AMD announced India availability of its new AM1 platform featuring quad-core and dual-core variants of the AMD APU codenamed “Kabini” into the component channel for system builders. The AM1 platform, branded with the AMD Athlon™ and AMD Sempron™ APU brands will deliver award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture and “Jaguar” CPU cores on motherboards from the leading manufacturers. AMD Athlon™ 5150/5350 and AMD Sempron ™ 2650/3850 APUs provide consumers a balanced computing experience on a socketed upgradable platform.
AMD Athlon and AMD Sempron APUs deliver a quad-core solution to consumers that includes two SATA 6 Gbps ports, two USB 3.0 ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, PCIe 2.0 lanes for graphic card upgrades, and a trio of video outputs (DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA) starting at under $40 USD[i]. The AMD AM1 platform provides up to 3x more compute performance than its competitors, as well as balanced computing with DirectX 11.2 and Windows 8.1 support to mainstream markets[ii].
Availability and Technical Details
|
APU Model |
TDP |
CPU Cores |
CPU Frequency |
Radeon™ Cores |
GPU Frequency |
Memory Frequency |
Total Cache |
Price[iii] (USD) |
|
AMD Athlon™ 5350 |
25W |
4 |
2.05 GHz |
128 |
600 MHz |
1600 MHz |
2 MB |
$59 |
|
AMD Athlon™ 5150 |
25W |
4 |
1.6 GHz |
128 |
600 MHz |
1600 MHz |
2 MB |
$49 |
|
AMD Sempron™ 3850 |
25W |
4 |
1.3 GHz |
128 |
450 MHz |
1600 MHz |
2 MB |
$39 |
|
AMD Sempron™ 2650 |
25W |
2 |
1.45 GHz |
128 |
400 MHz |
1333 MHz |
1 MB |
$34 |
The new AMD AM1 platform will be available from the following e-tail and retails outlets in North America
