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AMD Launches 7th Gen 'Bristol Ridge' Us and New Socket AM4 Platform

AMD Launches 7th-Gen 'Bristol Ridge' Us and New Socket AM4 Platform 5e1i72

By Jamshed Avari | Updated: 6 September 2016 11:07 IST

Highlights

HP, Lenovo are the first to ship PCs with the new Us
Eight models have been launched with speeds of up to 4.2GHz
Details of retail pricing and availability are not yet known

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Shortly after unveiling its highly anticipated Intel's new Kaby Lake processors which will be available in full force this holiday shopping season. 516q3v

7th-gen A-series Us will deliver as much power in a 65-Watt envelope as their predecessors did while consuming 95 Watts. Comparing an A12-9800 with an Intel Core i5-6500 which it says is equivalent in of U performance, AMD claims a 99 percent increase in graphics performance in at least one specific benchmark test. The A12-9800 is a 65W quad-core part with a maximum clock of 4.2GHz and Radeon R7-class graphics.

In total there are eight new U SKUs, one of which is a low-end model without integrated graphics and carries the Athlon branding instead of A-series. The Athlon X4 950 is a 65W part while all but one of the A-series parts have 65W and 35W models with different U and GPU frequencies. The 4.2GHz A12-9800 is matched with a 3.8GHz A12-9800E. The A10-9700 and A10-9700E run at 3.8GHz and 3.5GHz respectively, while the A8-9600 is the exception with only a 65W 3.4GHz version. Finally, there's a lower-end pair dubbed the A6-9500 and A6-9500E which are the only dual-core models, and run at 3.8GHz and 3.4GHz respectively with Radeon R5-class integrated graphics.

All the new Us are based on AMD's existing Excavator architecture and have up to four cores. DDR4 RAM is key to the AM4 platform, and AMD has also taken the opportunity to bake in updated standards including PCI-Express 3.0, USB 3.1, SATA Express and NVMe. Socket AM4 is known to be backwards compatible with Socket AM3+, AM3 and AM2 coolers.

HP and Lenovo are the first out of the gate, though specific PC models have not been detailed. Other OEMs should follow soon. AMD has not shared any details of whether or if these Us and ing motherboards will be available in retail boxed form, or what their individual retail prices might be.

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