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 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 |================================================= 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 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 |================================================= 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 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 |================================================== 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 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 |================================================= 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 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 |============================================ 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 |================================================= 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 |================================ 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 |================================ 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 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 |==================== 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 |===================================== 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 |=============================== 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 |============================================= 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 |=============================================== 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 |=========================================== 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 |============================================== 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 |=================================== 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 |============================================= 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 |============================================= 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 |======================================== 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 |====================== 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 |==================== 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 |================== 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 |=============================== 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 |=============================== 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 |=============================== 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 |=======================================