There is the prospect of using Hybrid Crossfire to pair the integrated GPU with a cheap graphics card. But it's all a bit complicated for what is in the end a platform with limited upgrade options.
The AMD A10-5700 is a chip we're desperate to like. For starters, it's one of the most technically interesting CPUs around right now. You've got AMD's latest Piledriver architecture and all its funky hybrid core technology. Then there's an AMD Radeon HD...
On June 4 Intel is launching its next generation Core processors, also called Haswell. That means it's the perfect opportunity for us to retest all current processors and a number of older ones with a completely new test configuration. It will not only...
Conventional CPUs shouldn’t be confused with APUs. The recently invented concept of hybrid processors has already gained broad recognition on the market, so we can approach APUs not as a variety of conventional CPUs but as a whole new class of...
Today we'll focus on a pair of AMD's Trinity-based budget processors. Our summer review proved the FM1-based Athlon II X4 processors to be quite good. Now we're going to see if their counterparts can keep up. Testbeds Though the lowest-end FM1-based...
AMD A10-5700: Power savings without compromise A recent market study conducted by Mercury Research has shown that APUs take up more than 70% of the total number of processors sold by AMD in the third quarter of 2012, which clearly showcases the...
Much like the A10 5800K APU , the A10 5700 as tested today is a product for entry-level towards mainstream PCs. The differences at CPU level in-between the two models are 10% at best. GPU Wise you'll see roughly similar performance. The lower base-clock...
We review the AMD A10 5700 APU processor. Based on the APU architecture and building on the strengths of the Llano design, the 2012 AMD A-Series platform has been updated to meet and exceed the increasing demands of today's consumers. Read more...
The A10-5700 is positioned as a more energy efficient choice among the upper rungs of AMD's Trinity APU lineup. As its GPU is identical to that of the flagship A10-5800K except for a negligible reduction in clock speed, you get the same world-class...
Here at HEXUS we've given AMD's second-generation 'Trinity' APU a fair crack of the review whip. The headline A10-5800K improved upon last-gen 'Llano' in almost every way; we examined just how well AMD's claim of Dual Graphics worked; saw comprehensive...
In May AMD introduced its latest generation APUs codenamed Trinity for laptops , and today the desktop versions finally arrived. Last week we were only allowed to write about the hardware behind the new CPUs, the model numbers and the gaming...
We've been playing with AMD's Trinity APUs for four months, and they're just now being rolled out to the channel. This time, we take a look at the architecture's efficiency compared to a pair of Ivy Bridge-based Core i3s. Can A10 and A8 stand up to...
This story, a preview of AMD's Trinity-based A10, A8, and A6 families, was originally published on June 14, 2012. It was not condoned, supported or sponsored in any way by AMD. The piece appears here, unchanged, with the same information presented nearly...
Desktop-bound Trinity APUs are shipping to OEMs, but they won't show up in the channel for months. Nevertheless, we got our hands on three upcoming models. How does Piledriver fare? What about VLIW4 graphics? Does memory play a big role? We answer...
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