AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking for Phoronix.com on a remote system for a future article. Thanks to Daniel Newkirk for the SSH access to this AMD Bulldozer system due to lack of AMD FX CPUs at Phoronix. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors.
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AMD FX-4100 vs. Fusion vs. Sandy Bridge
AMD FX-4100 Quad-Core Bulldozer CPU benchmarking for Phoronix.com on a remote system for a future article. Thanks to Daniel Newkirk for the SSH access to this AMD Bulldozer system due to lack of AMD FX CPUs at Phoronix. Comparison against AMD Llano Fusion A8-3850 and Intel Sandy Bridge processors.
AMD FX-4100:
Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 EVO, Chipset: ATI RD890 PCI to PCI bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB SSD G2 64 + 2000GB SAMSUNG HD204UI + 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-11-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: xfs
AMD A8-3850:
Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon HD @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Chipset: AMD Device 1705, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell Yukon Optima 88E8059
OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Intel Core i3 2120:
Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Intel Core i5 2400S:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2400S @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Intel Core i5 2500K:
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B
OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.10, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
FX-4100:
Processor: AMD FX -4100 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 200GB SAMSUNG SP2004C + 250GB SAMSUNG SP2504C, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB (540/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889
OS: Gentoo 2.0.3, Kernel: 3.2.1-gentoo-r2 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + llvm 2.9, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz:
Processor: AMD FX-4100 @ 4.22GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GMA-USB3, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 3 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4250 512MB (560/667MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: CMC 22 W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-60-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.97.2, OpenGL: 3.3.11672, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050
TSCP 1.81
AI Chess Performance
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 293780 |===========================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 247942 |=======================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 471638 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 471073 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 528780 |================================================
FX-4100 .............. 261910 |========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 315127 |=============================
CLOMP 3.3
Static OMP Speedup
Speedup > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 2.31 |====================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 2.97 |==============================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3.24 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 2.76 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 3.19 |=================================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 2.18 |==================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 8.75 |==========================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 8.51 |========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 6.96 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 6.98 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6.22 |==============================
FX-4100 .............. 10.32 |=================================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 7.83 |=====================================
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 28.69 |=============================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 31.19 |=================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 21.26 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 21.29 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 18.98 |==============================
FX-4100 .............. 31.07 |=================================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 26.76 |==========================================
Gcrypt Library 1.4.4
CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher
Microseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 3777 |===============================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 4100 |===================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 3037 |======================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 3050 |======================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 2720 |==================================
FX-4100 ............. 3638 |=============================================
OpenArena 0.8.5
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 .......... 330.30 |============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 500.53 |==========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 524.33 |============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 565.67 |================================================
FX-4100 .............. 158.40 |=============
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 277.27 |========================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.706
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 28.86 |============================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 33.16 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 22.18 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 22.00 |=================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 19.66 |==============================
FX-4100 ............. 31.40 |===============================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: BT.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 5982.31 |=======================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 7400.05 |=============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 6470.07 |=========================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 9419.50 |=====================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 11798.80 |==============================================
FX-4100 .............. 6262.06 |========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 6415.45 |=========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: CG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 1788.94 |===============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 1455.24 |==========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 1500.72 |==========================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 2333.07 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 2680.08 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 1744.30 |===============================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 1784.39 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: EP.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 78.97 |============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 84.21 |==============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 102.14 |====================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 104.23 |=====================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 136.32 |================================================
FX-4100 .............. 77.08 |===========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 94.90 |=================================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: FT.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 3785.19 |=============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 4124.04 |===============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3605.97 |===========================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 4970.15 |======================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6199.94 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 3757.15 |============================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3490.74 |==========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: IS.C
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 99.91 |==========================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 97.05 |=========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 165.30 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 164.27 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 183.57 |================================================
FX-4100 .............. 100.62 |==========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 104.19 |===========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: LU.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 6058.10 |=============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 5899.28 |============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 5780.62 |============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 7825.54 |=====================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 9834.04 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 6035.40 |=============================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 6572.27 |===============================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: MG.B
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 3645.03 |==========================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 3534.66 |=========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 4489.63 |================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 6116.87 |============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6517.09 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 3575.62 |==========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3285.39 |========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: SP.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 3735.79 |=============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 3553.27 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 3815.97 |=============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 5362.26 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 6132.67 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 3606.40 |============================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3448.87 |==========================
NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3
Test / Class: UA.A
Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 21.48 |============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 20.94 |============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 23.68 |===============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 31.31 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 37.28 |=================================================
FX-4100 .............. 20.81 |===========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 22.14 |=============================
7-Zip Compression 9.13
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 8877 |==================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 9488 |=====================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 8008 |===============================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 10060 |=======================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 12670 |=================================================
FX-4100 .............. 8851 |==================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 10248 |========================================
John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 3523667 |===================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 2645333 |===========================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 4177000 |==========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 4101333 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 4668667 |===============================================
FX-4100 .............. 3249000 |=================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 3673333 |=====================================
John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 14082 |============================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 13466 |==========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 12733 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 12697 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 14191 |=============================================
FX-4100 .............. 13372 |==========================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 15535 |=================================================
John The Ripper 1.7.8
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 866 |===========================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 852 |===========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 797 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 794 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 890 |============================================
FX-4100 .............. 822 |=========================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 1002 |==================================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 123 |========================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 115 |======================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 126 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 131 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 159 |====================================================
FX-4100 ............. 124 |=========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Blur
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 87 |=================================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 71 |========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 82 |==============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 76 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 94 |=====================================================
FX-4100 ............. 71 |========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |===============================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 44 |===============================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |==============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 39 |=========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 50 |=====================================================
FX-4100 ............. 38 |========================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 92 |======================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 98 |=========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 103 |===========================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 101 |==========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 125 |====================================================
FX-4100 ............. 85 |===================================
GraphicsMagick 1.3.12
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 ......... 44 |==================================================
AMD A8-3850 ......... 47 |=====================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 43 |================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 37 |==========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 47 |=====================================================
FX-4100 ............. 32 |====================================
x264 2010-11-22
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 50.19 |================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 47.71 |===============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 48.90 |================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 61.62 |========================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 76.03 |=================================================
FX-4100 .............. 49.29 |================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 56.77 |=====================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 106.75 |==============================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 103.60 |=============================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 110.69 |================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 70.11 |==============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 53.39 |=======================
FX-4100 .............. 105.22 |==============================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 97.42 |==========================================
POV-Ray 3.6.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 913 |=======================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 1161 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 783 |==================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 784 |==================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 701 |==============================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 825 |====================================
FFmpeg 0.8.2
AVI To NTSC VCD
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 16.50 |============================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 29.04 |=================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 14.21 |========================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 17.28 |=============================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 16.43 |============================
FX-4100 .............. 15.61 |==========================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 10.26 |=================
Nexuiz 2.5.2
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - HDR: No - Sound: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 .......... 166.93 |===========================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 184.56 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 185.12 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 187.39 |================================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 13.13 |===
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 211 |==================================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 216 |===================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 213 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 187 |============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 144 |==================================
FX-4100 .............. 215 |===================================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 207 |=================================================
Lightsmark 2008
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 371.43 |=================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 520.57 |===============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 536.77 |================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 546.15 |=================================================
Unigine Sanctuary 2.3
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 76.64 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 76.84 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 76.68 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 76.78 |==================================================
FX-4100 ............. 10.06 |=======
Unigine Tropics 1.3
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD A8-3850 ......... 64.31 |==================================================
Intel Core i3 2120 .. 64.20 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2400S . 64.11 |==================================================
Intel Core i5 2500K . 64.17 |==================================================
FX-4100 ............. 9.89 |========
OpenSSL 1.0.0a
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD FX-4100 .......... 63.65 |====================================
AMD A8-3850 .......... 52.93 |==============================
Intel Core i3 2120 ... 77.45 |============================================
Intel Core i5 2400S .. 77.63 |============================================
Intel Core i5 2500K .. 86.55 |=================================================
FX-4100 .............. 58.90 |=================================
AMD FX-4100 @ 4.2GHz . 70.98 |========================================