Amd introduces 'bristol ridge' desktop processors apu

AMD has made official what will be its seventh generation of APU (Bristol Ridge) processors intended for desktop computers. As we well know, APU processors are prepared for low-consumption equipment and this time they will not require an exclusive socket for it, now they will be compatible with the new AM4 socket that they will share together with Zen processors.

There will be 8 APU Bristol Ridge processors

As you can see from the table, the APU processors released will be a total of about eight, of which six will be 4-core, AMD A12-9800, A12-9800E, A10-9700, A10-9700E, A8- 9600, Athlon X4 950 and two 2-core, A6-9500 and A6 9500E. As a curiosity we see that AMD will use the name Athlon again for one of these processors, the Athlon X4 950, which will not have an integrated GPU.

One of the great novelties of this architecture is that they will be compatible with DDR4 memories, which will offer 22% more bandwidth than DDR3.

New integrated design SoCs (systems-on-chips)

Another important innovation of this seventh generation of Bristol Ridge APU processors is that it used for the first time an integrated design called SoCs (systems-on-chips) that makes the old 'Southbridge' that was previously on motherboards now found directly inside the processor encapsulation, so all the computation, graphics and connectivity tasks will already be carried out by the APU.

AMD would initially be launching together with these APUs three new chipsets (integrated within the APU), the AMD A320 chipset for the entry-level or economic segment, the AMD B350 for desktop computers and a third model AMD A300 for SFF (Small Form) equipment. Factor). Thanks to these new chipsets, its TDP is reduced by up to 70% compared to AM3 + (AMD 970 / SB950 and AMD A78). New chipsets are expected that will be ready for Summit Ridge, that is, for Zen architecture.

Bristol Ridge wrecks Intel in performance over Watt

As can be seen in the graph, AMD takes advantage of the performance by Watt against the proposals of Intel. The AMD A12-9800 model leads the seventh generation APU, this model has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz and Turbo of 4.2 GHz and the GPU for its part integrates 512 Stream Processors operating at 1108 MHz, the chip has a TDP of only 65W.

We will be very attentive to the news about the output of these processors and especially the prices at which it will arrive in stores.