Aug 25, 2011 07:49 GMT  ·  By

There might not have been pricing information on the cheaper Llano APUs that AMD had in store, but this has definitely changed now that some Canadian and US stores let them slip.

Since it happened many time before, few will be shocked to learn that the prices of AMD's upcoming CPUs have been revealed ahead of any official announcement.

Advanced Micro Devices already has a number of Llano APUs (accelerated processing units) up for order (the quad-core A6-3650 and A8-3850, plus the A6- and A8-Series models).

These products are intended for desktop PCs, as the laptop sector is covered by the C- and E-series, the most recent of which arrived just days ago.

Still, some prospective buyers may find the Llano products above a bit hard on the finances, hence AMD's supposed decision to release two more chips, with lower tags.

The chips in question are called A4-3300 and A4-3400, being part of the same Llano platform, though with just two CPU cores each.

They also have the Radeon HD 6410D graphics, which utilizes 160 shader units and runs at 600 MHz.

Speaking of clock speeds, the CPU cores themselves are set at 2.5 GHz for the A4-3300 and 2.7 GHz for the A4-3400.

Furthermore, the DDR3 memory controller supports memory at 1,600 MHz, while the 1 MB of L2 cache completes the feature set of the units, more or less.

At present, the A-Series APUs on sale have prices of $89 or more, with the A8-3850 costing the most ($135).

The A4-3300 can be pre-ordered for visibly less, $73.52 to be exact (boxed), or $78.78 (tray), while the A4-3400 goes for $79.25 and $84.92, respectively.

Then again, these are early prices, and it is fairly safe to assume that official availability will bring with it a drop in the price tags, until the units ship for $65-$70.