New AMD A-Series APUs – SA pricing and availability

2 October 2012

AMD has revealed the availability and local pricing of the company’s new second-generation A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).

The second-gen A-Series is targeted towards DIY PC builders and mainstream gamers, with higher speeds and easy upgrade paths based on the stable stock infrastructure.

AMD APU users will also gain access to the AMD AppZone, which gives a list of applications that can take advantage of and enhance the APUs themselves.

The AMD A-Series APUs are now available from all AMD channel partners and retailers.

AMD A-Series Component Desktop APUs
APU Model AMD Radeon Brand TDP CPU Cores CPU Clock (Max/Base) AMD Radeon Cores GPU Clock L2 Cache Max DDR3 Memory Support Suggested Retail Pricing
A10-5800K HD 7660D 100W 4 4.2 GHz / 3.8 GHz 384 800 MHz 4MB 1866 MHz R1,699
A10-5700 HD 7660D 65W 4 4.0 GHz / 3.4 GHz 384 760 MHz 4MB 1866 MHz R1,699
A8-5600K HD 7560D 100W 4 3.9 GHz / 3.6 GHz 256 760 MHz 4MB 1866 MHz R1,399
A8-5500 HD 7560D 65W 4 3.7 GHz / 3.2 GHz 256 760 MHz 4MB 1866 MHz R1,399
A6-5400K HD 7540D 65W 2 3.8 GHz / 3.6 GHz 192 760 MHz 1MB 1866 MHz R899
A4-5300 HD 7480D 65W 2 3.6 GHz / 3.4 GHz 128 724 MHz 1MB 1600 MHz R699

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