14 DAY TRIAL // AMD has been making a lot of fuss recently about the performance of its upcoming Llano processors and a recent company marketing video, that was leaked to the Web, shows how a mobile A8-3510MX APU outperforms Intel's Core i7-2600 CPU based on the Sandy Bridge architecture in a custom made usage scenario.
Just as it was the case with the previous video released by AMD to showcase the power of the Llano architecture, this too focuses on the graphics capabilities of the chip, an area where Intel clearly lags behind AMD's upcoming creation.
The AMD platform used for this demonstration is comprised out of an A8-3510MX APU that is seconded by an AMD A70M fusion controller hub and by 4GB of DDR3 memory.
The A8-3510MX features a quad-core design, has a standard speed of 1.8GHz, a maximum Turbo Core frequency of 2.5GHz and a Radeon HD 6620M integrated graphics core.
In comparison, the Intel system features a Core i7-2600 processor that has a stock frequency of 3.5GHz (3.8GHz via Turbo Boost) and uses the on-board Intel HD 3000 GPU.
Other details were not available at this time, but we do know that the processing cores used inside the Llano architecture are called Husky and are based on the K10.5+ architecture that is also used for Phenom II and Athlon II CPUs.
However, the processors have undergone a series of changes and all of them feature integrate graphics, an on-board dual-channel DDR3 memory controller, a PCI Express 2.0 controller, 4MB of shared L2 cache and some models even support AMD's Turbo Core technology.
The initial launch, that is planned to take place later this quarter, will include at least four quad-core and one dual-core desktop chip as well as a series of mobile parts. (via XtremeSystems)