AMD Llano A8-3850 vs Intel Core i3 2120

I have recently been looking at the performance of the new AMD Llano CPU's. Having looked at a few benchmark videos and bench mark results I decided to compare an Intel CPU and an AMD CPU that both cost the same amount of money (well as close as I could get on the eBuyer website)
The two CPU's I chose were the AMD Llano A8-3850 and the Intel Core i3 2120 CPU. Both of which are of the latest CPU's from each company and both cost around the same sort of price. The intel CPU being £6 more. Here are the 2 CPU's on the eBuyer website;

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/272282
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/254978

AMD Llano A8-3850 Specifications
Core Speed - 2.9Ghz
Number of cores - 4
Number of threads - 4
Cache - 4mb
Intergrated Graphics - 6550D
Graphics Frequency - 600MHz

Intel Core i3 2120 Specifications
Core Speed - 3.3GHz
Number of core - 2
Number of threads - 4
Cache - 3Mb
Intergrated graphics - Intel HD 2000
Graphics Frequency - 850Mhz

As you can see the AMD CPU has 4 real cores whereas the Intel CPU only has 2 real cores and Hyper Threading. This might make a noticeable difference in the CPU benchmarks later on.

I first went on the the CPU benchmark site called www.cpubenchmark.net this site has bench marks for pretty much every CPU that there is and is based on results that are got from it's own benchmark program called Passmark Performance test. Every time someone runs the program it uploads the results from the CPU and graphics card tests to this website. These are the benchmark results for both of the CPU's. Bearing in mind that the graphics side of the chips are not taken into account on this test.

AMD Llano A8-3850 - 4786
Intel Core i3 2120 - 3943

As you can see the AMD is already way ahead with basic CPU performance. It is around 21% faster for £6 less cost. This clearly makes the A8-3850 a better option for just CPU performance.

Now I am going to look at the graphical performance of each CPU. I couldn't find much data really about the graphics performance however I did find a couple of videos of each CPU running  games. (I know the intel one is based on the 2100 but that is because I couldn't find 2120 specific results)

Here is the AMD Llano A8-3850 running Crysis 2 without the aid of a graphics card

Here is the Intel Core i3 2120 running Dirt 3 without a graphics card

As you can see the Intel CPU is running the graphics on low with a resolution of only 1024x768 which is pretty feeble. The AMD A8-3850 is running Crysis 2 (known for being demanding) It is also running a second benchmark program in the background of the game loading 2 of the cores to 100% as well.

Overall I think that AMD have really hit the spot with the new APU series of processors that they have developed. They are definatly cheaper than the Intel equivalent and also seem to offer some very good performance as well. If AMD carry on this way with there higher performance CPU's in the future I am pretty sure that they will earn a lot of money of this great design.

AMD ATI Graphics Card Chip Comparison Table

Chip	Core Clock	Memory Clock	Memory Interface	Memory Transfer Rate	Pixels per clock	DirectX
Radeon 9200	250 MHz	400 MHz	128-bit	6.4 GB/s	4	8.1
Radeon 9200 Pro	275 MHz	550 MHz	128-bit	8.8 GB/s	4	8.1
Radeon 9200 SE	200 MHz	333 MHz	64-bit	2.6 GB/s	4	8.1
Radeon 9250	240 MHz	400 MHz	128-bit	6.4 GB/s	4	8.1
Radeon 9250 SE	240 MHz	400 MHz	64-bit	3.2 GB/s	4	8.1
Radeon 9500	275 MHz	540 MHz	128-bit	8.6 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9550	250 MHz	400 MHz	128-bit	6.4 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9550 SE	250 MHz	400 MHz	64-bit	3.2 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9500 Pro	275 MHz	540 MHz	128-bit	8.6 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon 9600	325 MHz	400 MHz	128-bit	6.4 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9600 Pro	400 MHz	600 MHz	128-bit	9.6 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9600 SE	325 MHz	400 MHz	64-bit	3.2 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9600 XT	500 MHz	600 MHz	128-bit	9.6 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9700	275 MHz	540 MHz	256-bit	17.2 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon 9700 Pro	325 MHz	620 MHz	256-bit	19.8 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon 9800	325 MHz	580 MHz	256-bit	18.56 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon 9800 Pro	380 MHz	680 MHz	256-bit	21.7 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon 9800 SE	325 MHz	500 MHz	128-bit or 256-bit	8 GB/s or 16 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon 9800 XT	412 MHz	730 MHz	256-bit	23.3 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon X300 SE	325 MHz	400 MHz	64-bit	3.2 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon X300	325 MHz	400 MHz	128-bit	6.4 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon X550	400 MHz	500 MHz	128-bit or 64-bit	8 GB/s or 4 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon X600 Pro	400 MHz	600 MHz	128-bit	9.6 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon X600 XT	500 MHz	730 MHz	128-bit	11.68 GB/s	4	9.0
Radeon X700	400 MHz	600 MHz	128-bit	9.6 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon X700 Pro	420 MHz	864 MHz	128-bit	13.8 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon X700 XT	475 MHz	1.05 GHz	128-bit	16.8 GB/s	8	9.0
Radeon X800 SE	*	*	*	*	8	9.0
Radeon X800	400 MHz	700 MHz	256-bit	22.4 GB/s	12	9.0
Radeon X800 XL	400 MHz	1 GHz	256-bit	32 GB/s	16	9.0
Radeon X800 GT	475 MHz	**	128-bit or 256-bit	**	8	9.0
Radeon X800 GTO	400 MHz	1 GHz ***	256-bit	32 GB/s	12	9.0
Radeon X800 Pro	475 MHz	950 MHz	256-bit	30.4 GB/s	12	9.0
Radeon X800 XT	500 MHz	1 GHz	256-bit	32 GB/s	16	9.0
Radeon X800 XT PE	520 MHz	1.12 GHz	256-bit	35.8 GB/s	16	9.0
Radeon X850 Pro	520 MHz	1.08 GHz	256-bit	34.56 GB/s	12	9.0
Radeon X850 XT	520 MHz	1.08 GHz	256-bit	34.56 GB/s	16	9.0
Radeon X850 PE	540 MHz	1.18 GHz	256-bit	37.76 GB/s	16	9.0
Radeon X1050	****	****	****	****	4	9.0c
Radeon X1300 HM	450 MHz	1 GHz	128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit	16 GB/s or 8 GB/s or 4 GB/s	4	9.0c
Radeon X1300	450 MHz	500 MHz	128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit	8 GB/s or 4 GB/s or 2 GB/s	4	9.0c
Radeon X1300 Pro	600 MHz	800 MHz	128-bit or 64-bit or 32-bit	12.8 GB/s or 6.4 GB/s or 3.2 GB/s	4	9.0c
Radeon X1300 XT	500 MHz	800 MHz (DDR2) or 1 GHz (GDDR3)	128-bit	12.8 GB/s or 16 GB/s	12	9.0c
Radeon X1550	450 MHz or 550 MHz or 600 MHz	800 MHz	64-bit or 128-bit	6.4 GB/s or 12.8 GB/s	4	9.0c
Radeon X1600 Pro	500 MHz or 575 MHz	780 MHz	128-bit	12.48 GB/s	12	9.0c
Radeon X1600 XT	590 MHz	1.38 GHz	128-bit	22.08 GB/s	12	9.0c
Radeon X1650 Pro	600 MHz	1.40 GHz	128-bit	22.40 GB/s	12	9.0c
Radeon X1650 XT	575 MHz	1.35 GHz	128-bit	21.60 GB/s	24	9.0c
Radeon X1800 GTO	500 MHz	1 GHz	256-bit	32 GB/s	12	9.0c
Radeon X1800 XL	500 MHz	1 GHz	256-bit	32 GB/s	16	9.0c
Radeon X1800 XT	625 MHz	1.5 GHz	256-bit	48 GB/s	16	9.0c
Radeon X1900 GT	575 MHz	1.2 GHz	256-bit	38.4 GB/s	36	9.0c
Radeon X1900 XT	625 MHz	1.45 GHz	256-bit	46.4 GB/s	48	9.0c
Radeon X1900 XTX	650 MHz	1.55 GHz	256-bit	49.6 GB/s	48	9.0c
Radeon X1950 GT	500 MHz	1.2 GHz	256-bit	38.4 GB/s	36	9.0c
Radeon X1950 Pro	575 MHz	1.38 GHz	256-bit	44.16 GB/s	36	9.0c
Radeon X1950 XT	625 MHz	1.8 GHz	256-bit	57.6 GB/s	48	9.0c
Radeon X1950 XTX	650 MHz	2 GHz	256-bit	64 GB/s	48	9.0c
Radeon HD 2400 Pro	525 MHz	800 MHz	64-bit	6.4 GB/s	40 *****	10
Radeon HD 2400 XT	700 MHz	1.6 GHz	64-bit	12.8 GB/s	40 *****	10
Radeon HD 2600 Pro	600 MHz	800 MHz	128-bit	12.8 GB/s	120 *****	10
Radeon HD 2600 XT	800 MHz	1.6 GHz (GDDR3) or 2.2 GHz (GDDR4)	128-bit	25.6 GB/s (GDDR3) or 35.2 GB/s (GDDR4)	120 *****	10
Radeon HD 2900 GT	600 MHz	1.6 GHz	256-bit	51.2 GB/s	240 *****	10
Radeon HD 2900 Pro	600 MHz	1.85 GHz	512-bit	118.4 GB/s	320 *****	10
Radeon HD 2900 XT	740 MHz	1.65 GHz (GDDR3) or 2 GHz (GDDR4)	512-bit	105.6 GB/s (GDDR3) or 128 GB/s (GDDR4)	320 *****	10
Radeon HD 3450 ^	600 MHz	1 GHz	64-bit	8 GB/s	40 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3470 ^	800 MHz	1.90 GHz	64-bit	15.2 GB/s	40 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3650 ^	725 MHz	1 GHZ (DDR2) or 1.6 GHz (GDDR3)	128-bit	16 GB/s (DDR2) or 25.6 GB/s (GDDR3)	120 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3690 ^	668 MHz	1,656 MHz	128-bit	26.5 GB/s	120 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3850 ^	670 MHz	1.66 GHz	256-bit	53.12 GB/s	320 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3870 ^	775 MHz	2.25 GHz	256-bit	72 GB/s	320 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 3870 X2 ^  +	825 MHz	1.8 GHz	256-bit	57.6 GB/s	320 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4350 ^	600 MHz	1 GHz	64-bit	8 GB/s	80 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4550 ^	800 MHz	1.6 GHz	64-bit	12.8 GB/s	80 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4650 ^	600 MHz	1 GHz or 1.4 GHz	128-bit	16 GB/s or 22.4 GB/s	320 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4670 ^	750 MHz	2 GHz (512 MB) or 1,746 MHz (1 GB)	128-bit	32 GB/s or 27.94 GB/s	320 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4730 ^	750 MHz	1.8 GHz	128-bit	28.8 GB/s	640 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4770 ^	750 MHz	3.2 GHz	128-bit	51.2 GB/s	640 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4830 ^	575 MHz	1.8 GHz	256-bit	57.6 GB/s	640 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4850 ^	625 MHz	2 GHz	256-bit	64 GB/s	800 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4850 X2 ^ +	625 MHz	2 GHz	256-bit	64 GB/s	800 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4870 ^	750 MHz	3.6 GHz	256-bit	115.2 GB/s	800 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4870 X2 ^ +	750 MHz	3.6 GHz	256-bit	115.2 GB/s	800 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 4890 ^	850 MHz	3.9 GHz	256-bit	124.8 GB/s	800 *****	10.1
Radeon HD 5450 ^	650 MHz	800 MHz (DDR2) or 1.6 GHz (DDR3)	64-bit	6.4 GB/s (DDR2) or 12.8 GB/s (DDR3)	80 *****	11
Radeon HD 5550 ^	550 MHz	(varies)	128-bit	(varies)	320 *****	11
Radeon HD 5570 ^	650 MHz	1.8 GHz	128-bit	28.8 GB/s	400 *****	11
Radeon HD 5670 ^	775 MHz	4 GHz	128-bit	64 GB/s	400 *****	11
Radeon HD 5750 ^	705 MHz	4.6 GHz	128-bit	73.6 GB/s	720 *****	11
Radeon HD 5770 ^	850 MHz	4.8 GHz	128-bit	76.8 GB/s	800 *****	11
Radeon HD 5830 ^	800 MHz	4 GHz	256-bit	128 GB/s	1,120 *****	11
Radeon HD 5850 ^	725 MHz	4 GHz	256-bit	128 GB/s	1,440 *****	11
Radeon HD 5870 ^	850 MHz	4.8 GHz	256-bit	153.6 GB/s	1,600 *****	11
Radeon HD 5970 ^ +	725 MHz	4 GHz	256-bit	128 GB/s	1,600 *****	11
Radeon HD 6390 ^	550 MHz	(varies)	128-bit	(varies)	320 *****	11
Radeon HD 6850 ^	775 MHz	4 GHz	256-bit	128 GB/s	960 *****	11
Radeon HD 6870 ^	900 MHz	4.2 GHz	256-bit	134.4 GB/s	1,120 *****	11
Radeon HD 6950 ^	800 MHz	5 GHz	256-bit	160 GB/s	1,408 *****	11
Radeon HD 6970 ^	880 MHz	5.5 GHz	256-bit	176 GB/s	1,536 *****	11