AMD 2nd Generation A-Series APU Trinity Processors Detailed

AMD has recently announced its 2nd Generation A-Series Desktop APU processors that are based on Trinity architecture. The new 2nd generation APU lineup includes A10-5800K, A10-5700, A8-5600K, A8-5500, A6-5400K and A4-5300. The new desktop APUs features four x86-64 cores (depends on the model) that are spread across two Piledriver microarchitecture modules, and built with Radeon HD 7000 series graphics core. It also sports 384 stream processors (for the highend) down to 128 stream processors (for the low end), an integrated northbridge and dual channel DDR3-1866 MHz integrated memory controller.

The AMD APU A10 and A8 has 4 cores in total, but the A10 has more stream processors with 384 compared to A8 that has only 256 Radeon cores. The A6 and A4 are dual cores but they also differ in the stream processor and the GPU that they carry. Below are more details on the specifications of the respective 2nd generation A-Series APU processors.

2nd Generation A-Series APU Trinity Processors Specifications

APU Model	A10-5800K	A10-5700	A8-5600K	A8-5500	A6-5400K	A4-5300
CPU Cores	4	4	4	4	2	2
CPU Clock Base/Turbo	3.8GHz / 4.2GHz	4.3GHz / 4GHz	3.6GHz / 3.9GHz	3.2GHz / 3.7GHz	3.6GHz / 3.8GHz	3.4GHz / 3.6GHz
Total Cache	4MB	4MB	4MB	4MB	1MB	1MB
Max DDR3	1866MHz	1866MHz	1866MHz	1866MHz	1866MHz	1600MHz
AMD Tubo Core 3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
AMD Radeon Graphics Brand	HD 7660D	HD 7660D	HD 7560D	HD 7560D	HD 7540D	HD 7480D
AMD Radeon Cores	384	384	256	256	192	128
GPU Clock Speed	800MHz	800MHz	760MHz	760MHz	760MHz	723MHz
TDP	100W	65W	100W	65W	65W	65W

If my guess is correct, the models A10-5800K, A8-5600K and A6-5400K have their cores unlock. That means more room for overclocking. Pricing for the said processors are still not confirmed. But I’m sure they offer a more affordable price compared to AMD’s rival.

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