AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 2
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 2, 2012 1:45 AM ESTDiscrete GPU Gaming Performance
Although likely not the target market for someone buying a Trinity APU, we looked at performance of AMD's latest APU when paired with a high-end discrete GPU. The end result is a total loss for Trinity. If you're going to use processor graphics Trinity is a clear winner, but if you plan on pairing the APU with a high end discrete GPU you're much better off with the Core i3 3220.
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Spunjji - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
That seems to be a big if rather than a matter of when, though, given the patchy support that's been forthcoming for QuickSync so far! So possibly a valid avenue of investigation anyway. :)eBombzor - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Am I missing something in the benchmarks? Tom's did a CPU comparison with the 2100 and the 8120 (which isn't a whole lot different from the 8150) and the 8120 is near the Phenom CPU gaming wise.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-fx-pent...
Something is not right here, the 2100 dominated the 8120 in Tom's benchies, the 3220 should be better.
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Just thumbing through Tom's article, it looks like they're using 1920x1080 with high quality settings (GPU-limited settings) while we're mostly using 1024 and 1680 in order to ensure we're CPU-limited.Rezurecta - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
Who cares about CPU limiting? You're not going to play a game @ 1024. 1680 might be valid, but why not show benchmarks at 1920? It just doesn't make sense to show a benchmark that isn't at a major demographic point.It could be a very misleading benchmark for a substantial amount of readers.
CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - link
But it makes amd look better, so it's awesome, and irresistible.Rand - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Why was the overclocking test done on Windows 8 (Image shows Win8), while the performance testing was done on Windows 7 (Test setup lists Win7)?nofumble62 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
This Trinity performance didn't beat i3, let alone i5.AMD statement " i5 performance at i3 price" is a total lie.
ac2 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
It's only true for heavily threaded integer work and AES...But yeah, disappointing...
Taft12 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
... and gaming on the integrated GPUMySchizoBuddy - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Legit reviews state that AMD advised them to disable turbo mode else it will throttle the overclock. They were able to overclock it to 4.6 with full stability using a larger cooler.http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2047/18/