When it comes to HD video playback, Radeon cards are the most highly regarded, according to our testing. Let’s concentrate in the differences between Sandy Bridge’s HD Graphics 3000 and Llano’s Radeon HD 6620G using the HQV 2.0 benchmark for comparison:
| HQV Benchmark version 2.0 Results (out of 210 possible) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD A8-3500M | Radeon HD 5670 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | |||||||||
| Test Class 1: Video Conversion | 90 | 90 | 78 | ||||||||
| Test Class 2: Noise and Artifact Reduction | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||||||||
| Test Class 3: Image Scaling and Enhancements | 30 | 30 | 25 | ||||||||
| Test Class 4: Adaptive Processing | 27 | 27 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals: | 191 | 191 | 159 | ||||||||
This benchmark is not perfect in that it’s largely subjective. Having said that, you shouldn’t see more than 10 or 15 points difference between seasoned reviewers using the same hardware and driver versions.
So, how does Llano do? With 191 out of 210 possible points, it performs like a Radeon HD 5570, which is to say, quite well indeed.
The Intel HD Graphics 3000 scores 159 out of 210, which is significantly lower. We’re impressed with Intel HD Graphics 3000’s ability to handle noise and compression artifacts, and to optimize poor skin tones. On the other hand it disappointed us with poor 2:2 Film Resolution cadence support, substandard contrast enhancement, and terrible chroma up-sampling and scaling performance.
On top of this, Intel HD Graphics continues to suffer from Intel’s inability to support 23.976 FPS video playback, doubling a frame every 40 seconds. All things considered, AMD wins in this discipline.
- AMD’s Gambit
- Llano Products And Platforms
- The West-Side CPU
- The East-Side GPU
- CPU + GPU = APU: East Meets West
- The Driver Interface And AMD Steady Video
- Test Setup And Benchmarks
- Graphics Benchmarks: Synthetic
- Benchmark Results: Crysis 2
- Benchmark Results: StarCraft 2
- Benchmark Results: Metro 2033
- Benchmark Results: F1 2010
- Benchmark Results: Just Cause 2
- Benchmark Results: H.A.W.X. 2
- Game Benchmarks: Anti-Aliasing
- CPU Benchmarks: Synthetic
- CPU Benchmarks: Productivity
- CPU Benchmarks: Content Creation
- CPU Benchmarks: Media Encoding
- Accelerated Video Encoding: APP Vs. Quick Sync
- HD Video Quality Benchmark: HQV 2.0
- Power Usage And Battery Life
- Conclusion: Llano Brings A Lot Of Potential To The Table
