AMD Athlon 5350 (Kabini AM1 Platform) FS1b APU Review (w/ Sapphire R7 240 Low Profile)

1. Introduction2. Kabini and the AM1 Platform3. Testing Methodology4. Tests: CPU Productivity5. Tests: CPU General Usage6. Tests: System Performance7. Tests: Gaming Performance (w/ Sapphire R7 240 Low Profile)8. Tests: AM1 Platform Performance9. Technical: Power Consumption & Temperatures10. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

AMD's Kabini parts are low-cost, low-power APU products designed to meet the needs of entry-level users. As such, we will test the Athlon 5350 APU in a number of compute benchmarks and real-world tests to outline its CPU and GPU performance, as well as the system performance of the AM1 platform.

AMD AM1 – Kabini – Test System:

• APU: AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz.
• Graphics: Integrated Radeon R3.
• Motherboard: MSI AM1I.
• Memory: 4GB (1x 4GB) AMD Entertainment Series 1600MHz CL9.
• CPU Cooler: Stock 1A213LQ00 CPU cooler.
• System Drive: 240GB SanDisk Extreme II SSD.
• Power Supply: be quiet! Straight Power 400W.
• Operating System: Windows 7 Professional with SP1 64-bit.

Comparison Configurations:

Unfortunately we do not have access to a Bay Trail processor to use as a comparison for the Athlon 5350 APU. As a recognisable reference point, we will be plucking data from a previous review conducted on a system powered by an AMD A10-7850K ‘Kaveri' chip.

• Falcon Computers Dead Silence Kaveri Gaming BattleRig (A10-7850K ‘Kaveri' / 8GB 2133MHz).

Settings:

• AMD 14.20 Beta8 drivers.

Software Suite:

• Cinebench R15 64 bit (CPU)
• HandBrake 0.9.9.1 (CPU)
• WinRAR 5.10 beta 2 (CPU)
• SiSoft Sandra 2014 (CPU, System, Memory)
• 3DMark (System)
• PCMark 8 v2 (System)
• DiRT Showdown (Gaming)
• Bioshock Infinite (Gaming)
• ATTO (General)
• VLC Media Player 2.1.3 (General)

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