| System Test Configurations | |
|---|---|
| CPU | AMD FX-6350 (Vishera) 3.9 GHz (19.5 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3+, 8 MB Shared L3, Turbo Core enabled, Power-savings enabled, Overclocked to 4.52 GHz (22.5 * 200.92), 1.404 V load, 2612 MHz HT Link, 2210 MHz CPU-NB Frequency |
| AMD FX-4350 (Vishera) 4.2 GHz (21 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3+, 8 MB Shared L3, Turbo Core enabled, Power-savings enabled, Overclocked to 4.72 GHz (23.5 * 200.92), 1.440 V Load, 2612 MHz HT Link, 2411 MHz CPU-NB Frequency | |
| AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition (Deneb) 3.4 GHz (17 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3, 6 MB Shared L3, Power-savings enabled, Overclocked to 4.02 GHz (20 * 200.91), 1.392 V Load, 2008 MHz HT Link, 2411 MHz CPU-NB Frequency | |
| AMD Athlon X4 750K (Trinity) 3.4 GHz (17 * 200 MHz), Socket FM2, No L3 Cache, Turbo Core enabled, Power-savings enabled, Overclocked to 4.30 GHz (43 * 100), 1.464 V Load, 2000 MHz CPU-NB Frequency | |
| AMD Athlon X4 640 (Propus) 3.0 GHz (15 * 200 MHz), Socket AM3, No L3 cache, Power-savings enabled, Overclocked to 3.6 GHz (15 * 240), 1.428 V Load, 1920 MHz HT Link, 2400 MHz CPU-NB Frequency | |
| CPU Cooler | Xigmatek HDT-S1283 120 mm air cooler |
| Motherboards | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3, Socket AM3+, AMD 990FX, BIOS FC (02-05-13) |
| Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4, AMD A85X, BIOS F4 (03-13-13) | |
| RAM | 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) Crucial PC3-12800 kit Stock: DDR3-1600, CL 8-8-8-24 at 1.5 V Overclocked: Athlon II/Phenom II: DDR3-1600/1607, CL 8-8-8-24, Athlon X4 750K/FX-6350/FX-4350: DDR3-1866/1875 9-9-9-24 @ 1.6 V |
| Common | |
| Graphics | Sapphire Radeon HD 7970, 950 MHz GPU, GDDR5-5700 |
| System Drive | Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, SATA 6Gb/s SSD |
| Power | Corsair Professional Series HX1050, 1050 W, 80 PLUS Silver |
| Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 8 Professional x64 |
| Graphics Driver | AMD Catalyst 13.2 Beta 7 |
| Benchmark Configuration | |
|---|---|
| 3D Games | |
| Borderlands 2 | Version 1.0.28.69606, DirectX 9, Custom Run, Fraps Test Set 1: Medium Quality Settings, Low PhysX, 8x AF Test Set 2: Highest Quality Settings, Low PhysX, FXAA,16x AF |
| Crysis 3 | Version 1.0.0.2000, Direct X 11, Custom Run, 60-Sec. Fraps Test Set 1: Lowest Quality Settings, No AA, 1X AF Test Set 2: Medium Quality Preset, FXAA, 8x AF Test Set 3: Very High Quality Preset, 2x SMAA, 16x AF |
| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Version 1.8.151.0.7, Custom Run, 25-Sec. Fraps Test Set 1: High Preset, No AA, 8x AF, FXAA Enabled Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, 8x AA, 16x AF, FXAA Enabled |
| F1 2012 | Version 1.2, Direct X 11, Built-in Benchmark Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA Test Set 2: Ultra Quality, 8x AA |
| Far Cry 3 | V. 1.04, DirectX 11, 50-sec. FRAPS "Amanaki Outpost" Test Set 1: High Quality, No AA, Standard ATC., SSAO Test Set 2: Ultra Quality, 2x MSAA, Enhanced ATC, HDAO |
| Hitman: Absolution | V. 1.0.446.0, DirectX 11, Built-in Benchmark Test Set 1: Medium Quality Preset, No MSAA, 2x AF Test Set 2: Ultra Quality Preset, 2x MSAA, 16x AF |
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | Version 2.0.9.26147, Custom Run "Harvest of Screams" Campaign Mission, 60-Sec. Fraps Test Set 1: High Preset, No AA, 8x AF, FXAA Enabled Test Set 2: Ultra Preset, 8x AA, 16x AF, FXAA Enabled |
| Tomb Raider | Version 1.00.722.3, Direct X 11, Custom Runs, "Chasm Monastery", "Mountain Village", 45-Sec. Fraps Test Set 1: High Quality Preset Test Set 2: Ultimate Quality Preset |
| Audio/Video Encoding | |
| HandBrake CLI | Version: 0.98, Video: Video from Canon Eos 7D (1920x1080, 25 frames) 1 Minutes 22 Seconds, Audio: PCM-S16, 48,000 Hz, Two-Channel, to Video: AVC1 Audio: AAC (High Profile) |
| iTunes | Version 10.4.1.10 x64: Audio CD (Terminator II SE), 53 minutes, default AAC format |
| LAME MP3 | Version 3.98.3: Audio CD "Terminator II SE", 53 min, convert WAV to MP3 audio format, Command: -b 160 --nores (160 Kb/s) |
| TotalCode Studio 2.5 | Version: 2.5.0.10677, MPEG-2 to H.264, MainConcept H.264/AVC Codec, 28 sec HDTV 1920x1080 (MPEG2), Audio:MPEG2 (44.1 kHz, Two-Channel, 16-Bit, 224 Kb/s) Codec: H.264 Pro, Mode: PAL 50i (25 FPS), Profile: H.264 BD HDMV |
| Abobe Creative Suite | |
| Adobe After Effects CS6 | Version 11.0.0.378 x64:Create Video, Three Streams, 210 Frames, Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously |
| Adobe Photoshop CS6 | Version 13 x64: Filter 15.7 MB TIF Image: Radial Blur, Shape Blur, Median, Polar Coordinates |
| Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 | Version 6.0.0.0, 6.61 GB MXF Project to H.264 to H.264 Blu-ray, Output 1920x1080, Maximum Quality |
| Adobe Acrobat X Pro | Version 10.0.0.396: Print PDF from 115 Page PowerPoint, 128-bit RC4 Encyption |
| Productivity | |
| ABBYY FineReader | Version 10.0.102.95: Read PDF save to Doc, Source: Political Economy (J. Broadhurst 1842) 111 Pages |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 | Version 14.0 x64: Space Flyby Mentalray, 248 Frames, 1440x1080 |
| Blender | Version 2.64a, Cycles Engine, Syntax blender -b thg.blend -f 1, 1920x1080, 8x Anti-Aliasing, Render THG.blend frame 1 |
| Compression | |
| 7-Zip | Version 9.28, LZMA2, Syntax "a -t7z -r -m0=LZMA2 -mx=5" Benchmark: THG-Workload-2012 (1.3 GB) |
| WinRAR | Version 4.2, RAR, Syntax "winrar a -r -m3" Benchmark: THG-Workload-2012 (1.3 GB) |
| WinZip | Version 17.0 Pro, Syntax "-a -ez -p -r" Benchmark: THG-Workload-2012 (1.3 GB) |
| Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings | |
| 3DMark 11 | Version: 1.0.1, Performance Suite |
| PCMark 7 | Version: 1.0.4, System, Productivity, Hard Disk Drive benchmarks |
| SiSoftware Sandra 2013 | Version: 2013.01.19.11, Processor Arithmetic, Cryptography, Memory Bandwidth Benchmarks |
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Summary
- Targeting Budget-Minded Enthusiasts With AMD CPUs
- Platforms And Overclocking
- Test System Configuration And Benchmarks
- Results: Synthetics
- Results: Audio And Video
- Results: Adobe Creative Suite
- Results: Productivity
- Results: Compression
- Results: Borderlands 2
- Results: Crysis 3
- Results: F1 2012
- Results: Far Cry 3
- Results: Hitman: Absolution
- Results: StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm
- Results: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Results: Tomb Raider
- Power Consumption
- Performance Summary
- Wrapping Things Up: AMD Vs. Intel In Gaming
- Wrapping Things Up: AMD Vs. Intel In Applications And Power
- AMD: Loving More Cores And Unlocked Multipliers
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K10 has so much more potential...
I always wanted to see how it would compare to newer models, and even intel counterparts. Thank you for this. I loved reading the article. Keep comparisons like this coming.
The main thing I hate about FX CPU's in the IPC. companies like intel have steadily increased the IPC of their CPU's while with AMD, going from Phenom II to the latest FX, they significantly reduced the IPC of their CPU's, and furthermore the resource sharing of the cores (by going with core modules instead of true cores). if similar resources are stressed, performance suffers as shown in the link below
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138394-amds-fx-8350-analyzed-does-piledriver-deliver-where-bulldozer-fell-short/2
AMD would have done better by improving upon the phenom II and making an 8 core version.
I currently use a Phenom II x6 1075t overclocked to 3.9GHz
in cinebench 11.5 I get 7.01 points Which is still acceptable even by todays standards.
Northbridge is at 2.6GHz and hyper transport is at 2.08GHz
The highest I can push the CPU is about 4.4GHz but those speeds require around 1.575 volts, meaning I cant load the CPU to 100% for very long unless I take more drastic measures of connecting a vacuum hose from the case air intake to the air output of an air conditioner (to siphon off some of the cold air)
If you want to see just how bad the fx is compared to phenom II, clock some phenom II's and some FX's at the same clock speed, then do a range of benchmarks.
if Only AMD optimized there K10 arch ..., 8 core k10 will be much better ...
Are you serious, K10 have evolved for years and reached its wall, we talking about semprons --> athlons ---> Phenoms 1 ---> Phenoms 2 ---> AMD FM1 APU`s
And The Phenom 965 using 45nm as seen in the above chart uses 180Watts on load and upwards ...
So wake up people, if there was any untapped resources in k10 AMD would have popped them.
Also an index of cinebench single threaded performanc results from my research is :
Sandy Bridge/ivy/and haswell (no real innovation since SB, and those 10% CPU improvements, only adds 0.0x) :
i3 = ~1.3x Point
i5 = ~1.5x point
i7 = ~1,8x point
AMD :
AMD Athlon a8-3850 k10 CPU 0.8 Point
AMD Phenom x6 1100T (BEST AMD K10 CPU) 1.08
Richland A10-6800K ~1.11 point.
All above results all from my research and wether you want to simply belive or better go research yourself is your choice, but AMD have problem in Single threaded perfomance, and the way they hided back day was giving more cores, like the Phenom x6 in CInebench Multi threaded it scores ~6.0 points even the lowert 1050T scores 5.9 point, and all intel i5 CPU does not go up than 5 points.
but adding real 6 cores is trouble and problematic and too much power and resource hungry for BULK designs using BULk materical, remeber those x6 can reach 200W and upwardes, and more there costly and there prices does not budge.
Since Bulldozer first design, there have been many fixes and improvements, and Pilediver is only the first step forward, next step is steam roller, with each step steadily enhancements are being made, not can be much said about k10 that after 3-4 steps forward it froze.
I have been waiting for this test since I first heard mention of it.
Fantastic work! am always harvesting older chips to cobble together some frankenstein machines - or even just buying newer parts to do the best possible super budget machines for friends - so this is a godsend. Thanks for the wide selection of games too - some reviews just do a handful which doesn't give a broad enough picture. Icing on the cake is the comparison to the intel chips, including that 8400. Even the global (fix the spelling on the chart) wattage is v interesting. Very nice.
Intel is offering a good balance between multi threading and single threading performance by having CPU's that can give more than 2 points per core in applications such as cinebench.
Clock for clock, the phenom II is significantly faster than the FX series.
If they cannot put 8 true cores on a single CPU, then they need to work on releasing a quad core with an IPC that rivals the intel CPU's.
Lower IPC is a step in the wrong direction, FX is the wrong choice.
(minor quibbles...) For completeness, it would have been nice to see the FX-8350 lining up. And perhaps include the 3570k in the individual results as a benchmark, for context (Though I realise this was an AMD roundup, of course).