Hi All
This thread has been created by myself and Powermonkey500 as we have very similar hardware except processor and motherboard.
My initial idea was to show the performance of the FX 8350 with single gpu and crossfire. Powermonkey500 offered his services as a comparison so A BIG THANK YOU TO HIM FOR HIS TIME AND EFFORT.
Both rigs are running corsair vengeance ram 16 GB at 1600mhz , crossfire HD 7970 GHZ editions at stock (1050 / 1500) please see my sig rig for further details. The differences mainly are:
AMD fx 8350 @ 4.8GHZ with ASUS Crosshair V formula Z
Intel i5 3570K @ 4.8GHZ with ASROCK Extreme 4
The Games so far used are Dirt Showdown, Sleeping Dogs and Battlefield 3, we hope at some point soon to add Hitman Absolution and Farcry 3.
I will start by adding the AMD Benchies followed by Intel. All games are preset to Ultra settings at 1080P Highest possible settings except in Showdown where the option on the intel rig was not available to turn on Global illumination, so we left that off.
Battlefield 3 is a difficult benchmark so we chose Toms Hardware's preferred balanced benchmark using Fraps on the following part of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wAA-NJj0Z0k
AMD Validations:
CPUZ: http://valid.canardpc.com/2600069
GPUZ: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/9v8uz/
Intel Validations
GPUZ: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/h35b6/
CPUZ: http://valid.canardpc.com/2599064
Sleeping Dogs
Single card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
CrossFire Intel
CPU/GPU Usage FX8350
Showdown
single card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CPU GPU Usage FX 8350
Battlefield 3
Single Card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CPU/GPU Usage FX8350
3d Mark 11
Single Card AMD
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5085392
Single Card Intel
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5078798
Crossfire AMD
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5085322
Crossfire Intel
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5078760
Heaven
Single Card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CINEBENCH
AMD
INTEL
MAX PAYNE 3
AMD Single
INTEL SINGLE
AMD Crossfire
INTEL Crossfire
AMD USAGE GRAPH
Formula 1 2012
AMD Single
INTEL SINGLE
AMD Crossfire
Intel Crossfire
Hitman Absolution
AMD Single
Intel Single to follow
AMD Crossfire
Intel Crossfire to follow
AMD Usage graph
Metro 2033
AMD Single
min 25 max 54 AVG 38.55
Intel Single to come
AMD Crossfire
min 63 max 90 avg 78.667
Intel Crossfire To follow
AMD Usage
Before anyone asks, yes on both rigs f1 2012 ran slower with crossfire enabled than in Single GPU mode hence I did not do a usage graph...
My conclusion is that they are very similar in performance at these speeds, i5 wins Some, FX8350 wins some, out of 6 game benchmarks 3 single GPU benches and 3 crossfire benches , the fx8350 won 3 and the i5 won 3, the I5 wins at 3d mark 11 but the 8350 was even at Heaven.
The intention of this thread is to show honest performance differences, I would again like to thank Powermonkey500 for his input and I hope this is useful information to everyone.
This thread has been created by myself and Powermonkey500 as we have very similar hardware except processor and motherboard.
My initial idea was to show the performance of the FX 8350 with single gpu and crossfire. Powermonkey500 offered his services as a comparison so A BIG THANK YOU TO HIM FOR HIS TIME AND EFFORT.
Both rigs are running corsair vengeance ram 16 GB at 1600mhz , crossfire HD 7970 GHZ editions at stock (1050 / 1500) please see my sig rig for further details. The differences mainly are:
AMD fx 8350 @ 4.8GHZ with ASUS Crosshair V formula Z
Intel i5 3570K @ 4.8GHZ with ASROCK Extreme 4
The Games so far used are Dirt Showdown, Sleeping Dogs and Battlefield 3, we hope at some point soon to add Hitman Absolution and Farcry 3.
I will start by adding the AMD Benchies followed by Intel. All games are preset to Ultra settings at 1080P Highest possible settings except in Showdown where the option on the intel rig was not available to turn on Global illumination, so we left that off.
Battlefield 3 is a difficult benchmark so we chose Toms Hardware's preferred balanced benchmark using Fraps on the following part of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wAA-NJj0Z0k
AMD Validations:
CPUZ: http://valid.canardpc.com/2600069
GPUZ: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/9v8uz/
Intel Validations
GPUZ: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/h35b6/
CPUZ: http://valid.canardpc.com/2599064
Sleeping Dogs
Single card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
CrossFire Intel
CPU/GPU Usage FX8350
Showdown
single card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CPU GPU Usage FX 8350
Battlefield 3
Single Card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CPU/GPU Usage FX8350
3d Mark 11
Single Card AMD
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5085392
Single Card Intel
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5078798
Crossfire AMD
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5085322
Crossfire Intel
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/5078760
Heaven
Single Card AMD
Single Card Intel
Crossfire AMD
Crossfire Intel
CINEBENCH
AMD
INTEL
MAX PAYNE 3
AMD Single
INTEL SINGLE
AMD Crossfire
INTEL Crossfire
AMD USAGE GRAPH
Formula 1 2012
AMD Single
INTEL SINGLE
AMD Crossfire
Intel Crossfire
Hitman Absolution
AMD Single
Intel Single to follow
AMD Crossfire
Intel Crossfire to follow
AMD Usage graph
Metro 2033
AMD Single
min 25 max 54 AVG 38.55
Intel Single to come
AMD Crossfire
min 63 max 90 avg 78.667
Intel Crossfire To follow
AMD Usage
Before anyone asks, yes on both rigs f1 2012 ran slower with crossfire enabled than in Single GPU mode hence I did not do a usage graph...
My conclusion is that they are very similar in performance at these speeds, i5 wins Some, FX8350 wins some, out of 6 game benchmarks 3 single GPU benches and 3 crossfire benches , the fx8350 won 3 and the i5 won 3, the I5 wins at 3d mark 11 but the 8350 was even at Heaven.
The intention of this thread is to show honest performance differences, I would again like to thank Powermonkey500 for his input and I hope this is useful information to everyone.