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 AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX: Processor: AMD Athlon 5350 APU with Radeon R3 @ 2.05GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AM1H-ITX, Chipset: AMD Family 16h Root Complex, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk SDSSDHII, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Monitor: SMBX2250, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian 8.5, Kernel: 4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 43.83 |=================================== 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 AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . MIN: 9 AVG: 22 MAX: 78 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 |===================================================== 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 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 |====================================================== 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 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 |===================================================== 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 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 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 71.38 |=============================== 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 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 44.44 |================================ 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 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 4344.01 |================================= 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 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 4262.93 |================================= 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 |============================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 4792.19 |================================= 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 |=============================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 4748.99 |================================= 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 |======================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 81.42 |======================= 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 |======================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 141.77 |====================== 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 |============== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 31.50 |============== 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 |============== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 19.65 |============== 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 |==================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 8.21 |==================================== 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 384.48 |================================= 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 |================================ AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 215.54 |================================== 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 |=========================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 50.54 |=================================== 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 507.73 |============================= 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 580.89 |================================= 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 567.69 |================================== 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 |==================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 2054 |=================================== 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 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 6457000 |=============================== 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 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 27877 |=================================== 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 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 42.21 |=================================== 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 11.00 |=================================== 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 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 39.87 |=================================== 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 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 124.73 |================================== 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 |=============== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 109.94 |============= 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 |============== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 248.14 |============= 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 |============ AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 79.66 |============= 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 |=================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 5034 |==================================== 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 |============= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 273 |================================= 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 |====================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 14.36 |================== 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 |====================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 36.28 |===================== 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 |================================== AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 162.43 |================================== 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 |============================ AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 129915554.13 |=========================== 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 |================================= AMD Athlon 5350 on ASRock AM1H-ITX . 3488.26 |========================