AMD Trinity A10-5800K Review

[News Team]

Today brings AMD’s next evolution of Fusion technology codenamed Trinity. Trinity is AMD’s first mobile APU mixed with their reworked Bulldozer cores named Piledriver. It features up to four cores plus a better graphics package than Llano. It is coupled with a Radeon 7650/7660D on-die GPU with up to 384 CoreNext stream processors. We are excited to have AMD’s A10-5800K desktop APU in the lab to share with you guys. We are anxious to see what this new tech is capable of, so let’s get it unboxed and check out the performance of AMD’s new Piledriver cores combined with AMD’s Fusion technology.

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[SamCR3]

Freaking fantastic read Jim. I really enjoyed reading this. Your writing style has really come a long way and your reviews are just outstanding. Great, great job my friend. You have every reason to be very proud of this review. Thorough, informative, and entertaining. Top notch.

As for this chip, I have to say AMD delivered much more than I thought. The A10 is an awesome budget chip. In fact, I would probably buy one if I hadn't just built an HTPC using an A6-3650. Based on the performance this chip delivered, it seems like AMD worked really hard at improving Bulldozer. This bodes very well for the FX-8350. Maybe their claim of a 30% improvement over Bulldozer isn't completely far fetched. Can't wait for the 8350 review next. It will help me decide whether to upgrade, but I'm thinking I might. Any idea when you'll get an 8350 for review, Jim?

[Drdeath]

Well here is my thoughts: Bulldozer was not what anybody anticipated. I really hit hard that the instruction sets were not right with BD and got bombasted by many. On paper, Bulldozer looked great with 2 cores on 1 module and shared resources. Piledriver does not look much different the Bulldozer and they are the same family so AMD figured out the instruction sets, did some fine tuning and increased the core frequency. I read some articles, and the A10-5800K is on par with Intel's 3550 which is a $180 processor. As seen in this review, the A10-5800K ownes the i3 3220. So, Steamroller or whatever is next, should be a big jump on Bulldozer but will not be as good as Sandy or Ivy but I feel AMD will close the gap until Haswell.

I have no clue on future release dates. Stan would.

[Drdeath]

So far, of all the reviews, Pure Overclock owns the others in Overclocking. I saw 4.4 and 4.5GHz.... That's friggin 400MHz more...

[TeeBlack]

this would be good for my parents. they are in serious need of an upgrade.

[SamCR3]

Well here is my thoughts: Bulldozer was not what anybody anticipated. I really hit hard that the instruction sets were not right with BD and got bombasted by many. On paper, Bulldozer looked great with 2 cpores on 1 module and shared resources. Piledriver does not look much different the Bulldozer and they are the same family so AMD figured out the instruction sets, did some fine tuning and increased the core frequency. I read some articles, and the A10-5800K is on par with Intel's 3550 which is a $180 processor. As seen in this review, the A10-5800K ownes the i3 3220. So, Steamroller or whatever is next, should be a big jump on Bulldozer but will not be as good as Sandy or Ivy but I feel AMD will close the gap until Haswell.

I have no clue on future release dates. Stan would.

I read on line that the 8350 should release very soon, as in before the end of this month. If that is true, my guess is you should be getting a review sample very soon. I'm curious to see how close AMD can get to the i7-2700K or similar Ivy chips (3770K?). Seems like there is a decent chance they've closed the gap considerably and that this architecture could be the next big thing in coming generations (I think Steamroller follows Piledriver). But then Intel will release Haswell and it starts all over again. However, if AMD prices the chips right, they could be a very viable option for someone not wanting to spend north of $300 on a CPU that performs well.

[Solara2xb]

Great review Jim!!! The new A series processors really performed great, Esp for those looking to use the on-board graphics. Even being able to use the hybrid crossfire with very little money to spend on graphics is well worth it.. The new processing power is great!

[vinman]

able to OC to 4.2 using turbo right out of the box is pretty impressive

[vinman]

I really enjoyed this review Jim thanks and great to see AMD starting to make an impact excellent review
I will be looking at maybe picking up the 5800K for my next build.

[JamesLT3]

Thanks Jim for a great and very thorough review,looks like AMD might be stepping up there game a lil.

[aryan51]

nice jimbo

[Doctor_Death]

Good review Jim, great chip for $122 that can hit 4.9GHz with water

[Drdeath]

The only saving grace for pricing will be an improvement with AMD's next release in higher end CPU's and a $200 price point. This could keep Intel's pricing in check.

[Solara2xb]

The only saving grace for pricing will be an improvement with AMD's next release in higher end CPU's and a $200 price point. This could keep Intel's pricing in check.

I agree... Even if the chip is not a 100% competitor of intel's top end chip as long as pricing is good, Intel will have to keep there prices where they are, or even hopefully lower..
But we will see once the chip is reviewed and see how the performance is...

But I am having high hopes that AMD does release a good chip that can keep up with at least ivy-B 3570k and 3770k.
There is no point in trying to compete with 2500k, 2600k and 2700k since Intel has announced that they will be discontinue those early next year..

[Drdeath]

I agree... Even if the chip is not a 100% competitor of intel's top end chip as long as pricing is good, Intel will have to keep there prices where they are, or even hopefully lower..
But we will see once the chip is reviewed and see how the performance is...

But I am having high hopes that AMD does release a good chip that can keep up with at least ivy-B 3570k and 3770k.
There is no point in trying to compete with 2500k, 2600k and 2700k since Intel has announced that they will be discontinue those early next year..

Kenny, IvyBridge is only 6% faster on average than SandyBridge FYI

[Solara2xb]

Kenny, IvyBridge is only 6% faster on average than SandyBridge FYI

Yup, I know; but if they are going to compare processing speed/power I am just stating that it should be compared to more recent architecture vs ones that will be Discontinuing soon... not that the Sandy-B isn't good. lolz.. I still love all my Sandyb chips.. and I have 5 of them..