 1600-7-8-8 ..... 18851.32 |=============================== FX-6300 4.8ghz, 2133-10-12-12 .. 20630.50 |================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-14-16-16 .. 20670.54 |================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-12-14-13 .. 21753.81 |==================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better A10-6800K 4.8ghz, 2400-9-11-11 . 13701.91 |==================================== FX-6300 4.8ghz, 1600-7-8-8 ..... 12504.36 |================================ FX-6300 4.8ghz, 2133-10-12-12 .. 13528.25 |=================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-14-16-16 .. 12986.75 |================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-12-14-13 .. 13863.38 |==================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better A10-6800K 4.8ghz, 2400-9-11-11 . 15406.73 |==================================== FX-6300 4.8ghz, 1600-7-8-8 ..... 13490.72 |================================ FX-6300 4.8ghz, 2133-10-12-12 .. 14562.85 |================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-14-16-16 .. 13904.25 |================================ FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-12-14-13 .. 14911.34 |=================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better A10-6800K 4.8ghz, 2400-9-11-11 . 15220.80 |==================================== FX-6300 4.8ghz, 1600-7-8-8 ..... 13402.23 |================================ FX-6300 4.8ghz, 2133-10-12-12 .. 14501.36 |================================== FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-14-16-16 .. 13844.50 |================================= FX-6300 5.0ghz, 2333-12-14-13 .. 14842.95 |===================================