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AMD Further Sinks APU Prices - A10-7850K Now $127

Posted on May 7, 2015

Due to take effect on May 10, AMD just announced at Financial Analyst Day that it would further sink its APU pricing on several SKUs. This price dip is likely a part of AMD's annual inventory clearance, an action usually taken to reduce channel inventory leading into new product launches. Retail prices have dropped upwards of $23 in some instances, resulting in – for example – a $127 A10-7850K.

The full pricing table is below:

A-SERIES APU MODELPROCESSOR TURBO FREQUENCYPROCESSOR GRAPHICSCOMPUTE CORESTDP/ CONFIGURABLE TDPPrevious Street PriceMSRP USD
A10-7850K4.0GHzRADEON™ R7

12

(4CPU + 8GPU)

95W / 65W / 45W$150$127
A10-78003.9GHzRADEON™ R7

12

(4CPU + 8GPU)

65W / 45W Optimized$135$127
A10-7700K3.8GHzRADEON™ R7

10

(4CPU + 6GPU)

95W$120$117
A8-7650K3.8GHzRADEON™ R7

10

(4CPU + 6GPU)

95W$105$95
A8-76003.8GHzRADEON™ R7

10

(4CPU + 6GPU)

65W/ 45W Optimized$96$85
A6-7400K3.9GHzRADEON™ R5

6

(2CPU + 4GPU)

65W/ 45W Optimized$65$60
A4-73004.0GHzRADEON™ HD-8470D
(Note: Lacks features of the
other APUs).
N/A65W$43$42

These new prices make for a compelling argument for builders of budget-class HTPCs and SFF gaming computers, where a low-powered IGP would handle games well enough to forgo a dGPU. Some games suited to APU processing include League of Legends, DOTA 2, World of Warcraft, and CSGO.

As games continue to adopt new APIs, namely Dx12, APUs can be expected to improve in overall performance with thanks to a reduction in overhead on the CPU.

The new price changes are expected to see introduction to market on May 10, 2015.

- Steve “Lelldorianx” Burke.