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 i7-4700MQ: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 2.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 2048MB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.911, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.0-devel (git-b45f65e trusty-oibaf-ppa), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Celeron J1900: Processor: Intel Celeron J1900 @ 1.99GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Q1900B-ITX, Chipset: Intel ValleyView SSA-CUnit, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB GOODRAM C50, Graphics: Intel ValleyView Gen7 (860MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.1.0, 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 |======================= i7-4700MQ ............ 81.83 |================================================= Celeron J1900 ........ 35.10 |===================== 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 i7-4700MQ ............ MIN: 3 AVG: 12 MAX: 29 Celeron J1900 ........ MIN: 9 AVG: 28 MAX: 57 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 |=========== i7-4700MQ ............ 114.27 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 29.30 |============ 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 i7-4700MQ ............ MIN: 2 AVG: 9 MAX: 21 Celeron J1900 ........ MIN: 5 AVG: 34 MAX: 84 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 |================== i7-4700MQ ............ 27.23 |================================================= Celeron J1900 ........ 13.80 |========================= 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 i7-4700MQ ........ MIN: 21 AVG: 37 MAX: 93 Celeron J1900 .... MIN: 37 AVG: 70 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 |========================== i7-4700MQ ............ 50.37 |================================================= Celeron J1900 ........ 24.47 |======================== 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 i7-4700MQ ............ MIN: 13 AVG: 20 MAX: 62 Celeron J1900 ........ MIN: 24 AVG: 40 MAX: 65 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 |================ i7-4700MQ ............ 240.92 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 75.82 |=============== 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 |================ i7-4700MQ ............ 149.18 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 46.58 |=============== 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 |================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 173.64 |======================================= 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 |==================== i7-4700MQ ............ 11.13 |======= Celeron J1900 ........ 36.26 |======================= 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 |==================== i7-4700MQ ............ 5.51 |====== 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 |=============== i7-4700MQ ............ 1246.71 |=============================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 368.50 |============== 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 |================== i7-4700MQ ............ 533.27 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 178.74 |================ 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 |============== i7-4700MQ ............ 2015.84 |=============================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 528.01 |============ 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 |========================== i7-4700MQ ............ 1011.32 |=============================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 634.63 |============================= 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 |================== i7-4700MQ ............ 5688 |================================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 2051 |================== 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 |==================================== i7-4700MQ ............ 8882000 |=============================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 6666667 |=================================== 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 |=================== i7-4700MQ ............ 71993 |================================================= Celeron J1900 ........ 24527 |================= 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 |============== i7-4700MQ ............ 142.29 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 38.04 |============= 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 |============================================= Celeron J1900 ........ 9.32 |======================================== 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 |======================================== Celeron J1900 ........ 34.44 |=================================== 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 |====================== i7-4700MQ ............ 29.98 |===== Celeron J1900 ........ 133.84 |======================= 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 |==================== i7-4700MQ ............ 60.58 |===== Celeron J1900 ........ 253.44 |=================== 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 |================= i7-4700MQ ............ 26.56 |====== Celeron J1900 ........ 125.15 |============================= 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 |============== i7-4700MQ ............ 101 |============= Celeron J1900 ........ 389 |=================================================== 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 |=============================== i7-4700MQ ............ 5.24 |========= Celeron J1900 ........ 18.33 |================================= 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 |=============================== i7-4700MQ ............ 14.20 |============ Celeron J1900 ........ 42.36 |=================================== 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 |=============== i7-4700MQ ............ 514.63 |================================================ Celeron J1900 ........ 108.37 |========== 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 |================== i7-4700MQ ............ 311119774.13 |==========================================