AMD Shipping Desktop A4-3300, A4-3400 APUs
The A4-3300 and the A4-3400 APUs for desktops are now available, starting at a mere $70 USD.
Wednesday AMD announced the availability of its two dual-core A-Series APUs: the A4-3300 and the A4-3400 for desktops. Now PC builders can throw together an AMD-based entry-level desktop with DirectX 11 capabilities, dedicated HD video processing and advanced performance by spending around $70 on the just the APU – and without having to purchase a separate PCIe graphics card.
"The AMD A4-3300 and A4-3400 desktop APUs each combine two x86 CPU cores with 160 Radeon cores, enabling powerful DirectX 11-capable discrete-level graphics and dedicated HD video processing on a single chip," the company said. "These dual-core APUs enable responsive and energy-efficient performance for everyday PC productivity and multitasking, as well as an amazing gaming experience."
Now available for $70 USD, the AMD A4-3300 APU features a CPU clock speed of 2.5 GHz and a GPU clock speed of 444 MHz. It includes the 160 Radeon (HD 6410D) cores, 1 MB of L2 cache and a TDP of just 65W. The AMD A4-3400 is slightly pricier, costing a mere five bucks more ($75 USD). This APU features a CPU clock speed of 2.7 GHz, a GPU clock speed of 600 MHz, 160 Radeon cores, 1 MB of L2 cache and a TDP of 65W.
The AMD A4-3300 and A4-3400 desktop APUs are now available for purchase from Amazon.com, NCIX and other retailers. All A-Series processors are designed for use with FM1 motherboards, but the A4 APUs require the AMD Vision Engine Control Center 11.8 driver release or later releases, the company added.
65w... Figures it was right in front of me.
agree, don't want more low end crap based on old Athlon tech.
65w... Figures it was right in front of me.
They sold 15M of APU so far. I guess OEM's use them..
........ you have a problem telling the difference between a Camry and a Yaris? let me key you in here, E350 is a 18w TDP chip, you ever tried running WoW on an atom? cause thats what the E series chips were aimed at
do all intel fans instantly associate APU with the lowest denominator? these are A series Llano chips (645w and 100w TDP) they are a complete different class form your E series chips
I can't speak specifically for the desktop version of the A4-3300, but my recently purchased HP laptop with the A4-3300m has more serious gaming chops than I ever dreamed it would have.
2.5GHz is a pretty big step up from 1.6GHz, and since I run a 2.8GHz Athlon II in my HTPC I can say that Windows 7 and web surfing are plenty fast. Also, the A4 meets the minimum requirements for WoW. It won't run at 1080p & high settings, but should be more than capable for people who don't care.
EDIT: This is assuming that the E, A, and Athlon series chips have a similar efficiency per Hz. I'd be willing to bet that the A series chips are more efficient.