Early Ivy Bridge Benchmark: Graphics Performance Greatly Improved

The folks over at Anandtech managed to spend some time with early Ivy bridge production samples and perform a few benchmarks. The skinny: CPU performance is mildly increased as expected, but the GPU is 20-50% faster than the Sandy Bridge GPU. Power consumption is also down about 30W under full load. The graphics, however, are still slower than AMD's Llano (but the Ivy Bridge CPU beats the pants off of the Fusion's). Is the tradeoff worth it?

But still slower then a "real" video card...

[Kenja]

Frankly, I am sick and tired of these integrated GPUs. The theory is that its a cost saver, but since I just put in a dedicated graphics card it ends up being a cost with no benefit. Ah well.

Re:GPU performance always wins

[UnknowingFool]

True but integrated is getting better. At this point the budget nVidia and AMD discrete cards are slightly better than Intel but IMO not worth the $50 for the slight upgrade. You are better off spending a little more and moving towards mid-range for a lot more performance.

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