AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron 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. 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 Intel G3420+R7-260X: Processor: Intel Pentium G3420 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) v1.0, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-2400MHz Kingston, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-0 + 200GB Western Digital WD2000JS-55N + 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 200 1024MB (1075/1500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: o.disp4.1_24w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 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: fglrx 14.10.2, OpenGL: 4.3.12874, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 29.47 |======= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 32.97 |======= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 37.23 |======== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 37.70 |======== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 217.43 |================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better 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 Intel G3420+R7-260X . MIN: 1 AVG: 5 MAX: 21 Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 21.93 |===== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 25.67 |====== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 27.27 |====== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 27.30 |====== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 216.23 |================================================= Reaction Quake 3 1.0 Beta Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... MIN: 13.0 AVG: 45.0 MAX: 89.0 AMD Sempron 3850 .... MIN: 25.0 AVG: 38.6 MAX: 62.0 AMD Athlon 5150 ..... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 36.3 MAX: 81.0 AMD Athlon 5350 ..... MIN: 13.0 AVG: 36.4 MAX: 78.0 Intel G3420+R7-260X . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.6 MAX: 18.0 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 7.60 |==== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 8.47 |==== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 9.50 |==== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 9.93 |===== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 106.10 |================================================= 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 Intel G3420+R7-260X . MIN: 3 AVG: 9 MAX: 47 Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 20.10 |===== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 23.33 |====== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 26.03 |======= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 26.30 |======= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 190.47 |================================================= Unvanquished 0.26.0 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Intermediate - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... MIN: 31.0 AVG: 48.4 MAX: 92.0 AMD Sempron 3850 .... MIN: 22.0 AVG: 42.2 MAX: 94.0 AMD Athlon 5150 ..... MIN: 18.0 AVG: 38.2 MAX: 86.0 AMD Athlon 5350 ..... MIN: 19.0 AVG: 37.4 MAX: 90.0 Intel G3420+R7-260X . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 75.0 Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 55.67 |=========== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 56.75 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 66.97 |============= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 79.63 |================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 247.16 |================================================= Xonotic 0.7 Resolution: 1024 x 768 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 34.54 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 37.96 |========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 44.47 |============ AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 48.60 |============= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 187.55 |================================================= Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 3406.77 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 3855.30 |========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 3840.80 |========== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 3915.58 |=========== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 17365.83 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 3261.59 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 3755.25 |========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 3838.63 |=========== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 3948.68 |=========== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 16920.60 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 3317.46 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 4156.70 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 4129.20 |=========== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 4319.18 |=========== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 18286.62 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 3261.79 |======== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 4128.56 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 4143.41 |=========== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 4428.19 |=========== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 18372.19 |=============================================== Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 116.74 |=============================================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 120.43 |================================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 99.74 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 79.99 |================================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 26.41 |=========== LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 214.51 |================================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 214.22 |================================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 175.86 |======================================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 142.51 |================================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 41.35 |========= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 77.16 |================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 45.08 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 37.64 |======================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 31.06 |==================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 25.89 |================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 48.35 |================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 29.62 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 23.96 |========================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 19.34 |==================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 12.43 |============= BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v5.0.1 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 8.24 |=================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 8.25 |=================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 8.24 |=================================================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 8.24 |=================================================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 5.88 |==================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 287.63 |============ AMD Sempron 3850 .... 277.27 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 329.68 |============= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 399.01 |================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 1191.57 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 142.77 |============== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 129.17 |============ AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 157.49 |=============== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 201.92 |==================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 506.43 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 36.76 |======= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 37.30 |======= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 38.36 |======== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 38.62 |======== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 249.19 |================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 424.90 |========== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 427.25 |========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 500.98 |============ AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 589.00 |============== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 2037.11 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 434.76 |========= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 429.92 |========= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 506.61 |=========== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 598.78 |============= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 2203.87 |================================================ SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 398.96 |==================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 362.72 |================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 444.95 |======================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 566.67 |============================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 961.25 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 736 |================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 1322 |================================ AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 1627 |======================================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 2083 |=================================================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 1806 |============================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 2377000 |================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 4316667 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 5317000 |====================================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 6782333 |================================================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 4370667 |=============================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 9860 |================ AMD Sempron 3850 .... 17688 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 21753 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 27927 |============================================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 30760 |================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 15.83 |============== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 28.90 |========================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 34.01 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 40.06 |=================================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 57.04 |================================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 1.1.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 4.81 |============ AMD Sempron 3850 .... 6.77 |================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 8.26 |===================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 10.56 |=========================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 19.61 |================================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 14.72 |============ AMD Sempron 3850 .... 26.08 |==================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 31.74 |========================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 39.73 |=============================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 63.87 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 117.55 |==== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 121.27 |==== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 121.29 |==== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 120.12 |==== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 1496.33 |================================================ Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 285.40 |================================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 190.03 |================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 158.81 |=========================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 129.09 |====================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 55.47 |========== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 641.12 |================================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 363.74 |============================ AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 310.91 |======================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 262.52 |==================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 125.98 |========== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 204.16 |================================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 114.00 |=========================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 92.49 |====================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 72.15 |================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 55.68 |============= ebizzy 0.3 Records/s Seconds > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 2280 |======== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 4357 |=============== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 4637 |================ AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 4959 |================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 14293 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 308 |==================================================== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 170 |============================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 139 |======================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 109 |================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 249 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 24.58 |============================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 27.39 |================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 22.25 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 17.35 |================================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 5.50 |========== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 53.33 |============================================= AMD Sempron 3850 .... 59.33 |================================================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 48.34 |========================================= AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 37.61 |================================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 14.82 |============ OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 57.23 |============ AMD Sempron 3850 .... 102.83 |===================== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 126.63 |========================== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 162.47 |================================= Intel G3420+R7-260X . 242.40 |================================================= Hierarchical INTegration 1.0 Test: FLOAT QUIPs > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 94704054.94 |============== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 84905699.45 |============= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 104598539.86 |================ AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 134231671.35 |==================== Intel G3420+R7-260X . 282761198.87 |=========================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD Sempron 2650 .... 1916.70 |====== AMD Sempron 3850 .... 3697.51 |============ AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 4168.62 |============== AMD Athlon 5350 ..... 4714.18 |================ Intel G3420+R7-260X . 13961.27 |===============================================