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With AMD's successor to Trinity already shipping to computer makers we’ve been hearing more and more details about the upcoming parts. Last week, Chinese website Expreview revealed the initial lineup for Richland on the desktop, and now VR-Zone is complementing that with the actual clock speeds for each model.
As previously reported, Richland APUs are essentially a tweaked version of Trinity, built using the same 32nm process and "Piledriver" CPU micro-architecture, but featuring higher clock speeds and tweaked graphics -- branded as 8000-series but they’re actually based on the same Radeon HD 6000-series foundation as Trinity’s.
If the published specifications are accurate, we’ll be seeing a 300MHz boost in base clock speed across the entire range, as well as 200-400MHz higher Turbo speeds over equivalent Trinity APUs and only a modest 37-84MHz bump in GPU frequencies. Despite this AMD has managed to maintain the same 65W and 100W TDPs present on Trinity. The initial lineup will consist of four quad core models and a couple of dual core chips.
Leading the pack is the A10-6800K featuring four cores clocked at 4.1GHz (4.4GHz Turbo), built in Radeon HD 8670D mobile graphics clocked at 844MHz and a 100W TDP. Next up the quad core A8-6600K maintains the 100W power rating and unlocked design but offers lower clock speeds at 3.9GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) while stepping down to Radeon HD 8570D integrated graphics. A couple of 65W quad-core variants will be available as the A10-6700 and A8-6500, equipped with HD 8670D and HD 8570D IGPs respectively, but featuring slightly lower clock speeds to keep power consumption down and locked ‘non-K’ designs.
Lastly, a couple of dual core APUs with 65W TDPs will be available in the form of the unlocked A6-6400K with HD 8470D integrated graphics and the A4-6300 featuring HD 8430D integrated graphics.
The new chips should hit the market in Q2 2013 and will be replaced later this year with the 28nm Kaveri APU.
| Model | Cores | Threads | Base frequency | Turbo | L2 cache | GPU | GPU frequency | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A10-6800K | 4 | 4 | 4.1GHz | 4.4GHz | 4MB | HD 8670D | 844MHz | 100W |
| A10-6700 | 4 | 4 | 3.7GHz | 4.3GHz | 4MB | HD 8670D | 844MHz | 65W |
| A8-6600K | 4 | 4 | 3.9GHz | 4.2GHz | 4MB | HD 8570D | 844MHz | 100W |
| A8-6500 | 4 | 4 | 3.5GHz | 4.1GHz | 4MB | HD 8570D | 800MHz | 65W |
| A6-6400K | 2 | 2 | 3.9GHz | 4.1GHz | 1MB | HD 8470D | 800MHz | 65W |
| A4-6300 | 2 | 2 | 3.7GHz | 3.9GHz | 1MB | HD 8370D | 760MHz | 65W |
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ghasmanjr said:
I bet the A10-6800K will cost a pretty penny.
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spencer said:
I'm guessing at most it will cost no more than 135$ since other apus are fairly cheap 2
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VitalyT said:
I bet the A10-6800K will cost a pretty penny.And I bet it won't. If you follow AMD pricing policy in the last couple years, they are real cheap, even when they update the entire line.
See for yourself: [link]
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ghasmanjr said:And I bet it won't. If you follow AMD pricing policy in the last couple years, they are real cheap, even when they update the entire line.
See for yourself: [link]
I'll be damned. I thought AMD was more expensive than Intel as of a few years ago. Did they drop prices after Bulldozer flopped?
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Not really, theyve always been pretty cheap.
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And I bet it won't. If you follow AMD pricing policy in the last couple years, they are real cheap, even when they update the entire line.
See for yourself: [link]
I'll be damned. I thought AMD was more expensive than Intel as of a few years ago. Did they drop prices after Bulldozer flopped?
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about... google a little bit first, specially when posting replies on a tech site.
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spencer said:
Ok people make mistakes we can calm down now.
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spencer said:
The title says...a lot cheaper than sandy bridge. I really hope you were trolling, if not I'm sorry for you.
+the article is about cpus not apus
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ghasmanjr said:The title says...a lot cheaper than sandy bridge. I really hope you were trolling, if not I'm sorry for you.
+the article is about cpus not apus
The pricing is identical to the i5 series and the i3 series of Sandy Bridge. AMD never made anything that operated similarly to the i7 series. They may have made claims, but according to benchmarks the i7 2600k dominated that generation (not counting i7 performance series).
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spencer said:
So your telling me I can pick up an 17 2600k for 110$. I wish you were right but sadly you are wrong.
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The pricing is identical to the i5 series and the i3 series of Sandy Bridge. AMD never made anything that operated similarly to the i7 series. They may have made claims, but according to benchmarks the i7 2600k dominated that generation (not counting i7 performance series).
bulldozer FX cpus never really related to APUs in terms of pricing and reviews.
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ghasmanjr said:bulldozer FX cpus never really related to APUs in terms of pricing and reviews.
Back prior to its launch, Bulldozer was supposed to be the answer to Sandy Bridge. The article I posted a link to had this to say: "In all likelihood, though, AMD probably never intended to compete with Intel in terms of raw processing power". The benchmarks for Bulldozer were posted weeks prior to the prices being released. AMD saw what they failed to accomplish and priced the chips to sell instead of directly competing with Intel. The 2600k owned that generation. Now, it is the 3770k or the 3960k (if you can afford one). Next, who knows?
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I still fail to see how bulldozer is suddenly relevant to this article.
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