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The editors liked
Quad Core
AMD Turbo Core 3.0
Notable Multimedia Performance Increase
3.8Ghz Base Speed
Unlocked
32nm "Piledriver" Processor
Improved 7660D iGPU
DirectX 11 iGPU
4MB L2 Cache
Dual Graphics Support
100W TDP
Good Overclocking
Much improved graphics performance over previous model
Competes well against similarly priced Intel Core i3 CPUs with weaker integrated graphics
Unlocked for overclocking
Great priced mainstream processor. Ondie GPU
Good graphics/video and processing performance. Decent gaming performance for the price.
Excellent and affordable entry 3D rendering power
Decent expected iGPU clocking with all three of my chips managing a 25% or greater frequency increase
Low platform price
NEW Piledriver CPU core design
Support for up to two VGAs in CrossfireX with sup
Discrete level 7660D graphics
CPU performance on par with Ivy Bridge i33220
Can use dual Discrete GPUs in x8/x8
Memory support up to 1866MHz
Supports 8 native SATA III ports
Excellent integrated graphics performance
Adequate CPU horsepower for the price.
The editors didn't like
CPU Performance Moderately Improved
FM2 Socket (Not Backwards Compatible)
CPU-specific performance doesn't get as much of a boost as graphics
New FM2 socket means previous-gen AMD APU owners will need a new motherboard
Although Piledriver has a much better instruction set
Vanilla processing performance is only slightly better than Llano
Same maximum TDP as FM1 products
Perhaps a bit late to the market with laptop-grade parts already for sale
No compatibility with previous FM1 products
Be it boards or chips
"Low" but adequate CPU Performance will not appeal to some
No backwards compatibility with FM1
Late market entry
No Native Virtu MVP support
You can run two Discrete GPUs
But can't pair those two with the APU graphics
AMD is leaving the performance race all to Intel. New motherboard needed. Unlocked multiplier doesn't translate into good overclocking.
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Published: 2013-04-08, Author: James , review by: micromart.co.uk
Abstract: It might be AMD's best APU, with an integrated Radeon HD 7660D GPU that utterly trounces even the Intel HD Graphics 4000 found in the company's top Ivy Bridge CPUs, but the AMD A10 5800K has one major flaw: it's a gaming chip that's no good for gaming.AMD...
Abstract: £90-95inc. VAT (GBP)Coming in at the top of the pack, the A10 APUs mark the next step in mainstream computing. Though the CPU cores are identical to what we have seen previously in the A8-5600K, the A10 5700 and 5800K have the 384 core HD 7660D GPU st...
After taking a look at the A8-5600k, we were keen to see what its big brother, the flagship A10-5800k could do and in some ways I'm happy and in others quite disappointed, and that can really be split into two areas which I'll talk about one by one. The f...
Starting with the A10 APU we have a product which has the standard, high level of AMD build quality. It is also a processor which is designed to offer an attractive mix of performance and features. While not always a match for the Intel equivalent in prod...
