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Energy-efficient AMD A10-6700T APU Goes on Sale This Week(TPU)

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I dont see any reason to go GDDR5, Im expecting at least 50% more iGPU performance than Ritchland in games most probably with 2400MHz memory.
AMD needs to keep Kaveri a low cost APU for OEMs and End-users, so i dont see GDDR5 or Quad Channel or even DDR-4 in 2014 time frame.

Ritchland is still the fastest iGPU in Desktop at $150 or lower. Kaveri with 50% more iGPU performance will be the first truly 1080p capable APU. Also, with 20% more Branch execution than Piledriver it will also boost performance with dGPUs in CPU limited Games.
 
Problem is try to integrate 4 channel DDR3 on a budget platform. And we don't know the GDDR5/GDDR5M costs. In servers(Berlin) this maybe be good.
Still hoping they can use the full power of their IGPs this time.




And i think A10-6700 will be a awesome buy if priced 20$ less(they are charging higher prices for old technology with refresh) and come with unlocked multiplier.
 
Abwx said:
Kaveri , with hUMA :

RAM---> CPU cache --> RAM --> GPU --> RAM
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Not only is this going to move things along quicker, perhaps AMD could have Kaveri sport a larger L3? Especially with the idea of "feeding the cores faster" as well as a graphics array that needs constant feeding and streaming, a larger L3 seems to make sense. Not GT3e DRAM big, but perhaps 16 or 32 MB?

That or AMD hasn't revealed they will sport GDDR5 memory controllers or triple/quad channel memory. We can wish.......😛

A more robust cache system seems to be logical and AMD has some experience with very large on-die eDRAM arrays in the form of the Wii U's GPU.
 
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Kaveri , like Trinity , has no L3 cache , but direct memory access
will improve data flow latencies , that s why i think that it is erroneous
to use a DDR3 7750 as a comparison since such a dGFX has inherently
lower bandwith given that it has to cope with its own memory as well
as with the main memory data flow wise.
 
Kallogan said:
Energy efficient cpu no. Downclocked cpu yes. Like all low power cpus.
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There is that. I think spcr determined that more power was used if you did something CPU bound on these throttled parts than on a regular part.
 
It makes only sense it you're limited by your psu wattage, which is the case for many mini-itx cases with dc board and external power block. I know for a fact a pentium or core i3 ivy has no problem to run on a 65W power block but i highly doubt this one could. A10-6700 65W takes up to 100W in real world. AMd's TDPs are far from reality as long as their APUs are concerned. But it could be a nice APU to fit in a small itx case with a 75-90W power block i guess.
 
Kallogan said:
It makes only sense it you're limited by your psu wattage, which is the case for many mini-itx cases with dc board and external power block. I know for a fact a pentium or core i3 ivy has no problem to run on a 65W power block but i highly doubt this one could. A10-6700 65W takes up to 100W in real world. AMd's TDPs are far from reality as long as their APUs are concerned. But it could be a nice APU to fit in a small itx case with a 75-90W power block i guess.
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Its not even for that. Its for TDP chassis designs. Usually passive cooled with an external brick. Same applies for Intels S and T series.

As said before, these are not energy efficient. And whenever we get broad configuable TDP. Then these S and T series CPUs will be gone.
 
Would I be better off going with a Intel Core i3-2120T Sandy Bridge (35W $135) or this new AMD chip for a strictly business PC?
 
paperfist said:
Would I be better off going with a Intel Core i3-2120T Sandy Bridge (35W $135) or this new AMD chip for a strictly business PC?
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I would get the A10-6700K with Asrock FM2A85X-itx, you will have extremely low idle power, high single and 4 threads performance when you need it and extremely powerful iGPU for any applications that may use it in the near future.

I would only get the A10-6700T if i would like to biuld a slim mini-itx case that has a low power PSU (100-120W)
 
ShintaiDK said:
Why any T or S model in the first place? They are not gonna save you power.

Its chips for something like this:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/akas...-bridge-intel-dh61ag-sandy-bridge-motherboard
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I didn't exactly do any scientific research, just went to newegg and sorted CPUs by wattage and that one was 1 of 2 35 Watt chips.

But yes, I want the smallest case possible without hindering performance. Again, just for businesses so I want to mount it under the desk and remote into it.
 
AtenRa said:
I would get the A10-6700K with Asrock FM2A85X-itx, you will have extremely low idle power, high single and 4 threads performance when you need it and extremely powerful iGPU for any applications that may use it in the near future.

I would only get the A10-6700T if i would like to biuld a slim mini-itx case that has a low power PSU (100-120W)
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Thank you. That was actually my second build choice, but the 65 watt rating was a turn off. Again, I haven't exactly been consumed by benchmarks and idle/load ratings, but more or less just going off the initial rating.

I was indeed planning on using a smaller case like the Antec ISK 300-150, but from what I read the PSU is iffy.
 
paperfist said:
Thank you. That was actually my second build choice, but the 65 watt rating was a turn off. Again, I haven't exactly been consumed by benchmarks and idle/load ratings, but more or less just going off the initial rating.

I was indeed planning on using a smaller case like the Antec ISK 300-150, but from what I read the PSU is iffy.
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With that Ante case and 150W PSU i would go for the A10-6700K. Turn on every power saving settings in BIOS and enjoy low power usage and great performance when you need it.
 
paperfist said:
I didn't exactly do any scientific research, just went to newegg and sorted CPUs by wattage and that one was 1 of 2 35 Watt chips.

But yes, I want the smallest case possible without hindering performance. Again, just for businesses so I want to mount it under the desk and remote into it.
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S and T models will not perform as non S/T models. They will be slower. Sometimes alot slower. Hence the huge gap between baseclock and turbo.
 
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