AMD finally managed to get its A10-6790K socket FM2 APU based on 32nm Richland architecture on some retail shelves. As it was the case with previously available A10-6700 and the A10-6800K, the new A10-6790K, which by the way fits between the aforementioned APUs, is also a quad-core APU that features the same Radeon HD 8670D GPU part and same 100W TDP rating.

Based on 32nm Richland architecture, the FM2 socket A10-6790K APU also has an unlocked base-clock multiplier and works at 4.0GHz base CPU clock with maximum TurboCore at 4.3GHz. This puts it at 100MHz slower than the A10-6800K and it also only features support for maximum rated DRAM speed of DDR3-1866.

On the other hand, it still features the same Radeon HD 8670D graphics part clocked at 844MHz as well as the same 100W TDP rating.

The new A10-6790K should be around 15 percent cheaper than the A10-6800K and might be quite interesting for those that were looking at A10-6800K but want something that is a bit cheaper.



Source: Akiba PC Hotline!, via Techpowerup.com.