Data compression & Multimedia Test

7zip 9.20

Let's move to the benchmarks related to compression, decompression and multimedia files from a known program to manage archives: 7zip.

Let's launch the tool of performance measurement and verify the values, expressed in MIPS, the software reports.

The AMD A8-3850 is ranked second-last between Intel i5-750 and the Intel i3-2100, which occupies the last position.

Looking at the results we see that during decompression this CPU shows a value higher than that found by i5-750.

WINRAR 4 Beta 3

The Winrar benchmark consists of the compression of a software predefined file, reporting a value in KB/s.

In this benchmark the new AMD holds the last position recording a value well below counterparts.

CINEBENCH 11.5

Let's launch Cinebench 11.5, able to test the performance of a CPU by handling and processing of images.

This software, as well as version 10, is highly parallelized and takes full advantage of all processors in the system.

The new CPU occupies the secondlast position not much far by AMD Phenom II 945, quad-core processor operating at 3.0 GHz

CINEBENCH 10

Also this benchmark uses full multicore technologies.

Let's analyze the recorded data.

Even in this case, the A8-3850 occupies the secondlast position betweer the Intel i3-2100 and the AMD Phenom II 945.

X264 HD BENCHMARK

This benchmark enables the assessment of performance by converting a chosen file in the x264 format.

This operation is carried out in four phases by two steps each.

As in the previous test the new AMD solution occupies the secondlast position by giving the average of 64.61 FPS in the first run and 18.8 in the second run.

HandBrake

Let's launch Handbrake with the task of transforming a 698MB MP4 movie verifying which processor needs less time to complete the operation; in this case a lower value on the graph indicates a superior performance.

In this test, the AMD A8-3850 took more time than the other processors to convert the file to MP4.

His performance is still very close to that recorded by AMD Phenom II 945.

Considerations on CPU test

Compared to the tested processors the A8-3850 is usually positioned just below a Phenom X4 II with similar frequency, against which benefits of a larger quantity of L2 cache (an advantage in some applications), but the lacks of the L3 cache, often a penalizing factor. Compared to the Intel counterpartit is placed just above to a dual core Sandy Bridge without HT. As expected the A8-3850 CPU computational performance are not exceptional, but are aligned with those of the previous generation despite the lack of L3 cache and slightly lower frequencies. As we will see in the following tests, the strength of Llano is the integrated GPU.