Intel Core i5 4670 Linux Haswell Testing by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com reviewing the Intel Core i5 4670 CPU against other processors on Ubuntu. Intel Core i3 2120: Processor: Intel Core i3-2120 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 2500K: Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 3470: Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 2500 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 3770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Intel Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.907, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.0.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon R9 290 4096MB, Audio: ATI R6xx HDMI, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12618, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ: Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-UD3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TOSHIBA THNSNH25 + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ + 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HannStar Display HE225DPB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3000x1920 Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 197.34 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 123.10 |============================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 118.20 |============================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 90.31 |====================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 167.50 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 131.80 |=============================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 93.89 |====================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 88.66 |===================== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 47.81 |================================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 45.70 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .. 43.72 |============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 39.89 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 39.21 |========================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .. 35.22 |===================================== Intel Core i7 4770K . 32.99 |=================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: Tiger Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 334.69 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 335.39 |===================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 351.43 |======================================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 384.54 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 386.32 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 426.25 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 420.11 |============================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 360.14 |======================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: KASUMI Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 55.31 |================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 55.31 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 61.34 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 67.11 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 66.87 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 73.87 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K ... 76.89 |============================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 79.69 |================================================ Botan 1.11.6 Test: AES-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 278.42 |== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 3551.21 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 3460.46 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 3786.03 |============================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 5108.42 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 5638.71 |============================================ Intel Core i7 4770K ... 5873.28 |============================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 4016.54 |=============================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: Twofish Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 148.43 |================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 148.33 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 161.52 |=================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 176.64 |====================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 181.50 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 200.05 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 210.78 |============================================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 218.85 |=============================================== Botan 1.11.6 Test: CAST-256 Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 62.54 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 62.68 |================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 73.37 |======================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 80.24 |============================================ Intel Core i3 4130 .... 76.58 |========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 84.62 |============================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 88.05 |================================================ AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 81.71 |============================================= Botan 1.11.6 Test: X9.19-MAC Mbytes/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 62.64 |=================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 63.70 |=================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 66.98 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 73.40 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 75.10 |========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 83.02 |============================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 86.22 |================================================ AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 86.58 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 2265 |================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 3223 |======================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 3703 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 6005 |============================================ Intel Core i3 4130 .... 3026 |====================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 3874 |============================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 6619 |================================================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 6400 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 3815000 |========== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 7855000 |===================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 9102333 |======================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 10053000 |=========================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 4729000 |============= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 9247667 |========================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 10336667 |=========================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 16983333 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 31334 |================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 52803 |========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 61617 |=============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 83391 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 38604 |=================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 65609 |================================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 84129 |========================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 96510 |================================================ x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 69.85 |================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 105.58 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 113.40 |============================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 156.41 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 89.83 |======================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 136.59 |=================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 183.23 |=============================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 146.15 |===================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 1391.47 |===================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 1398.90 |===================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 1371.88 |===================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 1494.68 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 1583.81 |========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 1702.66 |============================================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 1728.63 |============================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 782.38 |===================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 57.07 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 38.35 |================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 38.05 |================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 33.05 |============================ Intel Core i3 4130 .... 47.21 |======================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 32.06 |=========================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 27.90 |======================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 35.83 |============================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 201.38 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 119.68 |============================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 117.62 |=========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 89.43 |===================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 159.96 |===================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 97.96 |======================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 74.60 |================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 91.53 |===================== Open Porous Media 2013-11-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .. 74.33 |================================== Intel Core i5 2500K . 59.45 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .. 57.55 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K . 56.28 |========================= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 108.35 |================================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .. 102.54 |============================================== Intel Core i7 4770K . 99.38 |============================================= Primesieve 4.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 192.68 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 108.53 |========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 98.54 |======================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 81.45 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 171.05 |========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 87.91 |===================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 78.27 |=================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 185.86 |============================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 65 |=============================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 41 |==================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 40 |=================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 28 |============= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 52 |========================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 34 |================ Intel Core i7 4770K ... 25 |============ AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 104 |================================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Raytests Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 4.17 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 4.14 |================================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 3.97 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 3.63 |=========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 3.36 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 3.06 |==================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 2.90 |================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 4.04 |=============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 3000 Fall Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 6.93 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 6.18 |============================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 6.22 |============================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 5.56 |======================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 6.14 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 5.22 |===================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 4.51 |================================ AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 5.85 |========================================= Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Stack Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 8.09 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 7.38 |============================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 7.36 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 6.53 |======================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 6.81 |========================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 5.87 |==================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 5.07 |=============================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 7.07 |=========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 1000 Convex Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 7.48 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 7.12 |=============================================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 7.02 |============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 6.40 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 5.89 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 5.27 |=================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 4.85 |================================ AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 6.51 |=========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: 136 Ragdolls Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 4.85 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 4.40 |============================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 4.42 |============================================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 4.01 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 3.89 |======================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 3.32 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 3.03 |=============================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 4.12 |========================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Prim Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 1.33 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 1.31 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 1.32 |================================================= Intel Core i7 3770K ... 1.21 |============================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 1.18 |=========================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 1.07 |======================================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 1.02 |====================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 1.27 |=============================================== Bullet Physics Engine 2.81 Test: Convex Trimesh Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 1.68 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 1.66 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 1.66 |================================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 1.52 |============================================ Intel Core i3 4130 .... 1.42 |========================================= Intel Core i5 4670 .... 1.29 |====================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 1.23 |==================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 1.56 |============================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 7.09 |================================================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 6.98 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 6.78 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 6.14 |========================================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 5.44 |====================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 4.93 |================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 4.76 |================================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 6.12 |========================================== Opus Codec Encoding 1.0.1 WAV, Opus Encode, Opus Decode Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 10.99 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 10.88 |================================================ Intel Core i5 3470 .... 10.84 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 10.04 |============================================ Intel Core i3 4130 .... 10.47 |============================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 9.47 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4770K ... 9.12 |======================================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 10.81 |=============================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 18.07 |========================================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 14.46 |================================= Intel Core i5 3470 .... 14.10 |================================ Intel Core i7 3770K ... 13.21 |============================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 16.02 |===================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 13.20 |============================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 11.78 |=========================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 20.83 |================================================ Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 266357773.16 |============================== Intel Core i5 2500K ... 269240362.91 |============================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 269804024.12 |============================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 294841328.60 |================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 320166746.44 |==================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 355385206.93 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 367634154.08 |========================================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 315811831.27 |=================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 232.77 |================= Intel Core i5 2500K ... 424.20 |=============================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 453.87 |================================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 552.70 |========================================= Intel Core i3 4130 .... 280.33 |===================== Intel Core i5 4670 .... 536.57 |======================================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 611.83 |============================================= AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 633.30 |=============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 2120 .... 18.54 |================================================ Intel Core i5 2500K ... 10.46 |=========================== Intel Core i5 3470 .... 10.12 |========================== Intel Core i7 3770K ... 7.90 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 .... 16.89 |============================================ Intel Core i5 4670 .... 9.25 |======================== Intel Core i7 4770K ... 7.92 |===================== AMD FX-6300 OC 4.8GHZ . 7.47 |===================