Specifications

We begin our preview analyzing what are the specifications of the new AMD A6-3650.

We start CPU-Z, known software that can provide us with information regarding the architecture of the product, the frequency, the number of cores, the available cache as well as details on the model of the motherboard used, settings and type of RAM and video card type.

In the first window we can get information about the CPU architecture as well as the frequency and number of cores/threads. This processor part of the K12 family is based on the Llano architecture produced with 32nm technology. As with all other Llano solutions also this APU is installed on a FM1 Socket with 905 pins.

Note that the processor has four cores operating at a frequency of 2.6 GHz (26 x 100 MHz bus). The default voltage is set to 1.008V up and the maximum heat footprint is equal to 111W.

The new AMD A6-3650 has no L3 cache, as the other Llano solutions, but has 64Kb of L1 data cache per core and as many Kbytes of the first-level instructions cache.

The second-level cache amounts to a total of 4MB, 1024 Kbytes per core. In conclusion, the A6 does not differ much from the A8 except for a slightly lower frequency.

Through the sixth screen of CPU-Z or by using the well-known GPU-Z software, capable of providing insights on the graphics, we can obtain information on the integrated IGP.

The solution chosen by the Sunnyvale company is an AMD Radeon HD 6530D. The IGP is made through the 32nm production process and is equipped with 1450 million transistors located in just 228mmq, the size of the Die. The card supports DirectX 11 and is equipped with DDR3 shared memory; this memory can operate at a frequency of 1866MHz memory since the APU supports memories operating at that frequency.

Unlike the older sister AMD HD 6550D included in the AMD A8-3850, the AMD HD Radeon 6530D is equipped with 320 Radeon Cores, compared with 400 of the bigger solution, with 16 Texture Units, against 20, and operates at a frequency of 443MHz , compared to the 600MHz of the 6550D HD. The graphics unit is what mostly differentiates the A6 solutions from the A8 solutions.