AMD Athlon 5350 (Kabini) Review

As Kabini is first and foremost a low power APU, we've focused more on 2D testing rather than gaming, although we have included one of our standard game benchmarks. We've limited the results to include comparable CPUs including a selection of embedded Intel CPUs plus a range of AMDs recent APUs. These should give a good indication of how Kabini fares compared to the competition, how much better-performing it is than its predecessor and where it fits in amongst the overall scheme of things.

Test Setup

Software

Below is a list of the applications we've used for our testing:

• Maxon Cinebench 11.5 and R15 X64
  
• WPrime v2.10
  
• CPC Media Benchmarks
  
• MuseMage 1.9.6
  
• BasemarkCL 1.1
  
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  
• Prime95 and Unigine Heaven (power testing)

We've used Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, as this is the most popular 64-bit OS and the most reliable for testing the applications above.

Test Hardware

• MSI AM1I motherboard
  
• 8GB (2x 4GB) G.Skill Ripjaw 1,600MHz DDR3 memory (CL9)
  
• 256GB OCZ Vector
  
• BeQuiet Straight Power E9-400W