Mullins And Beema APUs: AMD Gets Serious About Tablet SoCs

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AMD recently introduced us to its Mullins and Beema APUs, which are architecturally similar to Kabini and Temash, but include some power and performance enhancements. We take an early look at a custom form factor and compare to Intel's best effort.

Web Benchmarks

Say what you will about the performance of most tablets running desktop operating systems, but at the very least, they should be capable of smooth Web browsing and video playback. With that in mind, we made it a point to squeeze in a handful of Web-based tests during our limited opportunity to audition AMD's engineering sample hardware.

There's one constant through these tests: Intel's Atom Z3740D trails the pack. Frankly, though, Dell's Venue 8 Pro doesn't feel like a last-place finisher. In fact, it seems fairly well-tuned for this exact usage model.

Even still, the A10 Micro-6700T places first, second, or third, depending on the test you're looking at.

Don Woligroski
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.