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In an attempt to ensure maximum performance of its forthcoming mainstream desktop accelerated processing units (APUs), Advanced Micro Devices plans to dramatically boost clock-speeds of its code-named Trinity chips. Thanks to frequencies that are up to 800MHz higher compared to Llano APUs available now, Trinity will likely offer significantly better performance.

According to a slide, which resembles those from Advanced Micro Devices' documents, published by DonanimHaber web-site, base clock-speeds of A-series "Trinity" APUs for desktops will start at 3.20GHz and will span to 3.80GHz. Boosted Turbo Core clock-speeds of desktops accelerated processing units will be up to 4.20GHz. Frequencies of integrated graphics processing units will also be considerably higher compared to Llano and therefore will also be faster.

AMD’s second-generation code-named Trinity APU for mainstream personal computers (Comal for notebooks and Virgo for desktops) will be made using 32nm SOI HKMG process technology at Globalfoundries. The APU will feature up to four x86 cores powered by enhanced Bulldozer/Piledriver architecture, AMD Radeon HD 7000-series "Southern Islands" graphics core with DirectX 11-class graphics support, DDR3 memory controller and other improvements. The chips will be compatible with new infrastructure.

According to performance benchmarks conducted by AMD, the Trinity 35W APU with Piledriver-class x86 cores will provide 25% better x86 performance compared to Llano 35W (with K10.5+ "Husky" x86 cores) based on results obtained in PC Mark Vantage Productivity benchmark. AMD also claims that Trinity 35W will offer up to 50% better result in 3D Mark Vantage performance benchmark compared to Llano 35W.

According to documents seen by X-bit labs, staring from early and middle March, 2012, AMD intends to mass produce its desktop A-series "Trinity" accelerated processing units with 65W thermal design power (TDP). In early May, 2012, the chip designer wants to initiate mass production of desktop A-series "Trinity" APUs with 100W TDP and higher performance. The Sunnyvale, California-based chip designer plans to release Trinity in mid-2012.

Tags: AMD, Bulldozer, Trinity, Llano, 32nm, Piledriver, Virgo, Comal

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Nice one AMD way to get the ball rolling. Now you just need to lower power consumption.
3 2 [Posted by: jmlxg  | Date: 02/14/12 10:06:16 AM]
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those are desktop parts and contain a dedicated class GPU so it looks great

just wish it has better performance Ghz-Ghz than llano
3 2 [Posted by: madooo12  | Date: 02/14/12 12:23:06 PM]
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Piledriver IPC will still lag behind, or just match K10.5 IPC. But given the huge clock boost and overclockability (5 ghz++) we will see drastic CPU performance gains from previous llano chips.
Their integrated GPU will still put ivy bridge in the dust.

http://AMDFX.blogspot.com
3 2 [Posted by: polyzp  | Date: 02/14/12 11:34:30 AM]
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well the late non-apu should be good according to sernox

it's IPC for mov instruction (according to him) is the doubled 4 vs 2

try to be optimistic, we'll see how trinity would be very soon

EDIT: I forgot to tell you, since you are the guy (or girl) from the AMDFX blog can you show us some graphs about power consumption and some Ghz-Ghz comaprison between FX and I7-2600
2 1 [Posted by: madooo12  | Date: 02/14/12 12:27:22 PM]
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Im doing a power post soon! ^^
2 3 [Posted by: polyzp  | Date: 02/14/12 01:33:35 PM]
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Which cpus are you doing a power post for?
1 1 [Posted by: jmlxg  | Date: 02/14/12 01:58:15 PM]
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AMD FX @ 4.8Ghz
2 0 [Posted by: madooo12  | Date: 02/14/12 02:19:02 PM]
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How can I contact you for further questions
1 2 [Posted by: madooo12  | Date: 02/14/12 02:18:39 PM]
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comment on my blog or you can reach me through one of the many forums I have posted on!
0 3 [Posted by: polyzp  | Date: 02/15/12 08:20:45 AM]
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That's quite a selection of desktop APUs.
2 4 [Posted by: beenthere  | Date: 02/14/12 12:41:22 PM]
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Yes it quite the selection but all of them use up way too much power.
1 3 [Posted by: jmlxg  | Date: 02/14/12 01:58:44 PM]
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how do they use too much power
they contain discreet class iGPUs and should improve CPU by 25% and GPU by 50% using the same power envelope as Llanos

and you may even underclock them (even locked parts)

and TDP maens max. power it may use, not the power it uses
4 3 [Posted by: madooo12  | Date: 02/14/12 02:22:06 PM]
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Wrong, TDP under AMD's definition is the amount of power AMD's processors can handle with out a heatsink. With an heatsink, AMD's processors can handle more power until the electrical limits are reached which could be 200 plus watts or it could be 300 watts.

Intel's TDP is based on average power for a given time and does not matter if their processor has a heatsink or not.
1 9 [Posted by: tecknurd  | Date: 02/14/12 02:33:43 PM]
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Where is this info from?
1 0 [Posted by: yugmus  | Date: 02/15/12 08:58:41 AM]
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This is simply untrue. You are either misinformed or lying.
3 0 [Posted by: Prosthetic_Head  | Date: 02/15/12 10:29:57 AM]
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SO they contain a middle ranged GPU thats good. But AMD's CPUs are lame when comes to IPC less than Llano for crying out loud which was bad enough. Intel is catching up with the IGP. Trinity will still be faster but only by 20-60% thats it.
1 1 [Posted by: jmlxg  | Date: 02/14/12 04:35:55 PM]
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That's quite a selection of desktop APUs.

Sure, but with stupidly high clocks that will cost the end user money to power.
1 4 [Posted by: tecknurd  | Date: 02/14/12 02:39:09 PM]
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Considering Intel CPU boost of 17% and 300% gpu boost Amd 25% and 50% boost shud place Amd-s Trinity apu-s a bit faster then a ivy bridge i3 or at least pretty tied. In this home segment that shud be a great news for Amd and all of us if a prying policy remain on Amd-s side.

PS: CPU performance gain off 25% is based on a mobile chip with dtp of 35w so on a desktop platform it shud bi 5% - 10% more gain. Gpu bi mi estimation shud gain only. 20% - 30%. CPU performance is gained bi enchanted steeping, it happened before with Phenom. Gpu gain estimation is bi myself based on 7000 entry level carts.
1 3 [Posted by: Zola  | Date: 02/14/12 02:46:44 PM]
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According to performance benchmarks conducted by AMD, the Trinity 35W APU with Piledriver-class x86 cores will provide 25% better x86 performance compared to Llano 35W (with K10.5+ "Husky" x86 cores) based on results obtained in PC Mark Vantage Productivity benchmark. AMD also claims that Trinity 35W will offer up to 50% better result in 3D Mark Vantage performance benchmark compared to Llano 35W.


I'll believe this AMD performance when i see the actual numbers from different reveiws sites. 25% for cpu & 50 for GPU. Ya right, does anybody remember AMD Bulldozer "bullshit"?....
3 2 [Posted by: macintoshci  | Date: 02/15/12 08:12:36 AM]
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Yeah me too but the GPU is going to be faster just by what Arch it uses VLIW4 vs VLIW5. The CPU is going to going to be at the same performance as AMD's Llano APU.
2 1 [Posted by: jmlxg  | Date: 02/15/12 01:59:33 PM]
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Big assumptions for something that is not on the market yet. I call wishful thinking.
0 2 [Posted by: veli05  | Date: 02/16/12 06:14:54 AM]
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I have reason to believe that the top end A10 will have the GPU performance just short of a Radeon HD6750.
0 0 [Posted by: parkerm35  | Date: 02/16/12 03:45:34 PM]
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" ... by AMD, the Trinity 35W APU with Piledriver-class x86 cores will provide 25% better x86 performance compared to Llano 35W ... AMD also claims that Trinity 35W will offer up to 50% better result in 3D Mark Vantage performance benchmark compared to Llano 35W."

Another squat of information about CPU real performance and bunch of relativistic percentage blabs. They were promising that "x4" piledriver cores should outperform k10.5+ at same clock and with lower power consumption also. So i just hope that at least lower TDP will be the true if it cant be both

So A10-5000 @3.0GHz vs A8-3000 @#.0GHz would be closer to real life performance comparison, and without generic synth-benches
0 0 [Posted by: OmegaHuman  | Date: 02/20/12 12:01:16 PM]
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