Computing performance
To estimate the average performance of our
today’s testing participant version, we use a new Futuremark PCMark 8
benchmark. It uses three test scenarios: Home, Work and Creative, and all three
parts of our today’s test. I want to point out that Futuremark performs some
heterogeneity algorithms in their benchmark utility that can take advantage of
the potential of the integrated graphics cores for the calculation via OpenCL.
We do not disable this feature deliberately in our test sessions.
PC
Mark 8, Home
PC
Mark 8, Work
PC
Mark 8, Creative
The next diagram shows one of the
intermediate points from the benchmark - Futuremark 3DMark Fire Strike Physics
Score. This score shows the system speed can complete a special gaming physical
exam that the behavior of a complex system with a large number of objects in
it.
3Dmark
Fire Strike, Physics
To test the performance of the platform in
office task we have to resort to a special test script from Futuremark that
simulates typical actions of users in Microsoft Word 2010, Microsoft Excel 2010
and Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
Microsoft
Office 2010
The performance in the internet
applications is tested by using Futuremark Peacekeeper browser benchmark avails
all the latest web technologies. We offer this standard in Google Chrome 27
browser.
Chrome
27, Peacekeeper
To test the processor performance of the
data storage, we break with WinRAR 5.0 archiving utility. Use maximum
compression ratio we store a folder with multiple files with a total capacity
of 1.1 GB. The following chart shows the time it took to complete in seconds.
WinRAR
5.0, sec
We use Cinebench 11.5 benchmark
specifically to test the speed of rendering in Maxon Cinema 4D from the
professional software.
Cinebench
11.5, Rendering
To measure the speed, our testing
participants products can transcode the video into H.264 format, we use x264
FHD Benchmark 1.0.1 (64 bit). It works with a MPEG-4/AVC video that is
originally recorded at a resolution of 1,920x1,080 @ 50fps with 30 Mbps
bitrate. I can say that the results of this experiment are great practical
value, because the x264 codec is also a part of many popular transcoding
utilities, such as HandBrake, MEGui, VirtualDub, etc.
x264
FHD Benchmark
We benchmark the CPUs in Adobe Photoshop
CS6 using our custom test script. The results on the graph represent the time
required to complete this test in seconds.
Adobe
Photoshop CS6
On average, all benchmark processes aim to
general purpose performance of the processor cores, indicate that the A10-6800K
is faster than the A10-5800K only 5%. It perfectly illustrates the fact that
there is no improvement of any structure in the calculation of the APU.
Improved performance we saw in the new APU platform socket FM2 based on
Richland design that is connected directly to an increase in their clock
frequency.
In general, we can say a similar result
about the performance of the A10-6800K processor in the new traditions
general-purpose applications as we said before. Pile driver micro-architecture
is not very efficient with the low load multithreaded processor so if it does
not create parallel processes, A10-6800K falls behind Core i3 and Core i5 from
Ivy Bridge generation. AMD APU can only break this pattern in two completely
different cases. It is, or should be in low load flow case, where the quad core
A10-6800K can do better at least the dual-core Core i3-3225, or in some computing
applications can be forwarded to the graphics cores. In this benchmark group it
will be PCMark 8, so Richland gets ahead of Core i3-3225 as well as Core
i5-3330 in a number of its test scripts.
3D graphics performance
Gaming performance is estimated from the
synthetic 3DMark Fire Strike benchmark as well as from the average fps index in
real games like Metro: Last Light, F1 2012, Tomb Raider (2013), Hitman:
Absolution, and Battlefield 3. We use two test modes: 1,366x768 resolution with
average image quality and 1,920x1,080 resolution with maximum image quality
settings. Note that we add the results to the Core i7-4770K for you reference,
this will allow us to get a rough idea of what the latest Intel HD Graphics
4600 core in the Haswell processor is capable of doing.
3Dmark
Fire Strike
Battlefield
3
Battlefield
3, 1920x1080 LQ
F1
2012, 1366x768 HQ
F1
2012, 1920x1080 MQ
Hitman:
Absolution, 1366x768 MQ
Hitman:
Absolution, 1920x1080 LQ
Metro:
Last Light, 1366x768 MQ
Metro:
Last Light, 1920x1080 LQ
Tomb
Raider, 1366x768 MQ
Tomb
Raider, 1920x1080 LQ
And again, there is no surprise here. The increased
gaming performance in A10-6800K and A10-5800K is about 4-5%, this result
indicates that there is no difference between Trinity architecture and Richland
graphics core. The improved performance independent effects the increased in
the enhanced clock speed, up 44 MHz in new processor generation. In other
words, nothing really changes in the gaming performance of the new socket FM2
platform.
AMD claims that the performance of the
Radeon HD 8670D graphics increased processor in the A10-6800K is enough to run
the modern games in Full HD resolution. And in fact, I can agree with that.
However, it is important to remember that we are talking about the low image
quality settings and accept the fact that it will not always be so in all
cases. Some AAA shooters, such as Metro: Last Light, for example, is the way
for AMD APU to handle and the launch of the new Richland design does not change
that.
However, the integrated AMD graphics,
though, is always better than competitors. Graphics cores in Intel processors
offer the same price, such as the Intel HD Graphics 2500 and Intel HD Graphics 4000,
provide 3D performance significantly lower.
