AMD A-10 4600M 512 MB AMD Radeo vs Intel i5 3210M with ATI 7670M 1GB

[mercurial88]

Ok, so im out to buy a new laptop which i will primarily use for "Gaming"...


Primary Reason :
Gaming

Secondary Reason:
We browsing, Mails, Facebook, MS Office (Word, Excel,Outlook), etc

Budget : $700-$800

CPU:
AMD A-10 APU 4600m (2.3 GHz With Turbo Core Technology Upto 3.2 GHz) vs Intel Core i5 3210M (2.5 GHz With Turbo Boost Upto 3.1 GHz)

GPU : AMD - 512 MB AMD Radeon HD 7660G (Integrated) and 2 GB ATI Mobility Radeon 7670M HD Graphics (Dedicated)
Intel - 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 620M (Optimus)

RAM : AMD - 6GB
Intel - 4GB

Which would suit my needs better? The above config cost's me $712 for both the AMD and Intel Laptop.

Appreciate your time and input.

Thanks

 

[bemused_fred]

According to these sites, the 7660G is better than the 620M, and graphics cards is what most defines your gaming experience.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-620M.72198.0.html
http://www.gaminglaptopsjunky.com/gpu-battle-radeon-hd-7660g-vs-radeon-hd-7670m-vs-gt-630m/

However, the A-10 is somewhat more inefficient than intel's architecture, so the AMD laptop will come with shortened battery life.

 

[popatim]

This an easy one, The 7670m much better than the 620m all by itself
but
the 7670m is capable of hybrid crossfire with the 7660g for even more performance!

I hope you have that option! The A10 is the way to go here.

 

[rds1220]

In this case the APU eould be better. Though it has a weaker CPU core it is paired with a better mobile graphics chip. The GTX 620M is not for gaming it is a really low end graphics chip. Now if the I5 was paired with two GTX 670M's or 680M's that would be a different story but again given the specs the APU is better.

 

[mercurial88]

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