AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 2
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 2, 2012 1:45 AM ESTVideo Transcoding Performance
x264 HD 3.03 Benchmark
Graysky's x264 HD test uses x264 to encode a 4Mbps 720p MPEG-2 source. The focus here is on quality rather than speed, thus the benchmark uses a 2-pass encode and reports the average frame rate in each pass.
CPU based video transcode performance is as good as it can get from AMD here given the 2/4 module/core setup of these Trinity APUs. Intel's Core i3 3220 is a bit slower than the A10-5800K. We're switching to a much newer version of the x264 HD benchmark for our new test suite (5.0.1). Some early results are below if you want to see how things change under the new test:
x264 HD 5.0.1 Benchmark | ||||
1st Pass | 2nd Pass | |||
AMD A10-5800K (3.8GHz) | 33.5 fps | 7.41 fps | ||
AMD A8-5600K (3.6GHz) | 32.2 fps | 7.12 fps | ||
Intel Core i3 3220 (3.3GHz) | 35.2 fps | 6.61 fps |
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silverblue - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
They are going to.http://www.anandtech.com/show/6201/amd-details-its...
Origin64 - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
That's what they said about Trinity last year. I'm not buying it, not since Bulldozer.CeriseCogburn - Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - link
Yep, it's always the future, the next one, for the amd fanboysean.crees - Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - link
I agree, the best case scenario for AMD is the A10-5700 with 65 watt TDP in a SFF ITX enclosure utilizing the integrated GPU.ac2 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Oops that last line should read "That puts a $50 saving towards..." not $70So:
- Pentium G850: $70 (HD2000 less Quicksync)
- Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V: $70 (with PCIe 3.0 and USB 3.0 onboard)
Can easily upgrade to a more powerful GPU/ CPU down the line..
cyrusfox - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
Correction to your commentThe G850 will only support PCIe 2.0, you would need to wait for Ivy refresh of celeron/pentium.
If it was me and I was going cheap/Intel, I would just buy a Celeron G530 for $40, why bother with the G850, its just as handicapped with a little more CPU freq.
But trinity would be a whole lot more fun to play with then those chips even though it may be slower doing a lot of the same task. Some of us just enjoy overclocking while undervolting while rooting for the perpetual underdog.
CaptainDoug - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
The G850 has Intel HD 2000 graphics. Big step up. Also as far as motherboard compatibility, if you go with a celeron, your choices for boards that are also compatible with i3, i5, i7 boards is slim pickin's. Going with a pentium gives you more advanced motherboard options. I agree that the G530 is a great CPU for cheap but it's just a little harder to upgrade to anything amazing. Trinity is quite interesting though. Would be great in a small desktop for the wife.wwwcd - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
HD 2000 is a scrap ;)rarson - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - link
Having Intel graphics is not, in any way, a plus. Especially a turd like HD2000.delirious7 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - link
how is the ivy bridge pentiums or celerons going to have pci express 3.0 when even the core i-3 processors don't? intel decided to omit pci express 3.0 from everything under an core i5.the only thing besides a slightly better clock for clock that ivy gives you with the ivy bridge pentiums is memory support up to speeds of 1600 instead of 1333 like sandy bridge.