
AMD Trinity FM2 APU Preview Review
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You've seen the leaks and read the speculation, but that is all about to change. Yes, the new AMD FM2 APUs have landed at TechPowerUp. Today, we only have a preview of the AMD APUs, but you can definitely expect to see a whole lot of APU reviews in the coming days as they get reviewed by TechPowerUp and other sites.
Of course, I posted pictures of my first test chip back in July. I have since then had the pleasure of using an AMD FM2 APU for daily tasks with my main rig, and I have been using that AMD A10-5800K on the sly for the last three months. Let's just say, yes, I am very familiar with them. A short time before today, as I was prepping the actual review by doing all the needed benchmarks, AMD let us know that we could go ahead and post a preview to show you guys not only what is coming by also including some game performance numbers. A lot of people are asking whether this is "Just another AMD Launch?" and "Why do I even care?", so let's see if we can't clear the air a bit and get some of those questions answered. Let's take a look without any further ado. A list of detailed specifications, and the models that should be launching in just a short time, are shown below:

Specifications
Specifications | |
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MANUFACTURER: | AMD |
MODEL: | AMD A-Series APU |
TECH/PACKAGE: | 32 nm, FM2 socket |
TDP: | CPU Power: 65W and 100W configurations |
PROCESSOR: | “Piledriver” 32nm HKMG process core (up to 4 cores), up to 128 KB L1 Cache (64 KB Instruction, 64 KB Data) Up to 4 MB L2, 2 x 128-bit FPUs / compute module |
MEMORY: | Up to DDR3 1866 @ 1.5V |
GRAPHICS: | Up to 384 Radeon Cores 2.0, DirectX 11 capable, UVD3, VCE |
DISPLAYS: | 3x Digital Display: each supporting Display Port, HDMI or DVI 1x Additional digital display supported using DP 1.2 daisy-chain connection -VGA on FCH |
POWER MANAGEMENT: |
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Models
APU Model | A10-5800K | A10-5700 | A8-5600K | A8-5500 | A6-5400K | A4-5300 |
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AMD Radeon Brand | HD 7660D | HD 7660D | HD 7560D | HD 7560D | HD 7540D | HD 7480D |
TDP | 100W | 65W | 100W | 65W | 65W | 65W |
AMD Radeon Cores | 384 | 384 | 256 | 256 | 192 | 128 |
GPU Clockspeed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | 760 MHz | 760 MHz | 760 MHz | 723 MHz |
CPU Cores | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
CPU Clock (Turbo/Base) GHz | 4.2/ 3.8 | 4.0/ 3.4 | 3.9/ 3.6 | 3.7/ 3.2 | 3.8/ 3.6 | 3.6/ 3.4 |
Total Cache | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB |
Max DDR3 | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz | 1866 MHz | 1600 MHz |
AMD Turbo CORE 3.0 | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Unlocked | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |