AMD Fusion E-350 Linux Performance

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Fusion E-350 Linux Performance

By now you have likely seen the AMD Fusion E-350 APU showcased on a number of Windows web-sites, but how is this AMD Accelerated Processor working in the Linux world? At Phoronix today are the first in-depth Ubuntu Linux benchmarks being published from this promising, low-power solution designed to compete with Intel's Atom.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=15801

[d1saster]

would be nice to see how the e350 compares to a core i7 2657M (17 W TDP)

[Veerappan]

Looks pretty nice. I've been considering a Zacate Mini-ITX board as a MythTV front-end after I move this summer (and rebuild the HTPC / Home server setup).

When you do the graphics comparison, could you add in a dedicated graphics card as an additional data point?

Something like:
1) Fusion w/ Catalyst
2) Fusion w/ r600g
3) Fusion w/ a dedicated Radeon card running Catalyst
4) Fusion w/ dedicated Radeon w/ r600g

Adding in the dedicated card would help us to figure out how much the CPU is bottle-necking the graphics performance.

Also, checking the smoothness of full-screen HD video playback would be a cool thing to do, as it seems like a lot of people (not just me) are considering the Fusion chips for HTPC duties.

[Schlensinger]

d1saster: Why? The i7 costs about three times what an E-350 *with board* costs. Do you actually suggest comparing an Atom to that i7?

Does anyone already have some SoftRAID benchmarks for the E-350? I ordered mine but it isn't quite here yet.

[sandain]

Did I miss the OpenCL tests, or are they just not there? It seems like the biggest advantage that this Fusion architecture has could be seen with the right OpenCL benchmark.

[walterav]

Maybe a little bit off-topic, but could you test HDMI audio with and or without catalyst drivers with this chipset?

[mastereye]

Even though video acceleration doesn't work it might be able to play an HD video just using the CPU. However, I couldn't find any information on that. That's why I would like to pose the following two questions:
Is it fast enough to play a 720p HD h.264 file?
Is it fast enough to play a 720p HD flash/youtube video?

[PsynoKhi0]

Even though video acceleration doesn't work it might be able to play an HD video just using the CPU. However, I couldn't find any information on that. That's why I would like to pose the following two questions:
Is it fast enough to play a 720p HD h.264 file?
Is it fast enough to play a 720p HD flash/youtube video?

From this post:

Without hardware acceleration it's possible to play 720p but just barely

[Veerappan]

Did I miss the OpenCL tests, or are they just not there? It seems like the biggest advantage that this Fusion architecture has could be seen with the right OpenCL benchmark.

Oh yes, I forgot to ask for that one. I am very curious to see how the OpenCL performance on the Fusion chips works out. I can see lots of potential for reduced startup latency and reducing communication bottlenecks.

[jntesteves]

d1saster: Why? The i7 costs about three times what an E-350 *with board* costs. Do you actually suggest comparing an Atom to that i7?

Because it's a 17W TDP i7, which indicates Atom architecture inside. The article is currently comparing an 18W TDP Fusion chip with an 8W TDP (old) Atom part with way less RAM, which is actually showing a great performance from the Atom chip to me.


And I read somewhere there are new Atoms with GPU and MemCtlr in chip now. Does anyone confirm that? Atom is a SoC now?