AMD A8 3850 CPU REVIEW

"We are benchmarking the AMD A8 3850 processor against the AMD Athlon II X3 455 processor. The AMD A8 3850 is clocked at 2900Mhz and the AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3300Mhz. We will be using Benchmarks for testing the AMD A8 3850 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 which are:- Divx, Povray, Sysmark 2007, Windows Media Encoder, Dragon Age Origins and World of Warcraft. The AMD A8 3850 has a 13% lower clock speed than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. The AMD A8 3850 also has 4 Cores compared to the 3 found on the AMD Athlon II X3 455. Let battle begin between the AMD A8 3850 and AMD Athlon II X3 455."

AMD A8 3850

	SYSTEM INFORMATION
PROCESSOR	AMD A8 3850
	AMD ATHLON II X3 455
MOTHERBOARD	ASUS F1A75-V EVO
	FOXCONN A76ML-K 3.0
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6850
AMD DRIVER	CATALYST v11.12 WHQL
MEMORY	PATRIOT 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS

NORMAL QUALITY

	103
	98

AMD A8 3850 AMD ATHLON II X3 455

COMMENT - "The AMD A8 3850 is 5% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 with Dragon Age Origins using Normal Quality."

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

NORMAL QUALITY

	53
	50

AMD A8 3850 AMD ATHLON II X3 455

COMMENT - "The AMD A8 3850 is 6% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 with World of Warcraft using Normal Quality."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The AMD A8 3850 is an impressive CPU which also has built in Radeon Graphics so it was an interesting review against the AMD Athlon II X3 455. We used various benchmarks to test the different types of software which the AMD A8 3850 and AMD Athlon II X3 455 use everyday. For general computer use the winner was the AMD A8 3850 which was 15% faster than the AMD Athlon II X3 455. When using games software the AMD A8 3850 was 6% better than the AMD Athlon II X3 455 for a solid win. The AMD A8 3850 is clearly more technologically advanced when compared to the AMD Athlon II X3 455. However there is a slight problem and that is the price of the AMD A8 3850 which is 30% more than the price of a AMD Athlon II X3 455. If you must have a CPU with build in GPU then the If you are just looking for a CPU to do the basics then the AMD A8 3850 will meet your needs."

AMD A8 3850 CPU REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - AMD A8 3850 AND AMD ATHLON II X3 455 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - DIVX, POVRAY AND POWER REQUIREMENT

PAGE 3 - SYSMARK 2007 AND WINDOWS MEDIA ENCODER

PAGE 4 - DRAGON AGE ORIGINS, WORLD OF WARCRAFT AND FINAL RESULT

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