AMD A10 6800K benchmarked, tested

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/05/2013 07:12 AM | source: | 33 comment(s)

In this review we look at the new AMD A10 6800K APU. Based on Piledriver cores this processor slash graphics hybrid symbiosis called APU remains hard to beat in terms of features performance and well all the goodness you can expect from a great APU. Value and fun is what the platform offers. Our conclusion stands, a A10 6800K with an A75 or A85X based motherboard for normal daily usage is just fine, it's great for HTPCs and even a game or two, albeit in lower resolutions and quality levels.

Read the full review right here.

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killer_939
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#4611852 Posted on: 06/05/2013 07:35 AM

Doesn't make me feel bad about buying the 5800k for my backup rig a few months back. Phew...

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#4611858 Posted on: 06/05/2013 07:54 AM

DRAM timings of 13-13-14-32?

Also, it appears the A10-6800K supports DDR3-2133 natively, it is the lower models that only support DDR3-1866 natively. I'm sure with a couple of sticks of DDR3-2133 with decent timings (13-13-14-32 is quite disgusting at 1866!) it would give a bit better results.

A10-6800K: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopAPUDetail.aspx?id=79
A10-6600K: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopAPUDetail.aspx?id=81
A10-6700: http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopAPUDetail.aspx?id=80

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#4611925 Posted on: 06/05/2013 11:21 AM

Multi-threaded Video Transcoding looks funny.

I still think DDR3 is way too limited for heavy APU's. You have to spend good money for fast ram in order to achieve good performance. And it comes into discrete GPU teritorry then.

But as a number crunching cluster, yeah it rocks. I hope some linux windows kernels natively will include OCL acceleration on certain dumb tasks, not via the GPU driver layer.

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#4611940 Posted on: 06/05/2013 11:52 AM

Looking at one of these for a home server. A85X is an awesome chipset and one of these I could well leave running 24/7 quietly in another room.

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#4611948 Posted on: 06/05/2013 12:08 PM

I think I'm gonna buy this one too..for my gaming rig

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