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AMD A10-5800K Desktop Processor Review
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, INC. (AMD)
Product Name: A10-5800K
Model Number: AD580KWOHJBOX
Price as Tested: $129.99 (Newegg)
Full Disclosure: The product sample used in this article has been provided by AMD. Right on track, well after Ivy Bridge, AMD has released their second generation of Accelerated Processing Units in the form of the Trinity series A10-5800k and the A8-5600k. Last week, we brought you a preview of these two APUs just to give you a taste of their gaming performance and some of their specifications. Today, at Benchmark Reviews, we are going in detail for a full work-over of the A10-5800 APU. Unfortunately, six months is a long time. A lot can happen in six months, and a lot of processors can be sold. Based on the performance that we have seen up to this point, the second generation AMD APUs are set to beat their equivalently priced Ivy Bridge counterparts quite handily. The problem is finding the group of customers who waited patiently for their appearance and held off from buying an Intel system.
Last week we saw some details about the new Trinity APUs, including some of the impressive GPU numbers they put up. Today we can get into more of the details, including what they cost and a more robust selection of benchmarks. With the A10-5800 retailing at Newegg.com for $129.99 today, that puts it right in the market of the i3-3220. We have comparison tests ready to go for those two processors, as well as a slew of benchmarks comparing graphics in all their varieties. For reference, I've listed a chart below with all of the Trinity series FM2 APUs and their respective specifications.
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Comments
Is it capable of running in hybrid, APU and discrete graphics in order to boost graphic performance?
These new APUs are indeed capable of Hybrid Crossfire, and that has improved with this platform having a more powerful on die GPU. Crossfire always scales to the lowest common denominator, so this Hybrid Crossfire works better than the last generation does.
Overall, this batch of APUs is an improvement over my A8-3850 with the HD6670 in Hybrid Crossfire. (a system that I use daily)
Interestingly enough, it was AMD that came out with the first PCI-E 3.0 GPUs, although none of their current chipsets support it.
silly tho
yep - u can have way more fun than intel
but gpu is not for gaming
Looking at these graphs I couldn't really see that. It looked to me like the A10 slightly edged it out here too. It was at least close enough to render the author's statement as perceived bias.
Keep in mind, too, that the final thoughts and the ratings are solely my opinion. The charts show the actual performance. It is just my opinion that I would use the i3-3220 over the A10-5800K if I didn't need the graphics capability of the APU.
That being said, I probably wouldn't be using either of those processors if I needed CPU intensive processing.
##passmark.com/cpubenchmark/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+A10-5800K+APU
Passmark.com is usually a decent way to get a quick "snapshot" of a CPU's general performance, just beware with brand new models, since the small sample size brings about skewed results.
I don't see this being worth the money in anything except maybe laptops which cannot be upgraded anyway.
Actually the 5800k if faster than the i3-3225 in ALL games, and if you look here at these charts - most of the CPU tasks as well (did you look at the charts?) the CPU only deficit in Cinebench to the i3-3220 was a mere 2%.
Yes you can pair the i3 with a discrete card and get the same graphics performance and more heat/consumption for more money if you want to pay yet more.
It's easily worth it, think HTPCs that can game most all games at ~ console quality, small compact computers, businesses that don't need discrete GPUs, Laptops, netbooks, tablets -- any places where any discrete GPU is not desired and 3D rendering or superpi isn't the daily tasks, then there are no better options out there for the price ... none.
sums it nicely
If u want decent graphics, & we all do, AMDs boards hit a sweet spot
Oh wait, as u say, an igp on a separate chip from a dying company & runs hotter (as u say) & I doubt is better - right - we agree - sorry for the turgid text
If cine bench is such a big deal, Open CL? - it will stomp on intel
32nm s not bad
if itel have a node/cpu advantage? - having an on die decent gpu trumps it by a country mile for most. open cl seems a happening thing - as u needs grow - so will u power
If u look at the basic numbers of pcie
last i heard
a top end card on an 8 channel vs a 16 channel - nothing in it
even a 4 channel wasnt far behind
am talking amd 7850/90 etc
we have 2 b right
else
why do dual cards