2012-07-13, 00:28
(2012-07-12, 16:42)Dougie Fresh Wrote: Which benchmarks are those? Link?
In Passmark, in the CPU benchmarks i5-3570 scores 7730 while the A8-3870 scores 4791. In the GPU benchmarks HD6550D scores 623 while HD4000 scores 605. I hardly call that "beat it pretty easily".
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=...40+3.40GHz (7730)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A8-3870+APU (4791)
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.ph...n+HD+6550D (623)
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.ph...el+HD+4000 (605)
BTW, not trying to start an argument or turn this into an Intel vs. AMD war. I'd like to see the counterpoint for my own education and the education of the community since this will come up time and time again.
GPU benchmarks for anything other than gaming are largely worthless. Even the reviewers often comment that PQ is largely subjective and not at all based on Benchmark scores. For 1080p and 720p there is no difference.
. And, my Intel "fandom" comes with my satisfaction with the current generation. I felt that way about the previous AMD generation at one point. I take any of these posts as a learning opportunity so if there's some article, benchmark, etc. that shows something different than I've read I want to read about it. I genuinely wanted to see the benchmarks that said A8 "easily beats" i5 not because I want to prove something but because I want to know what the situation is where that's true so I am recommending the right hardware for the right situation. After all, my assumptions could be wrong!
