AMD launches new Carrizo mobile processors, cuts price of existing APUs

[Scorpus]

A collection of AMD's Carrizo-L-based APUs for notebooks and all-in-ones have begun shipping to OEMs, meaning it won't be too long before we see the Puma-based products in new devices.

APU	TDP	DDR3 Speed	CPU Cores	CPU Speed	L2 Cache	Graphics
A8-7410	12-25W	1866 MHz	4	Up to 2.5 GHz	2 MB	Radeon R5
A6-7310	12-25W	1600 MHz	4	Up to 2.4 GHz	2 MB	Radeon R4
A4-7210	12-25W	1600 MHz	4	Up to 2.2 GHz	2 MB	Radeon R3
E2-7110	12-25W	1600 MHz	4	Up to 1.8 GHz	2 MB	Radeon
E1-7010	10W	1333 MHz	2	Up to 1.5 GHz	1 MB	Radeon

In total there are five Carizzo APUs now available, four of which feature quad-core Puma+ CPUs (the other is dual-core), and all come with some form of Radeon graphics. These APUs are the successor to last year's Beema line, while we can expect Excavator-based Carrizo APUs with higher levels of performance later this year.

AMD has also reduced the prices of their Kaveri desktop APUs across the board. Most of the APUs are $6-16 cheaper than the prices AMD set in October last year, which equates to a price drop as high as $46 when compared to launch prices.

APU	Old Price	New Price	Reduction
A10-7850K	$143	$127	$16
A10-7800	$133	$127	$6
A10-7700K	$123	$117	$6
A8-7650K	$105	$95	$10
A8-7600	$92	$85	$7
A6-7400K	$58	$60	-$2
A4-7300	$42	$42	$0

Customers after a Kaveri desktop APU will see the price cuts come into effect on May 10.

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[Cryio]

Man. Except for HTPCs, I still don't see the use of APUs on desktop. Not until the CPUs and iGPU don't become massively powerful at least.

 

[Kibaruk]

The second graph with the price reductions shows a grey bar and a black one that unless you select the text inside it's unreadable (At least for IE11).

 

[Guest]

Works fine on Chrome

 

[Kibaruk]

Here it is

 

[avioza]

Man. Except for HTPCs, I still don't see the use of APUs on desktop. Not until the CPUs and iGPU don't become massively powerful at least.

They are good for building home PC's for users who like light gaming. Built one for a friend who had a small budget for electronic expenses. He prefers to use a computer for surfing and can still play Shogun II at 30frames. $300

 

[Cryio]

They are good for building home PC's for users who like light gaming. Built one for a friend who had a small budget for electronic expenses. He prefers to use a computer for surfing and can still play Shogun II at 30frames. $300

Unless you built him a 7850K, overclocked it, both CPU and GPU and used AMD's 2400 XMP ram, I .... oh well. Good for him.

 

[avioza]

Unless you built him a 7850K, overclocked it, both CPU and GPU and used AMD's 2400 XMP ram, I .... oh well. Good for him.

He also likes it quiet and using lower power consumption.