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Power Consumption Comparison
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SpeedFan with correlations entered.
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Except for an APU with slightly higher clock speeds, the hardware inside the Edge HD3 is very similar to configuration of the Viako ML-45 barebones nettop we reviewed several months ago. The two systems consumed nearly identical amounts of power at idle and H.264 video playback, but the Sapphire used 4~5W more on load. It was still more energy efficient than than previously tested ION configurations of the Zotac ZBOX and Asus Eee Box.
CPU Performance
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CPU-Z screenshot on load.
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The Edge HD3 is powered by an AMD E-450 APU with the same dual core CPU as the E-350, only a scant 50 MHz faster. We don't expect any significant performance differences.
The E-450 was faster to the tune of 5~6% in some of our tests, but the overall performance level is still far behind that of Intel's CULV Celeron SU2300 which based on the Core 2 architecture. An E-series chip is a big step up from an Atom processor, but not as speedy as a modern desktop CPU.
3D Performance
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GPU-Z screenshot.
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The HD 6320 graphics chip is as you would expect, an iterative improvement over HD 6310, offering a small boost in core clock speed. With only 80 shader units and relatively low core and memory speeds, the HD 4350 is its closest desktop competitor.
In 3DMark05/06, the Edge HD3 achieved scores 20% higher than the E-350 based Asus E35M1-M motherboard, while the improvement in our H.A.W.X 2 and Lost Planet 2 benchmarks was 9~10%. An extra two frames per second at 1366x768 doesn't really change the overall gaming experience.
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