Wednesday, September 9th 2015
AMD Readies A10-7890K, A8-7690K and Athlon X4 880K Socket FM2+ Chips
AMD is planning to expand its socket FM2+ chip lineup with three new parts, the A10-7890K and A8-7690K APUs, and the Athlon X4 880K CPU. The three parts surfaced on the compatibility list of socket FM2+ motherboards by BIOSTAR. The architecture mentioned is "Kaveri," but the silicon could very well be "Godavari," (Kaveri refresh).
The refreshed lineup will be led by the A10-7890K, which features CPU clock speeds of 4.10 GHz out of the box, with an unknown TurboCore frequency (the current series leader A10-7870K offers 3.90 GHz with 4.10 GHz TurboCore). The A8-7690K offers CPU clocks of 3.70 GHz, and an unknown TurboCore frequency. There's no word on the iGPU clock speeds of the two chips. The third and most intriguing part is the Athlon X4 880K, with 4.00 GHz CPU clocks. The Athlon X4 FM2+ series lack integrated graphics, and make for good buys for people planning to build machines with discrete GPUs, on the FM2+ platform. All three chips offer unlocked base-clock multipliers, enabling CPU overclocking.
Source:
Guru3D
The refreshed lineup will be led by the A10-7890K, which features CPU clock speeds of 4.10 GHz out of the box, with an unknown TurboCore frequency (the current series leader A10-7870K offers 3.90 GHz with 4.10 GHz TurboCore). The A8-7690K offers CPU clocks of 3.70 GHz, and an unknown TurboCore frequency. There's no word on the iGPU clock speeds of the two chips. The third and most intriguing part is the Athlon X4 880K, with 4.00 GHz CPU clocks. The Athlon X4 FM2+ series lack integrated graphics, and make for good buys for people planning to build machines with discrete GPUs, on the FM2+ platform. All three chips offer unlocked base-clock multipliers, enabling CPU overclocking.
51 Comments on AMD Readies A10-7890K, A8-7690K and Athlon X4 880K Socket FM2+ Chips
When the 7870K came out, it was hardly even a bump over the 7850K. I doubt that AMD has paid any attention to the problems that the 7850K had, namely the throttling of the CPU to 3GHz when the iGPU was under load. Seeing as this is just a 2nd refresh of the same hardware, AMD probably hasn't even given a shit about that issue, let alone fixed it.
The 880K could be interesting, however, because the 860K was clearly a good CPU held back by lack of popularity and a low clockspeed. The 760K burned, while the 860K is cool at load, even on stock cooler. It clearly is capable of going past 3.7GHz, so it's nice to see that the 880K could make up for the deliberate handicap that AMD gave the 860K.
The other for entry gaming, the Pentium G3258 ($65) and a Z87 for say $75 which then a novice that wants to try their hand with OC can do with it but needs something more than a stock cooler ($25). All that (3 parts) will have you see a few Fps jump, but that's 45% more cost.
If this 880K is out of the box a little faster, and AMD can hold the line on the price, it should continue to be good part for building entry gaming machines. Not like what there doing with the R7 370's crazy pricing of being >$150.
The whole focus was a top tier i3 vs 880k - Im also partially going by AMDs off the cuff remark about 'real' or 'true' cores
the price of the 880k should fall around the same as the i3 i reckon so why not compare the performance?
As for i3 vs FX-8350, Im just showcasing how 'inefficient' AMDs top of the range CPU is compared to an i3. But i did post positives and negatives so it wasnt just a complete onesided fanboy rant. If you want to send me motherboards and CPUs for me to benchmark and come up with some solid results for you then i welcome your patronage.
At the end of the day Its all about how much one has to spend and how to get the best for your budget. I dont think a top tier i3 bottlenecks a 970 or 980 that much if anything at all.
I could see this new 880K MSRP >$90, while by the time they push the 860K form the channel I'm sure the 880K would resume the ~$75 price point.
1: The binning process in non-existent, which I have experienced first hand as they all overclock all over the place ranging from pitiful to amazing.
2: Its only a dual core (No HT)
Really, that is why I went back to liking the 860k a bit more on budget platforms. The price and having the extra cores with more consistent overclocking (Least in my experience) has been quite nice.Indeed, but you have to take into account the need for a better cooler to hit those clock speeds. Though when you throw something like a Hyper 212 into the mix, it still pretty cheap and will hit the max the chip can offer anyways. I tested an 860k with an H100i (for fun) and it got to the same areas I was able to achieve on a Hyper 212 just with slightly lower temps.
Would love to see them really make it known this 880K came with some head-room, and give it cooler more akin to the Phenom II x4 960T Black Edition stock cooler which had heat-pipes. While such a cooler wouldn't unlock OC'n potential of the 960T, it would probably be a super nice stock cooler for the 880K.