At the Consumer Electronics Show 2013, Advanced Micro Devices revealed the lineup of its client accelerated processing units (APUs) due in 2013. As expected, the firm plans to release a brand-new generation of low-power system-on-chips. In addition, the firm said it had begun to ship improved A-series “Richland†APUs. Surprisingly, AMD hopes to launch code-named Kaveri chips this year as well.
AMD also introduced the new APU codenamed “Richland†which is currently shipping to OEMs and delivers visual performance increases ranging from more than 20 percent to up to 40 percent over the previous generation of AMD A-Series APUs1. “Richland†is expected to come bundled with new software for consumers such as gesture- and facial-recognition to dramatically expand and enhance consumers’ user experiences. The follow-on to “Richland†will be the 28nm APU codenamed “Kaveri†with revolutionary heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) features which is expected to begin shipping to customers in the second half of 2013.
Addtionally AMD will ship or has already started shipping Kabini/Temash to their partners from Jan onwards, expected release is in Q1 of 2013.
AS for Tablets AMD will be releasing Temash the next generation 28nm SOC just like Kabini but lower thermal envelopes. Expeceted TDP of Temash Dual Core SOC is ~3W and Quad Core SOC is around ~4.5W
Some major changes in the roadmap is AMD getting rid of Vision branding and embracing APUs/SOC from their names such as A series which is kind of reminiscent of I series branding from Intel. (i for Intel, a for AMD - ring any bell ? )
Also introduction of the evolutionary Richland line of APUs that are set to replace Trinity will gain benefit from higher clock speed and better manufacturing stepping. The next generation APU with Steamroller cores will debut at the second half of 2013 and will be manufactured using 28nm process from GloFo.
AMD is also giving up on C/E and Z series branding and focuing on the A series. The newer branding will go like this on all platform -
You can see new branding logos in the images above.
From their presentation AMD throw some really intersting numbers showing performance of Richland , Kabini and Temash versus their current gen Cores i.e. Trinity, Hondo (Tablets ULV) and Brazos 2.0
Z60 is the Hondo APU Dual Core 1ghz (~4.5WTDP + ~750mW TDP FCH) currently shipping to Tablets maker at production level, A6-1450 is Temash Quad Core at 1ghz (~4.5W TDP as a whole)
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[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]3DMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]Z-60[/TD]
[TD]Hondo[/TD]
[TD]HD 6250[/TD]
[TD]455[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1914[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A6-1450[/TD]
[TD]Temash[/TD]
[TD]HD 8280[/TD]
[TD]981[/TD]
[TD]+115.6%[/TD]
[TD]3123[/TD]
[TD]+63.2%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
E2-1800 is latest brazos part available today with Dual Core 1.7ghz at 18W TDP (40nm) v.s the A6-5200 Kabini Quad Core unknown speed @ 15W TDP
[TABLE="class: sh_table, width: 94%"]
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[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]E2-1800[/TD]
[TD]Zacate[/TD]
[TD]HD 7340[/TD]
[TD]2807[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A6-5200[/TD]
[TD]Kabini[/TD]
[TD]HD 8400[/TD]
[TD]5271[/TD]
[TD]+87.8%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Finally its Trinity vs Richland. Both as almost same but the diff lies in the clock speed and CPU stepping. Richland is more refined
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Segment[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]3DMark 11
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark 7
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]A10-4600M[/TD]
[TD]Mainstream[/TD]
[TD]Trinity[/TD]
[TD]HD 7660G[/TD]
[TD]1150[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1965[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A10-5750M[/TD]
[TD]Mainstream[/TD]
[TD]Richland[/TD]
[TD]HD 8650G[/TD]
[TD]1400[/TD]
[TD]+21.7%[/TD]
[TD]2175[/TD]
[TD]+10.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]A8-4555M[/TD]
[TD]ULV[/TD]
[TD]Trinity[/TD]
[TD]HD 7600G[/TD]
[TD]780[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1650[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A8-5545M[/TD]
[TD]ULV[/TD]
[TD]Richland[/TD]
[TD]8510G[/TD]
[TD]1100[/TD]
[TD]+41%[/TD]
[TD]1850[/TD]
[TD]+12.1%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Some tidbits of Kabini-Temash - It'll support 4k resolution and upto 1080p gaming.
Watch Temash playing 1080p Dirt Showdown (IINM) -
Also checkout unboxing of Trinity by yours truly -
Source - AMD Live
AMD also introduced the new APU codenamed “Richland†which is currently shipping to OEMs and delivers visual performance increases ranging from more than 20 percent to up to 40 percent over the previous generation of AMD A-Series APUs1. “Richland†is expected to come bundled with new software for consumers such as gesture- and facial-recognition to dramatically expand and enhance consumers’ user experiences. The follow-on to “Richland†will be the 28nm APU codenamed “Kaveri†with revolutionary heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) features which is expected to begin shipping to customers in the second half of 2013.
Addtionally AMD will ship or has already started shipping Kabini/Temash to their partners from Jan onwards, expected release is in Q1 of 2013.
AS for Tablets AMD will be releasing Temash the next generation 28nm SOC just like Kabini but lower thermal envelopes. Expeceted TDP of Temash Dual Core SOC is ~3W and Quad Core SOC is around ~4.5W
Some major changes in the roadmap is AMD getting rid of Vision branding and embracing APUs/SOC from their names such as A series which is kind of reminiscent of I series branding from Intel. (i for Intel, a for AMD - ring any bell ? )
Also introduction of the evolutionary Richland line of APUs that are set to replace Trinity will gain benefit from higher clock speed and better manufacturing stepping. The next generation APU with Steamroller cores will debut at the second half of 2013 and will be manufactured using 28nm process from GloFo.
AMD is also giving up on C/E and Z series branding and focuing on the A series. The newer branding will go like this on all platform -
- A10 and A8 for the top tier part like Richland / Kaveri
- A6 and A4 for mainstream low priced alternative such as Kabini and Temash
You can see new branding logos in the images above.
From their presentation AMD throw some really intersting numbers showing performance of Richland , Kabini and Temash versus their current gen Cores i.e. Trinity, Hondo (Tablets ULV) and Brazos 2.0
Z60 is the Hondo APU Dual Core 1ghz (~4.5WTDP + ~750mW TDP FCH) currently shipping to Tablets maker at production level, A6-1450 is Temash Quad Core at 1ghz (~4.5W TDP as a whole)
[TABLE="class: sh_table, width: 94%"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]3DMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]Z-60[/TD]
[TD]Hondo[/TD]
[TD]HD 6250[/TD]
[TD]455[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1914[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A6-1450[/TD]
[TD]Temash[/TD]
[TD]HD 8280[/TD]
[TD]981[/TD]
[TD]+115.6%[/TD]
[TD]3123[/TD]
[TD]+63.2%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
E2-1800 is latest brazos part available today with Dual Core 1.7ghz at 18W TDP (40nm) v.s the A6-5200 Kabini Quad Core unknown speed @ 15W TDP
[TABLE="class: sh_table, width: 94%"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark Vantage
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]E2-1800[/TD]
[TD]Zacate[/TD]
[TD]HD 7340[/TD]
[TD]2807[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A6-5200[/TD]
[TD]Kabini[/TD]
[TD]HD 8400[/TD]
[TD]5271[/TD]
[TD]+87.8%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Finally its Trinity vs Richland. Both as almost same but the diff lies in the clock speed and CPU stepping. Richland is more refined
[TABLE="class: sh_table, width: 94%"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Model[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Segment[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Processor
family[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Graphics[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]3DMark 11
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]PCMark 7
score[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #A0A0A0, align: center"]Improvement[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]A10-4600M[/TD]
[TD]Mainstream[/TD]
[TD]Trinity[/TD]
[TD]HD 7660G[/TD]
[TD]1150[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1965[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A10-5750M[/TD]
[TD]Mainstream[/TD]
[TD]Richland[/TD]
[TD]HD 8650G[/TD]
[TD]1400[/TD]
[TD]+21.7%[/TD]
[TD]2175[/TD]
[TD]+10.7%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row1"]
[TD]A8-4555M[/TD]
[TD]ULV[/TD]
[TD]Trinity[/TD]
[TD]HD 7600G[/TD]
[TD]780[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[TD]1650[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: row2, bgcolor: #E8E8E8"]
[TD]A8-5545M[/TD]
[TD]ULV[/TD]
[TD]Richland[/TD]
[TD]8510G[/TD]
[TD]1100[/TD]
[TD]+41%[/TD]
[TD]1850[/TD]
[TD]+12.1%[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Some tidbits of Kabini-Temash - It'll support 4k resolution and upto 1080p gaming.
Watch Temash playing 1080p Dirt Showdown (IINM) -
Also checkout unboxing of Trinity by yours truly -
Source - AMD Live