AMD Updates Kaveri Lineup With $105 US A8-7650K APU - Demonstrates Carrizo APU Based Laptop At CES 2022

While AMD kept their presence to a minimum at this years Consumer Electronic Testify, they did made some announcements on their product portfolio including their electric current and upcoming APU lineups. AMD allowed their key partners to showcase some technologies such as Freesync enabled monitors while besides showcasing the outset prototype design of a Carrizo APU based laptop. An update to the Kaveri APU lineup was likewise made.

AMD Announces the A8-7650K Kaveri APU For $105 US

The AMD A8-7650K is the latest in the Kaveri APU lineup featuring the x86 Steamroller cadre architecture and GCN enabled graphics processing unit of measurement. The AMD A8-77650K features 10 compute cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU) and the quad core bit operates at 3.three GHz base and 3.7 GHz turbo clock speed. The fleck supports 4 MB of last level cache, OpenCL 2.0, AMD TrueAudio engineering via hardware DSPs, AMD Mantle, AMD Configurable TDP and comes in an unlocked design allowing for overclocking support. On the graphics side, we are looking at 384 stream processors operating at 720 MHz. The A8-7650K will retain the 95W TDP design due to its unlocked nature. The AMD A8-7650K will retail at a toll of merely $105 U.s..

In a few benchmarks shown off by, the AMD A8-7650K deliver better OpenCL acceleration compared to a Intel Core i3-4360 chip in Adobe Photoshop CC, Libre Role and Sony Vegas.Similarly, the accelerated processing unit performs well in 1080P gaming in titles such as Team Fortress 2, DOTA 2, Counter Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends against Intel's Hd graphics chip on Haswell processors. The chip will be able to deliver ameliorate stability, optimization and operation in games with the latest Goad Omega driver which was launched last calendar month.

AMD A8-7650K Kaveri APU Specifications:

Model	AMD A10-7850K	AMD A10-7700K	AMD A10-7800	AMD A8-7650K	AMD A8-7600	AMD A6-7400K	AMD A4-7300
Cores	iv/4	four/4	4/four	four/4	four/4	ii/2	2/ii
Unlocked Design	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Aye	Yes
Base of operations Clock	3.7 GHz	3.four GHz	3.v GHz	3.three GHz	3.i GHz	3.five GHz	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock	four.0 GHz	3.8 GHz	3.ix GHz	3.7 GHz	3.eight GHz	3.9 GHz	3.8 GHz
HSA Support	Yeah	Yep	Yes	Yes	Yep	Yes	Yep
L2 Enshroud	four MB	4 MB	iv MB	iv MB	4 MB	ane MB	1 MB
Graphics Core	Radeon R7	Radeon R7	Radeon R7	Radeon R7	Radeon R7	Radeon R5	Radeon R3
Compute Units	8	6	8	vi	6	4	2
GPU Cores	512	384	512	384	384	256	128
GPU Clock	720 MHz	720 MHz	720 MHz	720 MHz	720 MHz	756 MHz	514 MHz
TDP	95W	95W	65W	95W	65W	65W	65W
Toll	$149 U.s.a.	$129 US	$139 U.s.	$105 The states	$99 U.s.	$79 The states	$49 US

AMD Demonstrates Carrizo APU Based Laptop At CES 2022

On the other hand, AMD showcased working Carrizo APU systems at their CES 2022 booth however they did not reveal any specifications, neither did they allow anyone to take some snaps notwithstanding sent away printing pictures afterwards. Some details reveal that AMD's Carrizo APU supports H.265 encoding and tin playback 4K H.265 video with ease equally reported by Anandtech. AMD has planned to reveal more details at ISSCC 2022 and detailed their Carrizo and Carrizo-L APUs most two months ago which we detailed over here.

AMD is going to launch Carrizo in two variants, Carrizo-L will be the entry level and mainstream notebook chip while the Carrizo APU for high-performance and AIO products volition be known as Carrizo. Some rumors do point to the desktop variant existence called Carrizo-D but AMD didn't fifty-fifty mention about the desktop platform in the video but we already have some details every bit to what's it all nearly. Another key thing told by John was that AMD Carrizo APU and Carrizo-50 APU will be platform compatible and available in BGA form factor. The master divergence between with Carrizo and Carrizo-L is that Carrizo will transport with Excavator cores while Carrizo-L volition feature PUMA+ Cores. The desktop part will be on FM2+. However the video did confirm that at that place isn't going to be any sort of HBM or stacked DRAM technology available on Carrizo so we have to wait a flake longer to see that in activeness. Withal, details from couple of days agone will requite yous a roundup of all the data nosotros know nearly Carrizo and then far.

The 28nm Carrizo APU volition measure at 244.62 mm2 and pack 3.1 Billion transistors. For comparison, AMD's Kaveri APU packed 2.41 Billion transistors on a 245 mm2 die and was based on a 28nmSHP process from GlobalFoundries. The increased number of the total transistors are due to three major things, the new Excavator compages, the use of new GCN graphics technology and the addition of the FCH on Carrizo SOC. Before we go into details, do read the following note:

AMD will disclose Carrizo, an integrated processor with its latest x86 core. The 28 nm bit measures 244.62 mm² and packs more than three.1 billion transistors. Its new Excavator core is 23% smaller and uses 40% less ability than AMD'due south previous x86 core.

Details nosotros already know virtually Carrizo are that the APU would get the fifth installment in the Accelerated Processing Units family which will feature the latest Excavator core architecture. Powering the CPU side, these new x86 Excavator modular cores will leverage the IPC for greater performance compared to Steamroller. The mobile platform will feature both Quad Core and Dual Core variants but right now, nosotros are looking at a glimpse of the height-end variant which shares 2 MB L2 cache. According to the official statement, the Excavator core will be 23% smaller and consume 40% lesser power than Kaveri APU. With the CPU die existence small, it will give AMD more than room to increase the GCN GPU die on the APU.

"We continue to innovate and build upon our existing IP to evangelize great products for our customers," said John Byrne, senior vice president and full general manager, Calculating and Graphics business concern group, AMD. "AMD'due south commitment to graphics and compute performance, as expressed past our goal to better APU energy efficiency 25x past 2022, combines with the latest industry standards and fresh innovation to drive the design of the 2022 AMD Mobile APU family. We are excited about the experiences these new APUs will bring and look frontwards to sharing more details in the first one-half of next year."

The flagship "Carrizo" processor will integrate the new x86 CPU core codenamed "Excavator" with next generation AMD Radeon™ graphics in the globe's first Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) 1.0 compliant SoC. The "Carrizo-L" SoC integrates the CPU codenamed "Puma+" with AMD Radeon™ R-Series GCN GPUs and is intended for mainstream configurations. In addition, an AMD Secure Processor will be integrated into the "Carrizo" and "Carrizo-L" APUs, enabling ARM®TrustZone® across the entire family for the security commercial customers and consumers expect. Utilizing a unmarried package infrastructure for "Carrizo" and "Carrizo-Fifty," the 2022 AMD Mobile APU family simplifies partner designs across a wide range of commercial and consumer mobile systems.

"Carrizo" and "Carrizo-L," are scheduled to ship in 1H 2022, with laptop and All-in-I systems based on the 2022 AMD Mobile APU family unit expected in market place past mid-year 2022. via AMD

AMD Carrizo APU Comparing Chart:

	AMD Trinity APU	AMD Richland APU	AMD Kaveri APU	AMD Carrizo-L	AMD Carrizo APU
Core	x86 Piledriver	x86 Piledriver	x86 Steamroller	x86 PUMA+	x86 Excavator
Cores	2-4	2-4	2-four	2-four	2-4
GPU	Hard disk 7000 VLIW4	Hd 8000 VLIW4	2nd GCN Sea Islands	2nd GCN Sea Islands	third GCN Volcanic Islands
GCN Cores	384 SPs	384 SPs	512 SPs	128 SPs?	512 SPs
Chipset	A85X/A75/FCH	A88X/A78/FCH	A88X/A78/Bolton FCH	SOC	SOC
Socket	FM2/FM2+/BGA	FM2/FM2+/BGA	FM2+/BGA	BGA	BGA
Memory	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3	DDR3
TDP	17/25/35W	17/25/35W	17/19/35W	10/25W	15-35W
HSA Support	No	No	Yes	No	Total HSA 1.0