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A8-5600K vs. Pentium G2120 CPU Review

Let’s take a look at the A8-5600K (3.6 GHz), one of the new second-generation CPUs with integrated video from AMD (“APU”), and compare it to its main competitors, such as the Pentium G2120 (3.1 GHz) and the Core i3-2100 (3.1 GHz).

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DiRT3

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How We Tested
  • 3. PCMark 7
  • 4. VirtualDub
  • 5. Photoshop CS5
  • 6. After Effects CS4
  • 7. Media Espresso 6.5
  • 8. WinZip
  • 9. iTunes
  • 10. Cinebench 11.5
  • 11. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
  • 12. Far Cry 2
  • 13. DiRT3
  • 14. Battlefield 3
  • 15. Borderlands 2
  • 16. 3DMark 11 Professional
  • 17. Overclocking
  • 18. Conclusions

DiRT3 is a DirectX 11 game. We measured performance using this game by running a race and then playing it back using FRAPS. We tested this game at 1920×1080, configuring all image quality settings at their lowest values.

AMD A8-5600K APU

The performance level of the A8-5600K’s integrated video on DiRT3 was also comparable to that of a GeForce GT 440 with 1 GB. Only the integrated video of the A10-5800K was faster than the integrated video of the A8-5600K (by 28%); the integrated video of the A8-5600K was 8% faster than the A8-3870, 16% faster than the A8-3850, and 157% faster than the Pentium G2120. The Core i3-2100 can’t run this game, since its video engine is DirectX 10.1, not DirectX 11.

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