AMD APU: How Much Progress Has Been Made?

iGPU Benchmarks – 3DMark and 720p Games

3DMark

3DMark Firestrike is Futuremark’s latest creation for testing the GPU performance of high end gaming PCs using Direct X 11 graphics. You can download a free basic version of 3DMark here.

The iGPU is where AMD have done well, since Llano performance has nearly doubled.

Bioshock Infinite

Bioshock Infinite is a first person shooter developed by Irrational Games that is the third instalment of the Bioshock series. The game is the last to be produced by Irrational Games before they announced their closure in February 2014. The game has sold over 4 million copies since its 2013 release.

In real games Kaveri is the first AMD APU to offer competitive frame-rates, as you can see the bulk improvement came between Llano and Trinity and has slowed since.

Metro: Last Light

Metro: Last Light is a single-player first-person shooter video game with survival horror and stealth elements, developed by Ukrainian studio 4A Games and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2013.

Metro Last Light reveals a similar thing to Bioshock, most of the gain came between the A8-3870K and A10-5800K transition.

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider is a popular action-adventure video game published by Square Enix based on the Tomb Raider franchise. The game was released in 2013 and as of March 2014 had sold 6 million copies.

Tomb Raider showed some healthy gains in performance moving through the generations except between Trinity and Llano where the GPU part didn’t actually change.