AMD Introduces A6-3500 Desktop APU
By - Source: Tom's Hardware US
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More Fusion from AMD.
AMD today announced availability of a new member of its A-Series APU desktop processor family: the A6-3500.
The A6-3500 desktop APU combines three x86 CPU cores with 320 Radeon cores. For more graphical punch, users can pair the APU's graphical portion with select Radeon HD 6000 Series graphics cards.
The A6-3500 APU operates at 2.1 GHz and 2.4 GHz with Turbo Boost (CPU) and 444 MHz (GPU) with 3MB of L2 cache and a TDP of 65W. The AMD A6-3500 APU is designed for use with FM1 motherboards.
With a suggested retail price of $95.00 (U.S), the A6-3500 desktop APU is now available for purchase through system builders and online retailers.
Read more about the A-Series of AMD APUs here.
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my a4 3300m runs really hot at stock clocks when running games, how hot is yours overclocked?
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Exactly how is AMD going to be "a generation behind" Intel?? They use completely different release schedules and product cycles.
Intel uses the "tick-tock" release cycle. AMD uses the "we'll release a new product when we have a new product ready to be released" cycle. They make no attempt what so ever to keep up with Intel's release cycle.
yes and no, the high end processors are not where the money is, bulldozer could wipe intel out and yet their fusion APUs will still make them more money
This is because you know *** about markets and how the monney are made. Take for example Nvidia / AMD have the most powerfull GPUs yet they are not the leaders in GPU sales ... Intel is. So is not really about the top performance ... entry level and mainstream are the money makers not the enthusiast. And in entry / mainstream as you can see AMD is doing quite fine with competition.
If you're looking for more GPU power, chances are you'd be buying a different platform anyways. This is aimed at the mainstream market that does no gaming, does not crunch numbers on the CPU or GPU and people within a lower budget. Not everyone needs the fastest tech out there. You wouldn't build a i7 2600k with a GTX 570 for an office computer that only would be running Word, IE and Outlook, would you?