JorgeWhile 45w APUs are fine it's absurd to conclude that a 100w or 65w APU consumes too much power. That's the TDP and rarely ever seen in actual use. These APUs combine the performance of a CPU and a GPU so the TDP ratings are extremely good considering the application.

birdieRecent tests have shown that newer AMD CPUs consume significantly more power than their advertised TDP.

JorgeWhile 45w APUs are fine it's absurd to conclude that a 100w or 65w APU consumes too much power. That's the TDP and rarely ever seen in actual use. These APUs combine the performance of a CPU and a GPU so the TDP ratings are extremely good considering the application.

arbiterConsider their power useage vs intel at same TDP, AMD looks like 500 lb guy at McDonalds. only thing they beat intel at is built in graphic's.

EphremiusI don't understand the focus on energy efficiency these days, like European countries wanting to ban high end GPU's for their energy consumption rates, I mean honestly, shouldn't you be going after large scale corporations abuse of energy and not us 0.1% contributors of green house gases?

but its whatevs.

de.das.dudeyess 45W! finally we can get away with just a heatsink! no more fans!

torgoththese apus are pretty toasty Ive seen someone on OC forum that had a 6800k at 80C, and it was hardly oc'd

JorgeThese APUs combine the performance of a CPU and a GPU so the TDP ratings are extremely good considering the application.

IkarugaNo, just look around the Internet, how they perform in tests power-consumption wise. AMD CPUs are (sadly) leaking all over the place, and these new ones are probably from the same breed, just cherry picked or undervolted/clocked.

theoneandonlymrkAnd what ,,, thats the Exact point of select binning that all chip mofos do, just look around the internet, might try looking up intels new SDP spec on chips for mobile while your at it.

temps mean shit my main rigs oc never breaches 62 degrees..... @1.48CPUV
how do you call this leaky even 100 watts tdp is amazeing given the total package performance , the cpu is fine for what it is the gpu is great for what it is and at typical idle values totaling 40-100watt for the whole system compared to intel they are doing ok

imagine an Amd or arm for that matter in process node parity with intel and its clear , intels ahead by a nose/node.

arbiterQuestion is, is it really cpu using that power or is it something in the chipset doing it? When power usage is checked its done usually at the wall which takes on everything in the computer.



Consider their power useage vs intel at same TDP, AMD looks like 500 lb guy at McDonalds. only thing they beat intel at is built in graphic's.

IkarugaNo, just look around the Internet, how they perform in tests power-consumption wise. AMD CPUs are (sadly) leaking all over the place, and these new ones are probably from the same breed, just cherry picked or undervolted/clocked.

IkarugaThe GPU is great indeed, but the CPU is far from it. It's not even close to Sandy Bridge level, let alone the rest.

torgoththese apus are pretty toasty Ive seen someone on OC forum that had a 6800k at 80C, and it was hardly oc'd

torgoththese apus are pretty toasty Ive seen someone on OC forum that had a 6800k at 80C, and it was hardly oc'd

JorgeWhile 45w APUs are fine it's absurd to conclude that a 100w or 65w APU consumes too much power. That's the TDP and rarely ever seen in actual use. These APUs combine the performance of a CPU and a GPU so the TDP ratings are extremely good considering the application.

TheinsanegamerNthe a10-5800k has been seen using as much as 161 watts at full load during gameplay.

de.das.dudethat was 100W tdp. these are less than half. also the temp has nothing to do with the wattage, if you have poor rate heat convection, you will get higher temps.

i have a 95W cpu and mine maxes out at 45C. if i had an aluminium block for a heatsink, i would achieve 100C


btw, 80c is impossible. it will shut off after 71C ;)

cdawallNot true there are pics floating around of mine running at 80C+. They throttle at 72C they wont shut down unless the bios is configured that way.

Also AMD has been shipping out 95W CPU's with the aluminum non-heatpipe coolers for a while. They don't "achieve 100C" they run under 60C, but the fan is screaming in warmer climates.

newtekie1Yep, my A8 came with the aluminum block style heatsink and even overclocked it stayed under 65°C, and its rated at 100w.

drdeathxThere is not much difference. Actually at Idle, A10-5800K runs less power overall. The A10-5800K is head to head with the 3220 at default and owns it in graphics. Multi-threaded it beats the 3220 and overclocked it owns the 3220...



I want what he is smoking

torgothwww.overclock3d.net/reviews/cpu_mainboard/amd_a10-6800k_richland_overclocked_review/3
scroll down to CPU load temps ;)