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AMD Compares Llano and Sandy Bridge in Video

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US | B 77 comments

AMD hopes to inform and sway with this video.

Sandy Bridge is the new big dog in the consumer computing processor space – or is it? In terms of certain benchmarks, it is, but AMD feels that graphics have a big part to play too. With software supporting more GPU acceleration, there's certainly a valid point.

AMD has just released a video showing its Llano APU system going head to head against an Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. We know which side has the better graphics part integrated, but how does that translate into real-world performance? This is what AMD is trying to show everyone, but keep in mind that these are specific conditions.

AMD Releases Llano / Sandy Bridge Comparison Video

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    joytech22 , March 3, 2011 8:28 AM
    Did.. Did I just watch Intel get owned in the mobile department?
    Oh boy! let the war commence!

    Until.. the desktop parts are available, then we'll proceed with the desktop war.
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    joytech22 , March 3, 2011 8:28 AM
    Did.. Did I just watch Intel get owned in the mobile department?
    Oh boy! let the war commence!

    Until.. the desktop parts are available, then we'll proceed with the desktop war.
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    bombat1994 , March 3, 2011 8:37 AM
    well done AMD. The processor might not be as powerful but the intergrated graphics are much better than sandy bridge. quite a good effort for a upper market mobile cpu.

    lets just hopes bulldozer can follow suit
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    joytech22 , March 3, 2011 8:39 AM
    bombat1994well done AMD. The processor might not be as powerful


    I should probably point this out, AMD's CPU in this video is just a Pheonom II with AMD's GPU on the same die.

    That's why if you had a Phenom with the same clocks and cores as this, they would both perform almost exactly the same in a CPU workload.
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    shreejan86 , March 3, 2011 9:09 AM
    http://sandybridgelaptops.blogspot.com/
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    hardcore_gamer , March 3, 2011 9:13 AM
    shreejan86http://sandybridgelaptops.blogspot.com/


    whats your point ?
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    dragonfang18 , March 3, 2011 9:13 AM
    I feel like I need an arbitrary review to make sure...
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    Anonymous , March 3, 2011 9:20 AM
    Pointless, AMD need to have product in market already, they are running late and need to execute!
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    chronium , March 3, 2011 10:22 AM
    Umm did they just compare a Intel mobile CPU to a AMD desktop CPU?
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    chaoski , March 3, 2011 10:24 AM
    Let's see this thing on the market.....already, AMD
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    pelov , March 3, 2011 10:32 AM
    chroniumUmm did they just compare a Intel mobile CPU to a AMD desktop CPU?


    Believe they're both mobile CPUs.

    It basically shows AMD beating Intel in the graphics department, this time via APU. This, of course, is nothing new for AMD/ATi and sort of expected. Great for laptops as it means you don't need a discrete GPU in a lappy anymore to achieve decent framerates... unless it's a gaming laptop or desktop :p 
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    sudeshc , March 3, 2011 10:42 AM
    by the day AMD launches Intel would be up with something else and we again would on same page.
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    jattitude84 , March 3, 2011 10:46 AM
    Amd bring it on....if this video is unbiased then surely intel will be biting their nails in fear
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    ca87 , March 3, 2011 10:47 AM
    This is good **shit** bring on AMD! My Next after Next build just might be all round AMD.
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    haplo602 , March 3, 2011 10:54 AM
    while the demo is nice, there's no details about both configurations to judge if what we are watching is actualy real world or just marketing.
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    dalta centauri , March 3, 2011 11:01 AM
    @alan0n
    It does show the need of having integrated graphics where laptops could easily benefit from them while not suffering alongside power and performance. Intel has had integrated graphics for a while, but they hardly improve overall and it's not the best experiance. This tries to show you that the APU allows you to play games, render, stream videos, and more then what the intel graphics normally give while trying to be cost effective.
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    Ciuy , March 3, 2011 11:05 AM
    Intel always had crappy graphics GPU`s . Someone should sue them for making those shitty HD 3000 bla bla graphics that cant even play a decent bluray video.
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    Anonymous , March 3, 2011 11:10 AM
    That is impressive AMD, both are mobile quad cores, If this comparison is true clearly AMD has the upperhand with bulldozer. Uses less power than sandy bridge but it runs certainly smoother then sandy bridge according to the video.
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    nebun , March 3, 2011 11:10 AM
    almost forgot...when it comes to CPU raw performance, AMD really needs to catch up...and they better hurry up
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