AMD Kaveri Review: A8-7600 and A10-7850K Tested
by Ian Cutress & Rahul Garg on January 14, 2014 8:00 AM ESTProcessor Graphics: Compute and Synthetics
Our GPU Compute tests are designed to stress the integrated graphics of the system using old and new GPU tools. This is where the benefits of Kaveri should come in – if a benchmark is programmed to take advantage of the GCN architecture then the relevant speed up should be observed. In none of the GCN benefits have any use then we are relying on pure grunt to get the top scores.
CompuBench CL Fluid GPU + Computer Vision GPU
CompuBench CL is an OpenCL compute benchmark designed to test some common in-use algorithms. Due to the way it is designed, any OpenCL compatible device can run the benchmarks, and as such we have run both the Fluid Dynamics and Computer Vision portions on the CPU and integrated graphics on each processor we have tested. Here are the GPU results.
GCN really wins out here, showcasing how important OpenCL compliance can be to extract potential compute.
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DryAir - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
So at playble settings (30 fps+) kaveri is no better than richland. And both get outperformed by Iris Pro.jeffkibuule - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
That CPU with Iris Pro costs $450 compared to these AMD chips which are far less expensive.takeship - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Only if you spring for the i7 variant. The i5 variant is ~300$. Still a premium over Kaveri, but you're also getting nearly double the CPU power.mr_tawan - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Also Iris comes only with R-variant of i5/i7. It won't run on your mainboard, so forget about DIY machine. You can always get a dGPU for that kind of machine though.just4U - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Is that why you can't buy the R variant at the usual places? I wasn't even aware that they are not compatible with regular 1150 boards.. hmmm.. that's to bad. I just thought they were in low supply or going to OEMs before they hit the retail channels.Gigaplex - Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - link
I'm pretty sure they only come in soldered-on variants.Klimax - Friday, January 17, 2014 - link
Correct, however some rumors say, that it won't be case with Broadwell/Haswell-refresh anymore. (Depends who is correct)thevoiceofreason - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Precisely. All those percentage improvement at 1080p graphs look very nice but are in the end moot if you realize you are looking at 12fps.At the end of the day, you can barely play at 720p.
methebest - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
he needed to test them on low settings at 1080p.Principle - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - link
Thats because they dont do these APUs any justice with their review strategy. They basically want to push GPUs, so they do not highlight the APU's actual capabilities. For example, how about some qualitative subjective analysis, rather than all of this easily comparative quantitative nonsense. I want to know at 1080p, what settings have to be turned down to be playable. Why in the world would they run these at Extreme settings??? Its absurd, unless you're trying to sell dGPUs. Where the AMD solutions really have an advantage is in the details. You likely can turn off AA and see the AMD FPS double, without nearly as big of jump by the Intel IGP where you would likely have to turn everything off or on low.