A8-6500T & A10-6700T Richland APUS Leaked By MSI
The AMD A10-6700T and AMD A8-6500T Richland series APUs were leaked yesterday on MSI’s webpage. Both APUs were listed under the supported CPU list for the MSI FM2-A55M-E33 motherboard. The benefit to these leaked APUs are their lower wattage consumption than earlier Richland series APUs. Both the AMD A8-6500T and the AMD A10-6700T come in at only 45 watts, which is 20W less than the lowest wattage consuming APU on the market today.
AMD A8-6500T and AMD A10-6700T Specs
| Model | A8-6500T | A10-6700T |
| Base Clock | 2.1 Ghz | 2.5 Ghz |
| L2 Cache | 4MB | 4MB |
| GPU Model | Radeon HD 8650D | Radeon HD 8650D |
| GPU Stream Processors | 256 | 384 |
| GPU Clock | 720 Mhz | 720 Mhz |
| Wattage | 45W | 45W |
Above is the specs available for the AMD A8-6500T and the AMD A10-6700T. Both cards will feature the Radeon HD 8650D clocked at 720Mhz, however the AMD A8-6500T will only contain 256 stream processors on it’s GPU and the AMD A10-6700T will contain 384.
While this isn’t a performance APU like the recently released AMD A10-6800K, this is AMD’s answer to the power conservative businesses and consumers alike. While you aren’t going to get the same performance out of the AMD A10-6700T as you would out of the AMD A10-6800k, you will be saving 55% in power consumption.
As the CPU business moves more towards mobile devices we’ll likely see more APUs and CPUs like these as time progresses. Everyday companies like AMD and Intel are finding ways to lower power consumption while increasing performance, but we just aren’t there commercially yet. For those who pay outrageous prices for electricity, a lower wattage APU may be the answer for you. While you won’t see the performance from higher end CPUs, lower wattage electronics are here to stay.
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