A Processor comparison of the AMD Sempron 2650, Sempron 3850, Athlon 5150, and Athlon 5150 AM1 FS1b APUs. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the AMD APU ubuntu 14.04 Linux performance for the processor and graphics tests. Compared to a Phenom 9500 and Phenom II X3 710.
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AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron Phenom APUs Ubuntu Linux
A Processor comparison of the AMD Sempron 2650, Sempron 3850, Athlon 5150, and Athlon 5150 AM1 FS1b APUs. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com looking at the AMD APU ubuntu 14.04 Linux performance for the processor and graphics tests. Compared to a Phenom 9500 and Phenom II X3 710.
AMD Phenom 9500:
Processor: AMD Phenom 9500 @ 2.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS A790GXM-A v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ECS AMD Radeon HD 3300 640MB, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD Phenom II X3 710:
Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 710 @ 2.60GHz (3 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 890GXM-G65 (MS-7642) v1.0, Chipset: AMD RS880, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon HD 4290 576MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD Sempron 2650:
Processor: AMD Sempron 2650 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.45GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8240 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD Sempron 3850:
Processor: AMD Sempron 3850 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8280 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD Athlon 5150:
Processor: AMD Athlon 5150 APU with Radeon R3 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
AMD Athlon 5350:
Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AM1I-A, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 3584MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 8400 512MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VE228, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411
OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.14.0-031400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-4d64180 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... MIN: 25 AVG: 46 MAX: 97
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . MIN: 22 AVG: 40 MAX: 69
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... MIN: 15 AVG: 33 MAX: 50
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... MIN: 14 AVG: 30 MAX: 98
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... MIN: 12 AVG: 27 MAX: 91
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... MIN: 11 AVG: 26 MAX: 69
Unvanquished 0.26.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . MIN: 26 AVG: 81 MAX: 99
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... MIN: 31 AVG: 48 MAX: 92
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... MIN: 22 AVG: 42 MAX: 94
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... MIN: 18 AVG: 38 MAX: 86
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... MIN: 19 AVG: 37 MAX: 90
Unvanquished 0.26.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Sempron 2650 . MIN: 21 AVG: 75 MAX: 99
AMD Sempron 3850 . MIN: 39 AVG: 71 MAX: 99
AMD Athlon 5150 .. MIN: 33 AVG: 71 MAX: 99
AMD Athlon 5350 .. MIN: 30 AVG: 72 MAX: 99
OpenSSL 1.0.1f
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 251.50 |================================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 223.93 |===========================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 57.23 |===========
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 102.83 |====================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 126.63 |========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 162.47 |===============================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: MD5
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 39269 |=================================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 34704 |===========================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 9860 |============
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 17688 |======================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 21753 |===========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 27927 |===================================
Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 109.88 |==================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 76.70 |=============
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 285.40 |================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 190.03 |================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 158.81 |===========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 129.09 |======================
x264 2014-01-09
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 47.09 |================================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 48.14 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 14.72 |===============
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 26.08 |===========================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 31.74 |================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 39.73 |========================================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 2403 |==================================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 2153 |=============================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 736 |===============
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 1322 |============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 1627 |==================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 2083 |===========================================
Unvanquished 0.26.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 8.40 |================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 12.07 |======================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 20.10 |=====================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 23.33 |===========================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 26.03 |================================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 26.30 |=================================================
C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 67.85 |================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 74.90 |==================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 204.16 |================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 114.00 |===========================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 92.49 |======================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 72.15 |=================
Smallpt 1.0
Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 103 |=================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 112 |===================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 308 |===================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 170 |============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 139 |=======================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 109 |==================
Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864
Multiple Sequence Alignment
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 21.33 |======================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 16.25 |================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 48.35 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 29.62 |==============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 23.96 |========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 19.34 |====================
John The Ripper 1.8.0
Test: Traditional DES
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 6774667 |==============================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 6886667 |===============================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 2377000 |================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 4316667 |=============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 5317000 |====================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 6782333 |==============================================
TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 24.92 |============================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 43.72 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 15.83 |==================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 28.90 |================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 34.01 |======================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 40.06 |=============================================
Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2
Pfam Database Search
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 32.26 |====================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 28.47 |==================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 77.16 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 45.08 |=============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 37.64 |========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 31.06 |====================
Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 240.88 |==================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 245.96 |==================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 641.12 |================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 363.74 |===========================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 310.91 |=======================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 262.52 |====================
LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0
Test: Rhodopsin Protein
Loop Time < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 152.20 |==================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 85.87 |===================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 214.51 |================================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 214.22 |================================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 175.86 |=======================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 142.51 |================================
FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 13.53 |========================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 11.31 |====================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 24.58 |============================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 27.39 |=================================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 22.25 |========================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 17.35 |===============================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Monte Carlo
Mflops > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 262.65 |=========================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 308.60 |================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 142.77 |======================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 129.17 |====================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 157.49 |========================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 201.92 |===============================
VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0
vpxenc
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 10.85 |==============================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 11.46 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 4.81 |=====================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 6.77 |=============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 8.26 |===================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 10.56 |=============================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 11.48 |=====================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 21.20 |======================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 21.93 |=======================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 25.67 |==============================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 27.27 |=================================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 27.30 |=================================================
Unvanquished 0.26.0
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 4.27 |======================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 5.50 |============================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 7.60 |======================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 8.47 |===========================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 9.50 |================================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 9.93 |==================================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 22.22 |======================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 31.65 |================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 34.54 |===================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 37.96 |======================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 44.47 |=============================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 48.60 |=================================================
LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 35.13 |=============================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 28.69 |========================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 53.33 |============================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 59.33 |=================================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 48.34 |========================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 37.61 |===============================
Dolfyn 0.527
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Seconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 91.53 |====================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 59.20 |========================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 116.74 |===============================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 120.43 |================================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 99.74 |========================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 79.99 |================================
Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... MIN: 5 AVG: 83 MAX: 99
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . MIN: 5 AVG: 50 MAX: 96
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... MIN: 13 AVG: 45 MAX: 89
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... MIN: 25 AVG: 39 MAX: 62
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... MIN: 6 AVG: 36 MAX: 81
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... MIN: 13 AVG: 36 MAX: 78
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Composite
Mflops > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 309.74 |=============================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 519.27 |================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 287.63 |===========================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 277.27 |==========================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 329.68 |==============================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 399.01 |=====================================
OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 21.60 |============================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 24.13 |===============================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 29.47 |======================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 32.97 |===========================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 37.23 |================================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 37.70 |=================================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply
Mflops > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 364.86 |============================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 621.88 |================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 424.90 |=================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 427.25 |=================================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 500.98 |=======================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 589.00 |=============================================
Hierarchical INTegration 1.0
Test: FLOAT
QUIPs > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 119601908.70 |===================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 143236322.67 |==========================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 94704054.94 |============================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 84905699.45 |=========================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 104598539.86 |===============================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 134231671.35 |=======================================
SciMark 2.0
Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation
Mflops > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 462.27 |======================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 583.97 |================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 398.96 |=================================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 362.72 |==============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 444.95 |=====================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 566.67 |===============================================
Xonotic 0.7
Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD Phenom 9500 ...... 67.16 |=====================================
AMD Phenom II X3 710 . 88.44 |=================================================
AMD Sempron 2650 ..... 55.67 |===============================
AMD Sempron 3850 ..... 56.75 |===============================
AMD Athlon 5150 ...... 66.97 |=====================================
AMD Athlon 5350 ...... 79.63 |============================================