AMD의 브라조스(Brazos) 플랫폼을 계승하는 카비니 APU 리뷰.

[ 카비니 라인업 ] 

쿼드코어 CPU, 라데온 HD 8400(600MHz), CPU 클럭 주파수 2GHz, TDP 25와트의 A6-5200

쿼드코어 CPU, 라데온 HD 8330(500MHz), CPU 클럭 주파수 1.5GHz, TDP 15와트의 A4-5000

듀얼코어 CPU, 라데온 HD 8280(450MHz), CPU 클럭 주파수 1.65GHz, TDP 25와트의 E2-3000

듀얼코어 CPU, 라데온 HD 8240(400MHz), CPU 클럭 주파수 1.4GHz, TDP 15와트의 E1-2500

듀얼코어 CPU, 라데온 HD 8210(400MHz), CPU 클럭 주파수 1GHz, TDP 9와트의 E1-2100

[ CPU는 재규어(Jaguar) 코어 / E2-3000 까지 DDR3L-1600 메모리 지원 이하 모델은 DDR3L-1333 ]

테스트는 아래 카비니 프로토 타입 모델로 진행 / AMD 카비니 vs 인텔 클로버트레일 & ARM

Compared to a similarly clocked dual-core Bobcat part, Kabini shows a healthy improvement in PCMark 7 performance. Despite the clock speed disadvantage, the A4

모질라 크라켄 테스트에서 재규어는 기존 밥캣 보다  좀 더 향상된 성능

카비니의 내장 그래픽 성능은 인텔 HD4000 보다는 많이 떨어지지만 퀄컴 아드레노320 및 라데온 6310, 말리 T604 보다는 매우 높은 성능을 발휘

오픈CL 퍼포먼스는 인텔 HD4000 보다 높은 성능을 발휘

카비니의 바테리 효율은 좋은편

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AMD의 카비니는 인텔의 저전력 코어I3 부터 펜티엄 / 셀러론 브랜드를 타겟. On the graphics front, Kabini's Radeon HD 8330 is stuck between a rock and a hard place. It's significantly faster than what we had with Brazos (and lightyears ahead of what you get with Clover Trail), but not faster than Intel's HD 4000 which we viewed as the minimum acceptable level of performance for processor graphics upon its introduction. However, if you're playing older titles, or when faced with more tablet-like 3D workloads, Kabini's GPU should do very well.

On the power front, Kabini is great. In our tests we found much better battery life than Brazos and even better battery life than 17W Ultrabook-class Ivy Bridge parts. The days of AMD being associated with poor battery life are long gone. Kabini manages compelling battery life and better performance than Brazos, which is exactly what AMD needs. Given how successful Brazos was (almost 50M units shipped), Kabini seems to have the right recipe.

The real question for me is what sort of laptops and devices we’ll see when manufacturers release Kabini into the wild. The prototype laptop is really weak on some areas I care about—the keyboard and touchpad just don’t impress, and build quality is flimsy at best—but what it does have is a great LCD for what will hopefully be a budget-friendly laptop. Give me a reasonable Ultrabook-style chassis (or maybe a dockable tablet) with Kabini and a decent quality 1080p touchscreen and do it at the right price and there are plenty of people that will jump at the offer.