Kaveri VS. Intel Ivy Bridge

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The Kaveri A10-7850K is priced at roughly U$200+. While the Ivy Bridge G2030 + R7 260x is also around U$200+.

Can somebody explain which one should I get?
 
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APU is only for playing on low settings on 720p resolution, you'd be better off with an Athlon x4 750k and a 7790gpu or something in that range, Tom's and many other places recommends the Athlon 750k for 1080p gaming on a budget and I've seen my bro play every game so far on ultra fine on his a10 5800k paired with a 660ti, a10 5800k is the same thing as athlon 750k just with built in graphics, both are trinity
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I understand that a discrete GPU would always destroy an APU.
But performance-wise? The APU has 4 cores clocked at 3.7-8 with turbo to 4, while the G2030 has 2 cores clocked at 3.

Will be using as a test unit for gaming.
 
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APU is only for playing on low settings on 720p resolution, you'd be better off with an Athlon x4 750k and a 7790gpu or something in that range, Tom's and many other places recommends the Athlon 750k for 1080p gaming on a budget and I've seen my bro play every game so far on ultra fine on his a10 5800k paired with a 660ti, a10 5800k is the same thing as athlon 750k just with built in graphics, both are trinity
 
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Performace wise - in gaming - the pentium setup wins.

Amd and intel cpu's havent had parity in a long time.

That's why you can get gaming benchmarks where a lowly i3 can trade blows with amd 8350's.
 
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Most games only use 1 - 4 cores though.

The 2 choices the OP gave, the pentium setup wins thanks to superior gaming cpu and the discrete GPU.

Plus upgrade path to i5/i7.
 
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That's a good point about the upgrade path, but it still ends with socket 1155 while the better i7-4770K is 1150.
Wiki also states the coming Broadwell are expected to launch on 1150 platforms.
 
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Between the two choices the OP gave, the pentium/dGPU choice is better. However, I'd say it's due to the GPU, not the CPU. The Pentium is only equal or worse than a quad-core Trinity/Richland chip.

Tom's recommends the 750K over any pentiums.

The point about upgradeability is taken, but I'd go for a Haswell chip in that case, and most people don't upgrade even if they have the option too.

Get an FM2+ board and you can use a Kaveri chip, or possibly whatever comes next.
 
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Because the 260X has far more cores, and a faster memory subsystem.

EDIT: The main limiter of gaming performance will be the GPU. The 7850K has 512 shaders at 720MHz. The 260X has 896 shaders at 1100MHz, let alone the DDR3 vs GDDR55 difference.

Plus, Ivy Bridge does more calculations per clock cycle.
 
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