AMD Trinity A10-5800K vs Intel Ivy Bridge i5-3470 - Discrete GPU Gaming Performance

Battlefield 3

Betafield 3 is the much hyped 2011 multiplayer shooter from EA DICE that gullible fans like yours truly will be bombarded by bog standard DLCs for some time to come until the franchise refresh next year. Powered by the fairly optimized Frostbite 2 DX11 engine which scales more with GPU than CPU, we see almost no experiential difference between the two different CPU architectures here.

Crysis 2

Pretty much the same story with Cryteks CryEngine 3 powered Crysis 2, which was supposed to be the standard bearer for graphics but not living up to its namesake until later patches enabled DX11 and high resolution textures.

Nexuiz

The Nexuiz 2012 remake is a fast paced Quake-ish shooter, also powered by the mod friendly CryEngine 3. Both processors are neck and neck here.

Sniper Elite V2

Sniper Elite V2 takes place in 1945 Berlin where you fantasize being an undercoverAmericanOffice of Strategic Services(OSS) spy with the objective of taking out the members of the V-2 rocket programme. The game utilizes Rebellions Asura engine.

Alien vs Predator

I think youd rather have a chestbuster implanted inside you now than for me to tell you that both sides performed equally well.

Hard Reset

There starts to be a tangible difference here...