3DMark Vantage
3DMark Vantage is the industry standard performance benchmark for DirectX 10 gaming PCs. It includes two graphics tests, two CPU tests and six feature tests. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark Vantage is the best way to consistently and reliably test DirectX 10 under game-like loads.
The A6-3650's overall performance was greatly increased with the addition of a discrete graphics card and was on par with the A8-3850 showing that the CPU speeds in this benchmark were negligible. Though the A6-3650 with a 6570 only gained 400 extra marks when in CrossfireX, where as the A8-3850 gained a whopping 1500 extra points in CrossfireX.
3DMark 11
Designed to measure your PC’s gaming performance 3DMark 11 makes extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading. Trusted by gamers worldwide to give accurate and unbiased results, 3DMark 11 is the best way to consistently and reliably test DirectX 11 under game-like loads.
Again Stock performance between the HD 6530D and HD 6550D are in predicatable positions while both APUs were on par when coupled with the 6570. However in this benchmark, the HD 6530D no longer wanted to play as a threesome and when in CrossfireX 3DMark 11 failed to complete the final combined test thus no result is available. It would appear that there is a driver and/or compatibility issue with the software when using the A6-3650 in CrossfireX with the 6570.
