We tried it: AMD A8-3850 APU - Introducing AMD Llano, i.e. the "big" Fusion

3D measurements with HD 6790

The Vantage Intel CPU showed superiority in terms of Performance score, with them only the Phenom 970 BE was able to keep up somewhat, but he was also only at 3500 MHz. The setting working at 2900 MHz and the APU results are very close to each other, practically the same. The CPU score provides slightly more information about the power of the CPUs. The trend is similar, unfortunately the APU production this time lags behind the Phenome set to the same clock, although the difference is negligible here as well.

3DMark11 also brought Intel processors to victory, but more importantly, what the new APU shows. It couldn’t stifle competition from the manufacturer (though the differences aren’t big here either), but with the Phenom II X4, it successfully picked up the glove not only at the same operating frequency, but also against the original clock running at 600 MHz extra.

Under Unigine Heaven Benchmark 2.5, the story is pretty VGA-limited, but there are small differences in the scores that meant the A8-3850 APU could be a hair's breadth faster on the same frequency than the Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition, which is another strigula, but the biggest force this time around was Intel processors.

We will move on to the games below. Well, Crysis 2 already proved to be a VGA limit in DX9, but we measured it with similar parameters, because we were curious to see if we could benefit from different CPUs with real game settings, as a CPU around 30 HUF and a similarly priced CPU The AMD Radeon HD 000 doesn’t seem like a bad pairing, and with such a card you can target 6790 × 1680 resolution, but even FULL HD. Crysis 1050 doesn’t spare VGAs, so there was no difference in FULL HD anymore, at lower resolutions, Intel CPUs were able to show 2 FPS advantage.

In Dirt3, the field has already begun to break down a bit. On 4 cores, the 2600k is ahead at 2900 MHz, but the A8-3850 APU lags only 1 FPS, and with a 2600k 3,3 GHz 2/4 setting, it knew the same FPS. It is also encouraging that it can show a 2-3 frame advantage over Phenom, let’s say it’s a mystery why the Phenom was slower at 3,5 GHz than at 2,9 GHz.

Far Cry2 also made a difference, the scheme is similar to that of Dirt3. The 2600k with four cores and four strands in the front, the Llano APU tied with the 2600k in the core behind it, and the Phenom in the back, so the A8-3850 was able to win its in-house battle now, which can be rejoiced again.

Under Hawx2, the field isn’t overly torn, but the recipe still remains. In an attempt to mimic the Core i3-2120, the K12 runs the same setting, which treats Phenom again, if only by 1-2 FPS. In summary, the K12-based A8-3850 was able to accelerate slightly compared to the Phenom II, which isn’t really much, but more than anything, and it’s worth every little FPS treasure.