AMD Zacate E-350 with Radeon 6310 GPU Benchmark Results

The AMD E-350 is one of the latest ULV CPU's or APU's as AMD likes to state it with CPU running at 1.6GHz and GPU at 500MHz. It uses shared system RAM for the graphics card. Pretty much all Zacate systems utilize a single channel controller. But I thought I'd compare just for fun the difference between using a single RAM DIMM vs two RAM DIMMs, and results are as expected, nearly equal. The RAM is also limited to 1066MHz speeds, so faster RAM won't help much. Although I am seeking low CAS 1066MHz DDR3 RAM to test further. Since these CPU's are usually in power sipping netbooks, you might be better off utilizing a 4GB single RAM chip than 2x2GB to save a couple watts of power extending your battery life even more.

System Configuration:

Eee 1215b
AMD Zacate E-350 APU with Radeon 6310 GPU
2x4GB DDR3 G.Skill 1333MHz CAS 9 (CAS 7 @ 1066)
12.1" 1366x768 LCD

Drivers were AMD Catalyst 12.1a.

All tests were run at default config, 1280x720 unless otherwise specified.

Results as follows:

3DMark06

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3DMark Vantage

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3DMark11

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Crysis settings were run at Low
Crysis DirectX 9

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Crysis DirectX 10

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DiRT 2 Demo Benchmark run at low settings

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HAWX 2

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Just Cause 2 benchmarks were run using low settings

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Resident Evil 5

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Skyrim

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Game intro scene until dragon attacks (stop and start benchmark when creating character image)

STALKER Pripyat Demo DirectX 9 run at Normal settings with Normal Dynamic Lighting
STALKER Pripyat Demo DirectX 10 run at Normal settings with Enhanced Dynamic Lighting

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Street Fighter IV

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Trackmania United run using "Normal" preset

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i didnt know having two ram sticks would affect the performance, maybe im better off with 1x4gb ddr3? ive got 6gb in right now, 4gb+2gb ddr3 both 1066 speeds

are you gaming on your AMD e350? ive got the e450/6320 GPU

so far medium and low settings on modern warfare 3 and assassins creed revelations, pretty good, and runs really cool

 

No, performance difference is negligible between 1 and 2 sticks of RAM. I don't really game with mine, well not regularly at least. I do toy with it out of curiosity's sake though. I only showed this to verify that a single stick or two sticks of RAM don't impact performance. Advantage of a single stick would be to extend battery life.

It is curious, however, that there seems to be a slight performance improvement with a single stick, albeit very slim (< 2%), but it's pretty consistent across the board. You realistically wouldn't notice 25 fps vs 25.5 fps. Can't hurt to try pulling out the 2GB stick and see for yourself.

I kind of wanted the DM1z with E-450, but I fell upon a good deal on this Eee 1215b for $289, so couldn't pass it up.

 

i got mine around 300$ from a friend and just added a 4gb stick which was 20$ so it wasn't so bad

this thing can game, and im happy. im an engineering student so i need it for simulators and calculators and programs.

but i enjoy gaming on the side, most netbooks are crap, with the intel cards. AMD/ATI is the only way to go

 

I agree, if you want any kind of gaming capability, AMD is the way to go. Wait until AMD Trinity later this year when apparently you will get Llano level performance in an 18W form factor. So basically Llano in the type of system you currently have, and they're targeting "ultrabook" (I hate that term) systems less than $500.

 

Brazos/Zacate/... only supports single channel memory which is why you're seeing that slight overhead with 2 sticks.

 

Thanks. I know that and stated that in my third sentence of my original post. It was just an experiment since I was already running single RAM chip in my Llano laptop. Was really trying to get performance numbers, and added it just for peace of mind. I've seen weirder things happen despite manufacturer's claims.

I am also getting some DDR3 1600 CAS 9 RAM, hoping maybe it will run CAS 6 at 1066, but I doubt it. We will see. If so, I will test again and see if tighter timings help any amount.

 

Any clue if these will provide a dual channel memory controller for increased bandwidth?

I'm also interested in a smaller laptop (11.6"-13.3") that has better integrated graphics performance compared to today's AMD E-450/350 or Intel's HD3000. And, the price AMD is targeting, it will make a great little gaming laptop for my needs.

 

Don't know, but most likely it will have dual channel memory controller. There's even talk of on-chip dedicated VRAM. But that may be reserved for the 35W regular mobile chip and not the ULV's. However, there's a good chance there may be a 13" 35W laptop. that would be an awesome machine. If Trinity ends up truly having 50% GPU performance improvement, you're talking some pretty significant 3D performance at least at 720p.

 

Nice thread!

I have the E-350 in my Lenovo Ideapad s205 that I bought early this year. I am running it with 2x2GB RAM. How much battery time would it be realistic to expect to gain from switching to one 4gb stick? I already put a SSd (64gb M4) in it and it didn't make that much of a difference in battery life, although I didn't do any tests.

I ran the 3Dmark11 benchmark as well and got these scores:

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3DMark Score	P289
Graphics Score	260
Physics Score	693

The test took an awful lot of time to finish so kudos to you for doing this comparison

 

Cool!

My mom's Lenovo G575 has an E350 and I believe one 4GB stick of DDR3.

 

Thanks for sharing your benchmark results. It's good to have confirmation of numbers!

Not all SSD's are created equal. Some have phenomenally low power consumption, others higher than a 5400RPM HDD. I have found the Intel X25-M series had minimal power consumption. Your true test is to actually run the battery down from full to 10% with a consistent drain and measure. From what I've read though the Crucial M4 has decent power characteristics. I'm sure if you did the test you'd probably see at minimum 30 minute gain over a traditional 5400RPM HDD, probably more.

Considering these laptops sip power, keep your screen brightness at medium, one RAM chip vs two might save 0.5W at idle and perhaps 1W at load, but I have yet to test for certain (another one to put on my plate). That may not seem much but could add another 20-30 minutes battery life. So culmination of SSD + one stick vs two could be about 60 minutes or more of additional battery life.

 

Just did a Skyrim runthrough. It's not the greatest, but it's playable at 1024x576 at low preset. I ran at both native 1366x768 and 1024x576.

This is the intro scene until the point the dragon attacks and you can move freely.

Skyrim

 

It may be slightly better with 1.4 patch but I think the GPU probably just can't take the load.

 

That is with the 1.4 patch.

 

Here is my contribution to this thread.

Computer tested on

Dm1z --- 3000 series ---- E-350 4gb ram
Power setting : AMD Gaming mode

Game : Heroes of Newerth

Settings: Low --- all low settings
Med --- all med settings

Overall the game was very playable. Its hard to make out the little details on the small screen but as you can tell from the graph, the differences in FPS ratings are not that substantial.

 

^ 3000 series. Is that the Intel HD 3000?

How is the fps during 5v5 clash with all the spells and skills?

 

No it's DM1z-3000 series with AMD E-350.

 

As nut said, its an Hp DM1 3000 series. The newest is the 4000 series.

As for the E-350. 5v5 with spells going, it was not bad at all. As you can see from the chart, most of the head on 5v5 battles happened when the FPS dipped a little. Either way, it was very playable.

I have an i3 system with hd3000 graphics and its much better... then again, thats a full fledged laptop/cpu where I am lucky to get 1 and 1/2 hours out of. The Dm1 I can get upwards of 5 without even trying to cut back.