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AMD A8-3870K
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Score
3/5
5/5
User Score
5/5 (1)
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Subscores
  • Power Use4/5
  • Performance: Applications3/5
  • Performance: Games3/5
  • Power Use4/5
  • Performance: Applications5/5
  • Performance: Games5/5
Specifications
Specifications
SocketFM1
Number of cores4
Clock rate3 GHz
Cache4 MB
Thermal Design Power100 W
Technology32 nm
Specifications
Socket1155
Number of cores4
Clock rate3.5 GHz
Cache8 MB
Thermal Design Power95 W
Technology32 nm
Conclusion
AMD has made a great step forward with its APUs thanks to a much improved graphics processing unit. However, gamers would still need to use a separate graphics card alongside this APU. Plus, pure processing performances lag behind the competition.
Intel's latest generation of CPUs effectively picks up where the last one left off. Performance has been ratcheted up a notch and power consumption has been pushed down. This all-rounder is a real success.
Pros

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Absolute performance of integrated graphics chip

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Performance with applications

+

Performance with games

+

Turbo mode and Hyper-Threading

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Reasonable power consumption

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Integrated graphics chip can improve video decoding/encoding and support 3D Blu-ray content
Cons

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Power use

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Processor could be faster

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Integrated graphics chip doesn't support DirectX 11, which would have improved the bitrate in some games.