The Kaveri Refresh 'Godavari' Review: Testing AMD's A10-7870K
by Ian Cutress on June 1, 2015 11:59 AM ESTProfessional Performance: Windows
Agisoft Photoscan – 2D to 3D Image Manipulation: link
Agisoft Photoscan creates 3D models from 2D images, a process which is very computationally expensive. The algorithm is split into four distinct phases, and different phases of the model reconstruction require either fast memory, fast IPC, more cores, or even OpenCL compute devices to hand. Agisoft supplied us with a special version of the software to script the process, where we take 50 images of a stately home and convert it into a medium quality model. This benchmark typically takes around 15-20 minutes on a high end PC on the CPU alone, with GPUs reducing the time.
Cinebench R15
Cinebench is a benchmark based around Cinema 4D, and is fairly well known among enthusiasts for stressing the CPU for a provided workload. Results are given as a score, where higher is better.
HandBrake v0.9.9: link
For HandBrake, we take two videos (a 2h20 640x266 DVD rip and a 10min double UHD 3840x4320 animation short) and convert them to x264 format in an MP4 container. Results are given in terms of the frames per second processed, and HandBrake uses as many threads as possible.
Hybrid x265
Hybrid is a new benchmark, where we take a 4K 1500 frame video and convert it into an x265 format without audio. Results are given in frames per second.
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akamateau - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
@Ian CutressYou last tested AMD A6-A10 using both Starswarm and #dMark API Overhead test.
When you pulished those results it was determined that all AMD APU's A6-A10 outperform Inteel i3, i5 and i7 by 100% in drawcalls and frames per second.
What was the 3dMark API Overhead for A10-7870K?
How did it perform using Starswarm?
You have those benchmarks why didn't you present them here?
When I spend money I would like to know how the silicon will perform on using high performance software.
Ignoring the impact of DX12 is absurd,
Any new systems with AMD A10-7870K will be Windows 10 and the gaming will be either with Mantle or DX12.
Users will tolerate DX11 only until the legacy games get ported to a better API.
frozentundra123456 - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
What games do you suggest he test with DX12? Oh wait, there arent any. The few games tested with mantle showed minimal gains with an APU in real gaming preformance, not some artificial benchmark.ToTTenTranz - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
DX12 performance may be predicted by testing a Mantle title.0VERL0RD - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IpATnpx45BILolimaster - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
I hope they can actually bring Carrizo to the FM2+ platform.Cryio - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
Not happening.savagemike - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
Back in the day the idea of a 95 watt part didn't even make me blink twice. 'Like having a light-bulb on", I thought. Now - in the age of LED light-bulbs it makes me wince. The thought of it feels like leaving a faucet on with all the electricity running out, draining the well.LOL. Whatever the reason and how ever logical I simply wouldn't buy a 95 watt part today for general use. What is the point with so many parts pulling a fraction of that and perfectly able to handle day-to-day chores?
Lolimaster - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
If you really care about energy:-You and your family will use a towel not a hair dryer
-You and your family will use bycicle, public transportation or simply walk (check nederlands)
-Implies no car.
Gigaplex - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
Do you have a point? I don't own a hair dryer and I use public transport. It's not exactly hard or uncommon.Lolimaster - Monday, June 1, 2015 - link
TDP does not mean power consumption, and the actual measures are with the cpu @full load both gpu/cpu. You don't run a cpu/apu full load 24/7.You can disable turbo and reduce power consumption (turbo ups the voltage by a fair margin).
Electric kitchen, air conditioner, those things monthly multiply any cpu "tdp" consumption in the range of 100's.