Debunking the Myth that Next Gen Consoles are too weak

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freedquaker said:

Pemalite said:

Just a quick question, why are you quoting the CPU performance, instead of the GAMING performance here? Because we all know that Intel CPUs will demolish the Kaveri in CPU bound scenarios but most games are not. On the next 3 pages, there are the game benchmarks, where Kaveri easily outmatches or catches up with High end Intel CPUs which are much more expensive. You seem to have conveniently posted an entirely irrelevant set benchmarks and skip everthing that is relevant!

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/12

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/13

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/14

Please next time, when you quote something about gaming consoles, quote the gaming performance and the impact of CPU. And you know what, this is KAVERI, with discrete graphics, way lower than what PS4 has, and without the low-level improvements and driver optimizations etc...

All those benchmarks are using intergrated graphics so they are GPU bound.

As you can see even with a modest GPU even a mid tier I5 with slower RAM matches the A10. Throw a CPU bound game with a high end GPU in the mix and it looks more like this.

Good value for money sure but AMD's APUs don't hang with high end Intel CPUs in games.