LEAK : Steamroller = Up to 25% IPC BOOST from Piledriver (20% AVG)

"The biggest architectural change Kaveri APU features is the use of the latest 28nm Steamroller architecture that is a true multi-threaded architecture focusing on enhancing the IPC (Instruction-Per-Cycle) by up to 25%." Wccftech

Steamroller 20-25% IPC increase further supported as the leaks come out for Kaveri. Believe what you want, all I can say is you will be pleasantly surprised! 

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AMD FX 9650 

4.5 Ghz with 4.8 Ghz Turbo 

125W TDP

$449 

AM3+ 1090FX - Up to 2933 DDR3 Mhz Ram

Coming Soon!

Battle of the Ultrathins Round 2 : Gaming Benchmarks

Richland (25W)

AMD A10-5745m

2.1/2.9 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 8610G - 384 Shader Units

Haswell (15W)

Intel i5 4250u

1.3/2.6 Ghz Turbo

2C/4T

Intel HD 5000

Settings: IGP/Value Settings from Anandtech - 1366 x 768 

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"The graphics unit called Radeon HD 8610G offers all 384 shader units (VLIW4) and is slightly faster than the HD 7660G. The core is clocked at 533-626 MHz (turbo)" 

The 7660g will be compared with the HD 5000 in this case. 

RESULTS:

GRID 2 : Winner AMD by +8.8%

Haswell : 43.1 FPS

Richland : 46.9 FPS

Tomb Raider : Winner AMD by +6.3%

Haswell : 28.3 FPS

Richland : 30.1 FPS

Sleeping Dogs : Winner AMD by +43.9%

Haswell : 24.6 FPS

Richland : 35.4 FPS

Metro Last Light : Winner AMD by +49.3%

Haswell  : 13.6 FPS

Richland : 20.3 FPS

BioShock Infinite : Winner AMD by +26.5%

Haswell : 20.4 FPS

Richland : 25.8

The HD 5000 found in the Macbook Air is only a fraction better than the HD 4400, and even has worse performance in some benchmarks and games. It looks like Iris was only effective at the 55W range, performance plumets as power decreases. AMD maintains a similar performance across all form factors from ultrathin to laptop to desktop, and this range will decrease further with Kaveri. 

Battle of The Ultrathins AMD vs Intel

UltraBook vs UltraThin

Haswell Flagship (15W)

Intel i7 4500u

1.8/3.0 Ghz Turbo

2C/4T

Intel HD 4400

vs

Trinity Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-4655m

2.0/2.8 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 7620G

Found in the ASUS Vivobook U38N-C4004H

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Richland Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-5745m

2.1/2.9 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 8610G - 384 Shader Units

"The graphics unit called Radeon HD 8610G offers all 384 shader units (VLIW4) and is slightly faster than the HD 7660G. The core is clocked at 533-626 MHz (turbo)"

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vs

Kaveri Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-RT2lv

2.4/3.2 Ghz 2M/4T

AMD RT2lv - 512 Shader Units

Cinebench 11.5 

Haswell 

Single Thread : 1.33

Multi Thread : 2.7

Scaling : 2.03x

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Trinity

Single Thread : 0.5

Multi Thread : 1.7

Scaling : 3.4x

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Richland

Single Thread : 0.57

Multi Thread : 1.82

Scaling : 3.19x

Kaveri

 Estimate +20% IPC / +10% clock put it slightly over a A10-5750m CPU performance wise

Single Thread : 0.95

Multi Thread : 2.42

Scaling : 2.55x

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AMD closing the gap with regards to CPU performance. 

3DMark 2013

Haswell: 

Firestrike: 649

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Trinity :

Firestrike: 659

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Richland :

Firestrike: 809

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Kaveri :

 (+33% more shader cores, and if a clock boost by 10%)

Firestrike: 1183

ADDED: The RT2 graphics on this ultrathin will perform roughly the same as an overclocked 8670D desktop GPU found in the A10-6800k APU. 

Until Iris 5100 comes out with the intel i7-4558U, AMD has a huge graphical lead in their ultrathins over haswell HD 4400.

ADDED: The Key for AMD here fast ram! Kaveri FM2+ will support up to 2933 Mhz DDR3 in desktops , and graphics card benefits from 1600-2133 Mhz are ~12-15%, so to 1600-2933 Mhz ~+30% benefit .

In ultrathins 1600 Mhz or 1866 Mhz will be the standard so this benefit is not seen.

AMD FX 9590 Crushes intel in this brand new benchmark

 HWBOT Prime Beta version 0.6.6, Overclocked battle

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz  for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650 

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

IvyBridge Flagship

i7 3930k

Overclocked : @ 5.0 Ghz for 12 Threads

AMD FX 9590

Overclocked : 6812

AMD FX 9650

Overclocked : 7597

Intel i7 3930k

Overclocked : 5963

AMD FX 9590 at 5.2 Ghz trounces intel's flagship 3930k at 5.0 Ghz by +15%. The AMD FX 9650 at 5.4 Ghz on the other hand is in a whole new playing field, surpassing intels 3930k at 5.0 ghz by a whopping 27%, and beating their own Piledriver flagship at 5.2 Ghz by +11.5%.  

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AMD FX 9590 vs intel i7 4770k - X264 V. 5.0

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz  for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz  for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship 

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

AMD FX 9590 Stock (4.8 ghz on all 8 cores)

Score : 18.0

Intel i7 4770k Stock

Score : 16.4

Out of the box the AMD FX 9590 will beat the 4770k by 9.8% in this test. 

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AMD FX 9590 vs i7 4770k vs AMD FX 9650 Pt 2.

More Benchmarks! 

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz  for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz  for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650 4.5 ghz Turbo @ 4.6/4.7/4.8 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship 

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

ADDED:

IvyBridge i7 3770k

Intel i7 3770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

X264 

Single core Performance : Pass 1 fps

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 180.63

Overclocked : 221.27

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 171.29

Overclocked : 181.78

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 197.16

Overclocked : 226.52

ADDED:

Intel i7 3770k

Stock : 168.39
Overclocked : 213.37

AMD FX 9590 at Stock Clocks is 1.7% faster than a stock clocked i7 3770k, and 5.5% slower than a stock clocked i7 4770k in this single core test. 

Multithreaded Performance : Pass 2 fps

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 46.47

Overclocked : 59.42

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 52.80

Overclocked : 56.03

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 60.78

Overclocked : 69.83

ADDED:

Intel i7 3770k

Stock : 41.66
Overclocked : 53.59

AMD FX 9590 at Stock Clocks is 26.7% faster than a stock clocked i7 3770k, and 13.6% faster than a stock clocked i7 4770k in this multi core test. 

AMD is catching up in single core performance out of the box, mainly because of the new "high stock clock / smaller overclock" stance AMD is taking for the next few years. Haswell on the other hand sees a huge increase in performance with this encoding test when compared to IvyBridge. When all cores are used, the AMD FX 9650 will greatly out perform intel's 4C/8T chips and will  barley fall short when compared to intel's 1000 USD 6C/12T. 

AMD FX 9590 vs. AMD FX 9650 vs Intel 4770k

AMD FX 9590 Benchmarks

Recently announced AMD FX 9590 will be AMD's flagship until their Steamroller FX 9650 comes out. Here are the benchmarks! Single-threaded benchmarks coming soon!

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz  for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz  for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650 4.5 ghz Turbo @ 4.6/4.7/4.8 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship 

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.7 Ghz for 8 Threads

ADDED:
Ivy Bridge Flagship
Intel i7 3960x 3.3 Ghz Turbo @ 3.5/3.7/3.9 Ghz for 12/8/4 Threads
Overclocked : @ 4.73 Ghz for 12 Threads

Cinebench 11.5 Multi-threaded Score

AMD FX 9590

Stock :  8.25

Overclocked : 9.0

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 9.15

Overclocked : 10.51

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 7.6 

Overclocked : 10.4


ADDED:
i7 3960x

Stock : 9.6
Overclocked : 13.9

POV Ray 3.7 Multi-threaded PPS

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 1778

Overclocked : 1917.2

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 1985

Overclocked : 2330

Intel i7 4770

Stock : 1444

Overclocked : 1962


ADDED:
i7 3960x

Stock :1675
Overclocked : 2397

Stay tuned!