AMD's Awaited Desktop Trinity APUs Detailed Fully

Advanced Micro Devices may have launched the Trinity series of A-Series accelerated processing units back in May, but the product lineup was not complete by any means.

What we mean by that is that only mobile APUs were released, for laptops (with Lightning Bolt technology, of all things) and tablets. Desktop units, however, were withheld, either because they weren't ready yet or due to unripe marketing conditions. Probably both. Speaking of desktop Trinity chips, the most recent word on the matter, albeit unofficial, is that they have been delayed. Previously, they were expected to appear in August, but now it's in September or October when they are most likely to show. Whether or not this is true, we don't know yet. What we do know is that Advanced Micro Devices has updated its website to include the specs of four A8- and A10-series units.

You can view the four chips there, but we are going to provide the details here as well, for your convenience. Two of the four quad-core chips are A8-Series, which leaves just as many in the A10-Series. First off, we have the A8-5500, with a base clock speed of 3.2 GHz and a Turbo Core rating of 3.7 GHz. The Integrated GPU is Radeon HD 7560D, with 256 shader units and 760 MHz speed. The APU's L2 cache memory is 4 MB and the TDP (thermal design power) is 65W. The second processor is called A8-5600K and, as the name suggests, it is a stronger version of the A8-500, with an unlocked multiplier to boot. The CPU cores work at 3.6 GHz / 3.9 GHz and the TDP is 100W.

The A10-5700 runs at 3.4 GHz/ 4 GHz, has the same 4 MB cache as above, runs on 65W and boasts the Radeon HD 7660D GPU (384 cores, 760 MHz). Finally, the unlocked A10-5800K is a 3.8 GHz / 4.2 GHz part with a 100W TDP, 4 MB cache and the HD 7660D at 800 MHz.

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