AMD has finally announced their next generation Kaveri APUs for their 2014 A-Series APU lineup. The Kaveri APUs come with interesting new features such as Steamroller, Graphics Core Next (GCN), HSA/HUMA, Mantle, DX 11.2 and Mantle API support. The Kaveri APU is a complete package for gamers and consumers which is now available for pre-order.
AMD Kaveri APU Officially Announced At CES 2014
AMD Kaveri APU A-Series will debut with the launch of two chips, the A10-7850K and A10-7700K. Both chips have the same feature set so no compromises are made as far as functionality is concerned. The architecture details of the Kaveri APU have already been detailed through previously leaked slides over here while you can check out the performance numbers at this link.
For the lineup, AMD would launch only two APUs to kickoff 2014 which include the A10-7850K and A10-7700K while the A8-7600 would launch later in Q1 2014.
AMD A10-7850K
On with the specifications, the A10-7850K as expected would remain the flagship Kaveri APU of 2014 boasting 4 Steamroller cores, 4 MB L2 Cache and clock speeds of 3.7 GHz base and 4.0 GHz turbo. On the graphics side, the APU would feature 8 Compute Units resulting in 512 stream processors clocked at 654 MHz base and 720 MHz in boost. The APU is fully unlocked allowing users to overclock the chip past the limits and supports DDR3-2133 MHz and comes in a 95W TDP package. The A10-7850K would cost $173 US officially.
AMD A10-7700K
The A10-7700K is another unlocked chip featuring the Steamroller core architecture with a max boost clock of 3.8 GHz and base clock of 3.5 GHz. It features 4 MB of L2 cache while the GPU side ships with a GCN graphics die featuring 6 shader units equaling to a total of 384 Stream processors clocked at 720 MHz. The A10-7700K features a TDP of 95W so we may see one Kaveri APU part to feature 65W TDP. The A10-7700K would cost $152 US officially.
AMD A8-7600
The A8-7600 would be the last quad core variant in the Kaveri APU lineup featuring 3.1 GHz base and 3.8 GHz turbo frequencies with 4 MB L2 cache, 65W TDP and DDR3-2133 MHz support. The graphics side would include 384 Stream processors (6 Compute Units) and a core speed of 654 MHz base and 720 MHz boost. The APU would cost $119 US at launch. Specifications for the entire lineup can be seen here.
AMD Kaveri 2014 A-Series Box Packaging:
| Model | AMD A10-7850K | AMD A10-7700K | AMD A10-7800 | AMD A8-7600 | AMD A6-7400K | AMD A4-7300 |
| Cores | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 4/4 | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Unlocked Design | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Base Clock | 3.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.1 GHz | TBA | 3.4 GHz |
| Turbo Clock | 4.0 GHz | 3.8 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 3.8 GHz | TBA | 3.8 GHz |
| HSA Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Graphics Core | Radeon R7 | Radeon R7 | Radeon R7 | Radeon R7 | Radeon R5 | Radeon R5 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| GPU Cores | 512 | 384 | 512 | 384 | 256 | 192 |
| GPU Clock | 720 MHz | 720 MHz | 720 MHz | 720 MHz | TBA | 514 MHz |
| TDP | 95W | 95W | 65W | 65W | 65W | 65W |
| Price | $173 US | $152 US | $172 US | $119 US | TBA | TBA |
AMD Kaveri APU Tech Day Slides:
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