Quite often we get the question: How good is the BRIX compared to a ordinary PC. We can now bring you the ultimate test, where our lovely GB-BXi7-4770R takes on several desktop CPUs.
We guess that you will find the results from GB-BXi7-4770R quite impressive.
Please note that we also marked the Intel Core i3-4330 in below diagrams. The reason for this is simple: More or less you can compare the desktop i3 with our GB-BXi3-5010 based on the facts that our GB-BXi7-4770R performs very similar to the i7-4770K CPU.
BRIX is super powerful, and its extremely compact. The future is here.
Comparison Processor Configurations | ||||||||||
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| CPU | AMD | Intel | ||||||||
A10-7850K | A8-7600K | A10-6800K | A8-6500T | Core i7-4770K | Core i5-4670 | Core i5-4440 | Core i3-4330 | Core i7-4770R | ||
| Chip TDP | 95W | 65W/45W | 100W | 65W | 84W | 84W | 84W | 54W | 65W | |
| Current price | £130 | £90 | £105 | £80 | £240 | £160 | £130 | £95 | NA | |
| Motherboard | ASRock FM2A88X-ITX+ | Gigabyte Z87-D3HP | Gigabyte M4HM87P | |||||||
| BIOS | 1.90 | F5 | NA | |||||||
| Chipset Driver | AMD Catalyst 13.12 | Intel Inf 9.4.0.1027 and IMEI 9 | ||||||||
| DDR3 Memory | AMD Gamer Series 16GB (2x8GB) | G.Skill 8GB (2x4GB) | ||||||||
| Memory Timings | 10-11-11-28-2T @ 2,133MHz | 9-10-9-27-2T @ 1,600MHz | 9-10-9-27-2T @ 1,866MHz | 11-11-11-28-2T @ 1,600Hz | ||||||
| Integrated Graphics | Radeon R7 | Radeon R7 | HD 8670D | HD 8550D | HD 4600 | HD 4600 | HD 4600 | HD 4600 | Iris Pro 5200 | |
| IGP driver | AMD Catalyst 13.30 RC3 | Intel 15.33.8.64.3379 | ||||||||
| Disk Drive | Samsung 840 Pro 250GB | Intel mSATA 180GB | ||||||||
| Chassis | Corsair Graphite 600T | Gigabyte Brix | ||||||||
| Power Supply | Corsair AX760i | Gigabyte external | ||||||||
| Operating System | Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit | |||||||||
CPU and Memory Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| HEXUS PiFast | Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places | |||||||||
| CineBench R15 | Using Cinebench’s multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | |||||||||
| wPrime 2.1.0 | Another number-crunching benchmark that stresses all available CPU cores/threads | |||||||||
| AIDA64 v4.00.2805 | Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency | |||||||||
Multimedia Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| LuxMark 2.0 | An OpenCL rendering benchmark | |||||||||
| MuseMage 1.9.6 | An OpenCL image-manipulation benchmark (64-bit) | |||||||||
| HandBrake 0.9.9.1 | Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores (64-bit) | |||||||||
System Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| PCMark 8 v2.0 | System-wide examination that uses the Home preset, run with OpenCL acceleration | |||||||||
| 3DMark | DX11, run at the Firestrike default test | |||||||||
| SiSoft Sandra 2014 | Aggregate score that takes a composite of 12 system-wide benchmarks | |||||||||
Gaming Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| BioShock Infinite | DX9, 1,280×720 and 1,920×1,080 medium quality | |||||||||
| GRID 2 | DX9, 1,280×720 and 1,920×1,080 high quality | |||||||||
| Total War: Rome II | DX9, 1,280×720 and 1,920×1,080 medium quality | |||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks | ||||||||||
| Power Consumption | While idling and when running wPrime and GRID 2 | |||||||||
Source: http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/67021-intel-core-i7-4770r-22nm-haswell/
Benchmark: Single- and Multi-core
GB-BXi7-4770R outperforms all CPUs from Intel, except the Core i7-4770K.
Memory Analisys (AIDA64 v4.00.2805)
Please remember that Intel Core i7 uses 1866 MHz memory while our GB-BXi7-4770R uses 1600 MHz.
Multimedia
We have a new king when it comes to combined power. Our GB-BXi7-4770R gets better results than the high-end Core i7 4770K CPU and its simply because of the more powerful iGPU (Iris PRO 5200 vs Intel HD 4600).
System
Same trend. Our GB-BXi7-4770R gets better results than the high-end Core i7 4770K CPU and its simply because of the more powerful iGPU (Iris PRO 5200 vs Intel HD 4600).
GIGABYTE GB-BXi7-4770R gets better results than the high-end Core i7 4770K CPU and its simply because of the more powerful iGPU (Iris PRO 5200 vs Intel HD 4600).
Performance Per Watt
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Power Consumption
We feel these numbers speak for itself. You do not just save electricity by changing to BRIX, you also have much less heat. Perfect for so many environments, HTCP, Office, School and so on.
