Monday, September 3rd 2012

AMD "Trinity" A-Series APUs Competitive with Desktop Core i3 "Ivy Bridge"

If the prices trickling in from leading distributors such as BLT are anything to go by, AMD's next-generation A-Series "Trinity" APUs will occupy price-points competitive with Intel's Core i3 and Pentium chips based on the "Ivy Bridge" silicon. AMD thinks its quad-core (two module) Piledriver architecture cores, coupled with VLIW4-based graphics cores have a fair shot against dual-core Ivy Bridge Core i3 chips, with triple- and dual-core A-series "Trinity" chips going up against Pentium "Ivy Bridge." Two of the chips leading AMD's lot will be the A10-5700 (quad-core, 3.40 GHz, 384 SP), and A10-5800K (unlocked multiplier, quad-core, 3.80 GHz, 384 SP).
Source: Engadget
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26 Comments on AMD "Trinity" A-Series APUs Competitive with Desktop Core i3 "Ivy Bridge"

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SteevoThe original steppings with the TLB issues and even worse overclocking performance we no where near what a C2D could do at stock, and we are on a site dedicated to pushing hardware to the maximum, who cares about what stock does.

Pinto VS Evo.
We are both in agreement that the original Phenom I wasnt great for overclocking. Whether the batch with the TLB error was even worse at overclocking has little bearing on the fact that Phenom I on a whole was a poor overclocker.

Saying that, despite the OC impairment at stock speeds the Phenom I could at least compete original Conroe and Kentfield and Conroe C2D at stock in many situations. It definitely wasn't faster than it but it was within a stone's throw.
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