Why have AMD APUs failed on the market?

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However, I am doubtful how many takers there are for that kind of $79.99 iGPU premium when relatively powerful GDDR5 R7 250X video cards are often on sale for $59.99 AR.

Honestly, I think that statement sums up this hole thread. At least on the desktop side of things.

If they charged an additional ~$20 for the iGPU it would be more reasonable and more in line with the performance of the iGPU... :hmm:

As for CPU performance, its kind of sad AMD still doesn't have an FM2(+) APU that decisively outperforms my 6800K on all counts.

my 2c...

additional ~$20 for the iGPU

That iGPU is smaller than the one on the A10-7850K (384 sp vs 512 sp), and the cpu cores are locked and clocked lower than A10-7850K or Athlon x4 860K. It is also comes with a smaller, lower TDP heatsink.

Also, another thing to consider (with any APU value assessment) is the higher price of fast RAM for iGPU gaming:

-- 2 x4GB DDR3 2133 is $10 more than 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600.

-- 2 x4GB DDR3 2400 is $13 more than 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600.

Not only the smaller igpu is performing almost the same as 7850k, but the locked cpu is not a problem for the grand majority of users. How many people overclock their PCs?

The comparison is Athlon x4 860K (plus discrete GPU) to these APUs and one thing the Athlon x4 860K CPU won't do is downclock when the iGPU is used for gaming:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37187342&postcount=32

So when comparing Athlon x4 860K (plus dGPU) to APUs (using iGPU) for value, when need to be aware of this additional delta (which doesn't appear in the published specifications).