AMD A10-6xxx / A8-6xxx

[tdawg]

Hi All,

I'm seeing these new APUs listed on Newegg for sale, but I can't find any benchmarks for these APUs. Does anybody have any information on these new chips? They seem to have come out of nowhere.

Just curious.

Trevor

 

[SiliconWars]

They will perform up to 10% faster than the 5800K and 5600K.

Based on AT's bench - http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2323502 it would be a good upgrade for you, however in your case I'd look at a FX 6300 instead as you already have a decent graphics card.

 

[tdawg]

Thanks for the feedback. I haven't kept up with AMD parts really since Intel's Core architecture landed.

 

[tdawg]

Are AM3+ and FM2 chipsets pretty much equal? Do I need to concern myself with that?

 

[SiliconWars]

There probably isn't a whole lot of difference in most cases. You might want SATA 3 instead of SATA 2 if you plan on getting a fast SSD eventually but you should be able to get those on FM2 or AM3.

One thing is that both are looking like "dead ends" just now as AMD moves further towards integration so in terms of being future proof neither socket looks all that great. If you're going for either I wouldn't spend a whole lot on the mobo anyway, maybe others have better ideas.

 

[Yuriman]

I disagree, the A10 is about equal per clock to a Q6600 (maybe slightly slower) so you're looking at 25% tops difference between the two, overclocked vs overclocked. Considering you won't be using the iGPU, I'd say it's a side-grade.

 

[USER8000]

I would probably look at the FX6300 or FX6350.

 

[SiliconWars]

I disagree, the A10 is about equal per clock to a Q6600 (maybe slightly slower) so you're looking at 25% tops difference between the two, overclocked vs overclocked. Considering you won't be using the iGPU, I'd say it's a side-grade.

That's probably about correct if you assume that his Q6600 is overclocked to 3.6 GHz which I find unlikely. If you assume stock the 5800K slaps it silly.

Also he would be getting the 6800K which can do 5 GHz on air - http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=35098638&postcount=73

So now if you assume he has the max Q6600 OC of 3.6 GHz and he'll be OC'ing his 6800K to 5 GHz we're back to 40+% faster and probably around 50% less power. That's no sidegrade.

 

[Yuriman]

That's probably about correct if you assume that his Q6600 is overclocked to 3.6 GHz which I find unlikely. If you assume stock the 5800K slaps it silly.

Also he would be getting the 6800K which can do 5 GHz on air - http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=35098638&postcount=73

So now if you assume he has the max Q6600 OC of 3.6 GHz and he'll be OC'ing his 6800K to 5 GHz we're back to 40+% faster and probably around 50% less power. That's no sidegrade.

I hadn't read about 6800K overclocking yet - I assumed it was basically the same silicon as the 5800K. In that case, yeah it would be a noticeable improvement, but I'd probably go for another chip if not intending to use the iGPU regardless.

 

[SiliconWars]

I agree, I'd go for the 6300 or 6350, or stretch to an i5 depending on budget.

 

[tdawg]

Thanks all. So I do have a couple of ssd drives, so the chipset that gives better performance would be preferred. Also, I don't overclock. Given that does it just make more sense to splurge on an i5 setup? Anand's bench shows the 5800k ahead of the q6600 in pretty much every benchmark. For the record, I'd be looking at the lower watt parts rather than the 'k' versions.

 

[SiliconWars]

The A10-6700 looks like it'll be a very nice chip.

If you're going to be gaming a bit (or a lot) then the i5 is worth it - I got my i5 because I needed the performance in gaming, no other reason. Otherwise the A10-6700 might be what you're looking at, or the FX 6300.

 

[daveybrat]

The A10-6700 looks like it'll be a very nice chip.

If you're going to be gaming a bit (or a lot) then the i5 is worth it - I got my i5 because I needed the performance in gaming, no other reason. Otherwise the A10-6700 might be what you're looking at, or the FX 6300.

Oh man, that A10-6700 is looking very nice. I might pick one up for my secondary PC. Love the horsepower and GPU at only 65Watts.