Earlier this year AMD introduced their Kaveri APUs and I had the chance to take a look at the A10-7850K. While I wouldn’t consider is an enthusiast part, I came out of our testing seriously impressed with the improvements AMD has made on the GPU side of things. I thought the new Kaveri APUs would be perfect for HTPCs as well as budget gaming rigs. Well today AMD is officially announcing a few new APUs that fill in a few gaps in that product line. The new APUs are the A10-7800, A8-7600, and the A6-7400K. While the architecture is the same, the new models do have a few interesting standouts. For one the A6-7400K is unlocked and has a low price to compete with the Intel G3258 Anniversary Edition. The other one that caught my eye was the A10-7800. It shares similar stats with the A10-7850K but with nearly half the power usage! Today I’m going to take a look at the A10-7800 to see if it is as exciting as the numbers imply.
Product Name: AMD A10-7800 Kaveri
Review Sample Provided by: AMD
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
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Specifications |
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Model |
A10-7800 |
A10-7700K |
A10-7850K |
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Core Name |
Kaveri |
Kaveri |
Kaveri |
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Microarchitecture |
Steamroller |
Steamroller |
Steamroller |
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Socket |
FM2+ |
FM2+ |
FM2+ |
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CPU Cores |
2/4 |
2/4 |
2/4 |
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CPU Base Frequency |
3500 |
3500 |
3700 |
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Max Turbo |
3900 |
3800 |
4000 |
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TDP |
45W or 65W |
95W |
95W |
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L1 Cache |
192KB 64KB |
192KB 64KB |
192KB 64KB |
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L2 Cache |
2 x 2 MB |
2 x 2 MB |
2 x 2 MB |
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Graphics |
R7 |
R7 |
R7 |
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GPU Cores |
512 |
384 |
512 |
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GPU Clock Speed |
720MHz |
720MHz |
720MHz |
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Max DDR3 Speed |
2133MHz |
2133MHz |
2133MHz |
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MSRP |
$155 |
$135 |
$173 |
As you can see above the A10-7800 is similar to the 7850K in a lot of ways. They both have the same GPU and core count. Where they differ is the 7800 has a slightly slower CPU clock speed and lower TDP. The 7850K is also unlocked where the7800 isn’t and of course there is the nearly $20 difference in price. Otherwise you are still getting a Kaveri APU on the FM2+ socket.
