AMD Athlon 5350 / 5150 & Sempron 3850 / 2650

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 13 April 2014 at 02:30 PM EDT. Page 5 of 9. 31 Comments.

Here's some Xonotic test results, but you can get an idea for now between the graphics performance of these AM1 APUs.

AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux
AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux

With Xonotic there's certainly a noticeable difference between the Athlon 5150 and 5350 with this more demanding open-source OpenGL game enjoying the higher CPU frequency for handling the DarkPlaces-derived engine.

AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux

For tests not able to effectively leverage four CPU cores over two, the Sempron 2650 is competitive with -- or can actually outperform -- the Sempron 3850 due to its slightly higher clock speed (two cores at 1.45GHz vs. four cores at 1.30GHz).

AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux
AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux
AMD AM1 Athlon Sempron APUs Ubuntu Linux

With only a $20~25 difference between the Sempron 2650 and Athlon 5350, if your budget allows, you can get more than twice the performance out of the highest-end socketed Kabini APU.


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