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 XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P, Chipset: AMD RD780 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3 x 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: VE248, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Fedora 20, Kernel: 3.11.10-301.fc20.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.10.3, Display Server: X Server 1.14.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.2.99, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.5 Gallium 0.4, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 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 |========================= XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 71.07 |=============================================== 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 XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . MIN: 5 AVG: 14 MAX: 34 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 |===================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 60.00 |=============================================== 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 XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . MIN: 4 AVG: 17 MAX: 34 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 |==================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 22.83 |=============================================== 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 XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . MIN: 8 AVG: 44 MAX: 96 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 |==================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 34.13 |=============================================== 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 XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . MIN: 9 AVG: 29 MAX: 61 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 |========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 74.90 |======================================== 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 |=============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 72.94 |=============================================== 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 |=============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 48.98 |=================== 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 |=================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 24.24 |=============== 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 |=================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 19.64 |=================== 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 |=================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 524.45 |============================================== 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 |============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 269.60 |======================================== 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 |=========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 631.53 |============================================== 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 |========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 624.60 |============================================== 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 |========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 1894 |====================================== 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 |============================================ XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 6412833 |========================================== 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 |================================= XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 30034 |==================================== 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 |=========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 43.85 |=============================================== 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 |=========================================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 9.34 |====================================== 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 |======================================= XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 45.83 |============================================= 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 |===================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 66.76 |=========== 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 |=================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 142.82 |========== 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 |================ XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 76.04 |================= 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 |============== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 374 |================================================= 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 |============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 8.30 |============== 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 |============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 24.06 |=================== 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 |============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 216.57 |======================================== 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 |============================== XFX AMD Radeon HD 5850 . 176999247.81 |========================================