New AMD FX Series Linux CPU Testing Benchmarking new AMD FX hardware for a future article on Phoronix.com. Compared to many other Intel and AMD 64-bit Linux systems. Intel Pentium G3258: Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i3 4130: Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i5 4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 4790K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel 9 Family HD Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Core i7 4960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X @ 4.00GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X79MA-GD45 (MS-7738) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel C600/X79, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 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: Gigabyte AM1M-S2H, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD Device 9840, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A6-7400K: Processor: AMD A6-7400K Radeon R5 6 Compute Cores 2C+4G @ 3.50GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD FCH Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-7800: Processor: AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD FCH Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD A10-7850K: Processor: AMD A10-7850K APU with Radeon R7 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A88X-PRO, Chipset: AMD Device 1422, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD FCH Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8350: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Intel 82583V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8370E: Processor: AMD FX-8370E Eight-Core @ 3.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-8370: Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD FX-9590: Processor: AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core @ 4.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Killer, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Dolfyn 0.527 Computational Fluid Dynamics Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 26.47 |============= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 24.99 |============= Intel Core i5 4670 .. 21.40 |=========== Intel Core i7 4770K . 20.93 |=========== Intel Core i7 4790K . 18.60 |========= Intel Core i7 4960X . 24.85 |============= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 99.03 |================================================== AMD A6-7400K ........ 45.15 |======================= AMD A10-7800 ........ 42.70 |====================== AMD A10-7850K ....... 40.87 |===================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 35.73 |================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 35.92 |================== AMD FX-8370 ......... 35.24 |================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 31.64 |================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 41.92 |============ Intel Core i3 4130 .. 39.40 |=========== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 33.80 |========= Intel Core i7 4770K . 33.03 |========= Intel Core i7 4790K . 29.49 |======== Intel Core i7 4960X . 39.22 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 177.02 |================================================= AMD A6-7400K ........ 67.41 |=================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 61.96 |================= AMD A10-7850K ....... 60.55 |================= AMD FX-8350 ......... 54.03 |=============== AMD FX-8370E ........ 53.06 |=============== AMD FX-8370 ......... 53.09 |=============== AMD FX-9590 ......... 46.41 |============= x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 69.22 |=============== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 91.46 |==================== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 145.67 |================================ Intel Core i7 4770K . 188.30 |========================================= Intel Core i7 4790K . 214.35 |=============================================== Intel Core i7 4960X . 222.75 |================================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 31.50 |======= AMD A6-7400K ........ 46.20 |========== AMD A10-7800 ........ 86.96 |=================== AMD A10-7850K ....... 91.51 |==================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 158.17 |=================================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 137.25 |============================== AMD FX-8370 ......... 161.70 |==================================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 146.93 |================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 64 |================= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 132 |=================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 167 |============================================= Intel Core i7 4770K . 174 |============================================== Intel Core i7 4790K . 195 |==================================================== Intel Core i7 4960X . 147 |======================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 40 |=========== AMD A6-7400K ........ 73 |=================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 107 |============================= AMD A10-7850K ....... 111 |============================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 132 |=================================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 133 |=================================== AMD FX-8370 ......... 137 |===================================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 158 |========================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 87 |==================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 151 |================================== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 190 |=========================================== Intel Core i7 4770K . 203 |============================================== Intel Core i7 4790K . 228 |==================================================== Intel Core i7 4960X . 173 |======================================= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 47 |=========== AMD A6-7400K ........ 114 |========================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 136 |=============================== AMD A10-7850K ....... 140 |================================ AMD FX-8350 ......... 161 |===================================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 159 |==================================== AMD FX-8370 ......... 165 |====================================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 191 |============================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 193.30 |====================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 153.06 |================= Intel Core i5 4670 .. 87.45 |========== Intel Core i7 4770K . 71.10 |======== Intel Core i7 4790K . 63.74 |======= Intel Core i7 4960X . 61.79 |======= AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 438.97 |================================================= AMD A6-7400K ........ 328.10 |===================================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 160.93 |================== AMD A10-7850K ....... 153.38 |================= AMD FX-8350 ......... 86.98 |========== AMD FX-8370E ........ 96.90 |=========== AMD FX-8370 ......... 81.94 |========= AMD FX-9590 ......... 97.33 |=========== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 55.10 |============================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 36.77 |==================== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 18.96 |========== Intel Core i7 4770K . 16.91 |========= Intel Core i7 4790K . 14.91 |======== Intel Core i7 4960X . 19.49 |=========== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 92.47 |================================================== AMD A6-7400K ........ 79.76 |=========================================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 42.25 |======================= AMD A10-7850K ....... 40.28 |====================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 19.28 |========== AMD FX-8370E ........ 23.49 |============= AMD FX-8370 ......... 19.36 |========== AMD FX-9590 ......... 28.84 |================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 15.91 |================= Intel Core i3 4130 .. 14.44 |=============== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 12.96 |============= Intel Core i7 4770K . 12.64 |============= Intel Core i7 4790K . 11.19 |============ Intel Core i7 4960X . 14.32 |=============== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 48.15 |================================================== AMD A6-7400K ........ 18.93 |==================== AMD A10-7800 ........ 19.25 |==================== AMD A10-7850K ....... 18.89 |==================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 18.89 |==================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 18.85 |==================== AMD FX-8370 ......... 18.37 |=================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 16.42 |================= FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Pentium G3258 . 19.06 |====================== Intel Core i3 4130 .. 15.70 |================== Intel Core i5 4670 .. 12.28 |============== Intel Core i7 4770K . 11.49 |============= Intel Core i7 4790K . 10.37 |============ Intel Core i7 4960X . 12.09 |============== AMD Athlon 5150 ..... 43.57 |================================================== AMD A6-7400K ........ 24.01 |============================ AMD A10-7800 ........ 19.86 |======================= AMD A10-7850K ....... 18.64 |===================== AMD FX-8350 ......... 18.66 |===================== AMD FX-8370E ........ 20.36 |======================= AMD FX-8370 ......... 18.57 |===================== AMD FX-9590 ......... 17.35 |====================