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.
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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
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 |==================================================
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 |=================================================
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 |=================================================
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: 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 |=================================================
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 |=================================================
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 |==================================================
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 |===============================================
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 |=================================================
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 |================================================
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 |===========================================
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 |==================================================
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 |===============================================
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 |==================================================
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 |=================================================
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 |====================================
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 |=========
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 - 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 - 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 - 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
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 |===========
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 |=============
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 |=============
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 |============