AMD Kaveri Review: A8-7600 and A10-7850K Tested
by Ian Cutress & Rahul Garg on January 14, 2014 8:00 AM ESTCPU Performance: Continued
Xilisoft Video Converter 7 - link
The XVC test I normally do is updated to the full version of the software, and this time a different test as well. Here we take two different videos: a double UHD (3840x4320) clip of 10 minutes and a 640x266 DVD rip of a 2h20 film and convert both to iPod suitable formats. The reasoning here is simple – when frames are small enough to fit into memory, the algorithm has more chance to apply work between threads and process the video quicker. Results shown are in seconds and time taken to encode. XVC also offers acceleration via CUDA and AMD APP, so if these are available on the CPU we offer results with and without.
With large frame data, the IGP on Kaveri does not particularly help much.
For smaller frames however, there is an advantage to enabling the AMD APP function.
HandBrake v0.9.9 - link
For HandBrake we do the same files as XVC but convert them into the default format Handbrake offers upon loading the software. Results shown are in Frames Per Second.
Handbrake loves cores, threads and MHz
Adobe After Effects 6
Published by Adobe, After Effects is a digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing software package used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. For our benchmark we downloaded a common scene in use on the AE forums for benchmarks and placed it under our own circumstances for a repeatable benchmark. We generate 152 frames of the scene and present the time to do so based purely on CPU calculations.
7-Zip 9.2 - link
As an open source compression tool, 7-Zip is a popular tool for making sets of files easier to handle and transfer. The software offers up its own benchmark, to which we report the result.
PovRay 3.7 - link
PovRay historically loves threads, MHz and IPC. The standard benchmark from PovRay is what we use to test here.
TrueCrypt 7.1a - link
TrueCrypt is an off the shelf open source encoding tool for files and folders. For our test we run the benchmark mode using a 1GB buffer and take the mean result from AES encryption.
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keveazy - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
Compete to do heavy software and GAMING. My motherboard only costs $60. Of course I "checked". Intel is not stupid. Their 4600 is not meant for gaming and they Don't boast about it. I use a dedicated GPU to run games.AMD keeps on advertising their igpu that it can run today's games like battlefield 4 on 1080p. Yeah, on Low settings...... Even the PS4's gpu is better than that.
YuLeven - Thursday, January 16, 2014 - link
If general tasks and gaming is on stake here, I say buy a cheap Pentium G for US$65 and a HD 7770GE for US$110 (today's price at newegg). The SSD too, of course. Voilá, you have fast general tasks and a GPU that makes the A10-7850K's GPU look like a toy.just4U - Thursday, January 16, 2014 - link
Your I5 costs $200ish.. sales might get that down to 185 if your lucky.. I rarely see it though.keveazy - Saturday, January 18, 2014 - link
I bought my I5 4440 for $175 dude. you serious?Laststop311 - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
the 45 watt one oe 65 watt once would make an awesome htpc loaded withh all the old school emulators and so,e mew games with controllers.JDG1980 - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
Old-school emulators will work fine on almost any modern system, including one with Intel's integrated graphics.fox1986 - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
Would it be possible to make a fm2 motherboard with 6 display outputs?fteoath64 - Sunday, January 19, 2014 - link
"with 6 display outputs?". Buy a Netfinity 6 port Gpu card and stick it on the PCIe X16 slot and you are set. There was one Netfinity card that had 5 miniDP ports and a DVI connector, if I am not mistaken.figus77 - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
"It is interesting to note that at the lower resolutions the Iris Pro wins on most benchmarks, but when the resolution and complexity is turned up, especially in Sleeping Dogs, the Kaveri APUs are in the lead."It's simple... al low resolution and detail the raw power of the i5 crush the A10 when there is not GPU bottleneck...
duploxxx - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
that could be tested inserting an equal discrete GPU on to both systems....