AMD, the company whose technology helps power today’s current gen consoles, introduced the newest addition to its A-Series line of desktop processors. The A8-7670K APU is said to provide a smooth experience for Microsoft Windows 10, mainstream workloads, and eSports online gaming and wants to power you budget friendly PC.
The A8 shares the same configuration quad-core from the A10 with a lower base and turbo clock and comes with six GPU cores, two less from the A10-7870K. It will however boost performances on the Windows 10 default browser, Edge and accelerate HTML5 and WebGl. It will include Xbox Streaming, DirectX12 support and AMD Quick Stream tech.
The A8-7670K is an affordable APU that combines the energy efficient processing power of an AMD CPU with the pixel pushing power of AMD Radeon graphics (GPU) in one package. Users can multitask between modern workloads and stream video in Windows 10 or play popular eSports online gaming titles such as Counter Strike. Powered by 10 compute cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU), the A8-7670K APU provides the processing and graphics capability budget conscious mainstream users might need today.
The new addition of the AMD A8-7670K APU allows us to deliver more options for discerning mainstream PC buyers. AMD’s latest driver and feature support allow incredible new entry points for impressive gaming technologies such as FreeSync and Virtual Super Resolution.
Zack Shutt, Vice President at Xidax
