The Desktop Kabini Review Part 1: AMD Athlon 5350 (AM1) Tested
by Ian Cutress on April 9, 2014 8:00 AM ESTIGP Gaming
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite was Zero Punctuation’s Game of the Year for 2013, uses the Unreal Engine 3, and is designed to scale with both cores and graphical prowess. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Tomb Raider
The next benchmark in our test is Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an AMD optimized game, lauded for its use of TressFX creating dynamic hair to increase the immersion in game. Tomb Raider uses a modified version of the Crystal Engine, and enjoys raw horsepower. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Perfomance, Quality and Xtreme performance settings, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs has a highly complex benchmark that can bring the toughest setup and high resolutions down into single figures. Having an extreme SSAO setting can do that, but at the right settings Sleeping Dogs is highly playable and enjoyable. We run the basic benchmark program laid out in the Adrenaline benchmark tool, and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
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kyuu - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
Yeah I was going to say something about that. The article text and the graphs are not in agreement.kallogan - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
ground breaking new tech ! Wow !Alexey291 - Thursday, April 10, 2014 - link
wowsuch tech
much ground breaking
wow
evonitzer - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
In addition to what you are already planning to test, I would like to see some of the low end A4 or A6 APU's tested. They seem to be a blank spot for your reviews, making it tough to compare the cheap stuff against the previous generation. The A4's come with the same 2 CU GPU, but presumably better cpu performance, and are available pretty close to $50. Sure, they are higher TDP, but whatev.Anyway, interesting review. I'd be seriously tempted if I didn't just put together a cheap PC for my brother already. Maybe grandma can get a surprise upgrade ...
evonitzer - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
Oh hold on, there aren't any A4's or A6's available in Kaveri form, which means no GCN to be had for cheap. That's interesting. I wonder how much difference it makes on the low end. Well either way, the A4-6300 (and below) are still interesting to compare.Glory2God - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
That Atom C2750 looks awesome in the multi threaded benchmarks.rogueninja - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
AMD dualcore, quadcore, octacore, 100 cores. Who give a damn. They're as fast as a turtle.Nintendo Maniac 64 - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
Would have been nice if there were more older CPUs to compare to, like Athlon 64 x2, first gen Phenom X4, and Conroe Core 2 Duo (rather than Wolfdale). It'd be even better if said older CPUs were around 2.0-2.5GHz as wellsaiki4116 - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
Please add comparison with A4-4000(40 USD) and A4-6300,they could cost 10-20usd more than kabini.BushLin - Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - link
Anandtech, where's the power consumption figures? Just quoting the 25w TDP feeds assumptions such as the one I'm replying to.Why is it every time AMD have a CPU worth buying (doesn't happen that often) you guys manage to totally miss the point in the review? It's enough to make an objective person sound like a fanboy.
I'll save you the trouble:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am...
Although making the typical reviewer mistake of using a very high wattage PSU on a low power system, we can at least see something close to parity between an Athlon 5350 and a Celeron J1900 (the very same CPUs you reviewed).
Makes quite a different outcome doesn't it?