Sunday, March 23rd 2014
AMD FX-670K CPU Shows Up in the Wild
Tipsters pointed us to a peculiar sounding new processor by AMD in the wild, and being distributed by certain OEMs, such as HP. Called AMD FX-670K, the chip is being sold by HP, pre-installed on its Pavilion 500-266ea desktops. Some digging around on specifications available point us to a chip that's essentially "Richland" APU with its integrated GPU disabled. So while it will run on socket FM2 motherboards, you'll have to use graphics cards. "Richland" integrates a dual-module / quad-core CPU component based on AMD's "Piledriver" micro-architecture. The FX-670K features CPU clock speeds of up to 3.70 GHz. So why did AMD choose the FX branding and not Athlon X4, like it usually does with iGPU-devoid APUs? Perhaps the "K" brand extension holds the answer. The FX-670K features an unlocked base-clock multiplier. The HP Pavilion 500-266ea features a socket FM2 motherboard based on the AMD A75 chipset, and discrete AMD Radeon R7 240 graphics. It's priced at CA $650.
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HardwareCanucks Forums
18 Comments on AMD FX-670K CPU Shows Up in the Wild
What about the Athlon X4 750K? 651K?
edit to remove reference that was incorrect
Processor family: AMD FX processor
Its GPU isn't disabled.
Nothing to see here, move along...
as for the rest : damn i was waiting on a Kaveri IGP disabled Athlon/FX line to replace my X4 760K
but in the end its a A10 6700K rename :D and judging by the technical spec of HP the IGP isn't disabled
AMD FX-670K APU with AMD Radeon HD 8670D Graphics (3.7 GHz, 4 MB cache, 4 cores)
Processor family: AMD FX processor
that HP pc better has to be super cheap :roll: or at last cheaper than what i have for main rig atm.woops got beaten.. as for the renaming too ... drat!
so according to def clock of 3700 , it must be (18-37) if it was`t unlocked multi!!
also CPU-Z shows us specification as a "proccessor" and not an "APU".
but in 6800K , we can see "APU with HD Radeon(tm) Graphics"
so 670k is a fully unlocked multtiplier APU with disabled GPU!!
HP must correct his technical spec :D
Another strange thing is that AMD had on their website the 750k under the FX dept. I think they just can't place this processor. The 760K does not even show up.
www.cpu-world.com/Compare_CPUs/AMD_AD750KWOA44HJ,AMD_AD760KWOA44HL/
www.cpu-world.com/Compare/880/AMD_Athlon_X4_750K_vs_AMD_Athlon_X4_760K.html
www.cpu-world.com/benchmarks/browse/1076_99,1052_99/
the 651K (Llano) has a unlocked multi tho
www.cpu-world.com/Compare_CPUs/AMD_AD651KWNZ43GX,AMD_AD750KWOA44HJ,AMD_AD760KWOA44HL/so in the end only the 651K is correct in that statement
FX will be unlocked APU's. Yay. From quadcores masquerading as octacores we "progress" to dualcores masquerading as quadcores.
AMD's firing on all cylinders.