In June AMD has announced its microarchitecture Carrizo, following the launch of the FX-8800P, A10-8700P and A8-8600P for laptop segment, including a dual-core (A6-8500P) class APU and a few more professional class processors only for these devices.
The A6-8500P is the only dual core processor (Excavator) for consumption. Each core reaches a base / turbo frequency 1.60 / 3.00 GHz and is accompanied by graphics Radeon R5 with 256 @ 800 MHz Processor Shadders throwing a TDP of 15W.
The professional class of APUs Carrizo consists of the A6 PRO-8500B, 8600B PRO-A8, A10 PRO-8700B and 8800B PRO-FX. All 4 cores keeping the 2MB cache while equipped with Radeon R6 / R7 Radeon graphics at different speeds with memory controller DDR3-2133 MHz maintaining a TDP of 15W.
The models AMD FX are the most potent and targeted for gamers with tight budgets who can not go to a high-performance gaming notebook. The AMD A10 will be available for powerful laptops, being able to move games and demanding video encoding 4K / 1080p HEVC hardware. The AMD A8 are treated with a solution SUV (games and multimedia) where prevail autonomy, which promises to reduce energy consumption by half while we reproduce a video.
AMD Carrizo Professional Notebook APUs lineup
| Model | Cores / Threads | Frequency / Turbo | L2 cache | Gráfricos | GPU Freq. | Memory | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6 PRO-8500B | 2/2 | 1.6 / 3 GHz | 1MB | R5 | 800 MHz | No info | 15W |
| A6-8500P | 2/2 | 1.6 / 3 GHz | 1MB | R5 | 800 MHz | No info | 15W |
| A8 PRO-8600B | 4/4 | 1.6 / 3 GHz | 2 MB | R6 | 720 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |
| A8-8600P | 4/4 | 1.6 / 3 GHz | 2 MB | R6 | 720 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |
| FX PRO-8800B | 4/4 | 2.1 / 3.4 GHz | 2 MB | R7 | 800 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |
| FX-8800P | 4/4 | 2.1 / 3.4 GHz | 2 MB | R7 | 800 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |
| A10 PRO-8700B | 4/4 | 1.8 / 3.2 GHz | 2 MB | R6 | 800 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |
| A10-8700P | 4/4 | 1.8 / 3.2 GHz | 2 MB | R6 | 800 MHz | DDR3-2133 | 15W |