AMD 5350 vs G3258

[geordiejc]

I have 2 x HTPC's in my home specs below:

bedroom (rarely used)
Amd 5350
AM1I-A
4GB DDR3
HDD

living room (used 5-6 hours daily)
intel g3258 (not oc'd)
8gb DDR3
msi H81I
SSD

I've often considered swapping the systems and the ssd / hdd as the amd uses cpu less power.

will the amd 5350 be as snappy as the intel system for HD playback/browsing/unraring with an SSD?

 

[AiiR]

The 5350 is a greeat cpu for general useage with an SSD, used to have one myself and couldn't tell the difference between that and my i7 rig when browsing the web.

 

[Brazo]

Had a 5350 and a 5370.

The intel pentium is a step up in performance.

 

[AMDPower]

the amd 5350 is considerably slower than the G3258 just different leagues so is their power requirements at idle and
under load.

 

[geordiejc]

What about for hd play back?

 

[Lokken86]

I have an a4 4000 which is comparible to your cpu and It can handle HD video just fine. Yours actually has a slightly better IGP.

 

[AMDPower]

HD playback is fine but 4k resolution it struggles well on you tube anyway, Its believe its something to do with driver issues
and internal coded inside the Integrated Graphics.

 

[mmj_uk]

The AMD 5350 Kabini cores are about a quarter of the performance of the Pentium cores so snappiness will depend largely on if what you're experiencing is a CPU or HDD bottleneck. The A4 4000 Richland cores are also a lot better than Kabini.

 

[Jonners]

For me it would be the Pentium every time, despite the lack of Cores.

 

[Telecaster]

Have both, Pentium walks it every time.

 

[sanaxe1]

Is it worth the effort to save £9 per year? I would just stick to what you have.

 

[Lokken86]

The AMD 5350 Kabini cores are about a quarter of the performance of the Pentium cores so snappiness will depend largely on if what you're experiencing is a CPU or HDD bottleneck. The A4 4000 Richland cores are also a lot better than Kabini.

The A4 is only duel core.