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AMD A8-7100

AMD A8-7100

The AMD A8-7100 is a power efficient ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) quad-core processor based on the Kaveri architecture. It was revealed in June 2014 for notebooks and is manufactured by GlobalFoundries using a 28 nm SHP process. In addition to having two CPU modules for a total of four integer cores clocked at 1.8 - 3.0 GHz, the AMD chip also integrates a Radeon R5 GPU clocked at up to 514 MHz with 256 GCN shaders and a dual-channel DDR3-1600 memory controller.

Architecture 

Kaveri is the successor to the 2013 Richland architecture (e.g. A10-5750M). The revised CPU cores, codenamed Steamroller, represent the third generation of the module-based Bulldozer design. A number of major changes include modified decoders (now one per integer core), optimized branch prediction, and increased L1 I-cache from 64 KB to 96 KB per module. These revisions boost the performance per clock slightly over a similarly clocked Richland APU. For more details about the AMD Kaveri architecture, see our detailed analysis here:

Analysis of the AMD Kaveri Notebook Platform

Performance 

According to our benchmarks, the A8-7100 offers a CPU performance similar to the Haswell-based Intel Core i3-4010U. While the Core i3 wins in single-thread benchmarks, the A8-7100 takes the lead in some multi-thread tests. Overall, the A8-7100 will be sufficient for all daily workloads (Office, Internet browsing, multimedia) as well as light multitasking.

Graphics

The Radeon R5 (Kaveri) GPU of the A8-7100 features a core clock of up to 514 MHz and 256 shader units. Since the GPU is based on AMD's GCN 1.1 architecture, both DirectX 11.2 "Tier 2" and Mantle are supported. Furthermore, the GPU can be used for general purpose computing in various applications, such as Adobe Photoshop via the OpenCL API. 

In terms of 3D performance, the GPU is roughly as fast as a dedicated GeForce 710M and can handle many current games at low settings and (W)XGA resolution (as of 2014).

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the entire APU is rated at 19 Watts, which is somewhat above the Haswell ULV CPUs from Intel (15 W including chipset). Nevertheless, the A8-7100 is suited for 12 - 13-inch notebooks or larger.

SeriesAMD Kaveri
CodenameKaveri

Series: Kaveri Kaveri

AMD FX-7600P compare2.7 - 3.6 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-7400P compare2.5 - 3.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-7200P compare2.4 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD FX-7500 compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10 Pro-7350B compare2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-7300 compare1.9 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8 Pro-7150B compare1.9 - 3.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-7100 « 1.8 - 3 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6 Pro-7050B compare2.2 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD A6-7000 compare2.2 - 3 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock Rate1800 - 3000 MHz
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)19 Watt
Transistor Count2410 Million
Manufacturing Technology28 nm
Die Size245 mm2
FeaturesSSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A), x86-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller
GPUAMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri) (? - 514 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date06/04/2014
Product Link (external)www.amd.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 126     avg: 133     median: 133 (1%)     max: 140 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 40     avg: 44     median: 44 (13%)     max: 48 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.55     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (2%)     max: 1.97 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.54     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (14%)     max: 0.56 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 1287     avg: 1379     median: 1379 (8%)     max: 1471 points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 11     avg: 11.1     median: 11.1 (4%)     max: 11.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.132     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (4%)     max: 0.135 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.211     avg: 0.2     median: 0.2 (4%)     max: 0.212 GB/s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 26.55     avg: 27.2     median: 27.2 (6%)     max: 27.78 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 4846     avg: 4887     median: 4886.5 (4%)     max: 4927 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 1666     avg: 1710     median: 1710 (5%)     max: 1754 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 10696     avg: 11244     median: 11243.5 (9%)     max: 11791 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 1490     avg: 1581     median: 1581 (3%)     max: 1672 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3319     avg: 3337     median: 3337 (6%)     max: 3355 points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 1459     avg: 1473     median: 1473 (29%)     max: 1487 points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
min: 2810     avg: 2901     median: 2900.5 (23%)     max: 2991 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
min: 2381     avg: 2432     median: 2431.5 (22%)     max: 2482 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
min: 4575     avg: 4583     median: 4582.5 (9%)     max: 4590 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
min: 4360     avg: 4382     median: 4382 (9%)     max: 4404 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
min: 3889     avg: 3914     median: 3913.5 (10%)     max: 3938 Points
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Other CPUs of the series Kaveri

» AMD FX-7600P
   4x 2.7 GHz - 3.6 GHz
» AMD A10-7400P
   4x 2.5 GHz - 3.4 GHz
» AMD A8-7200P
   4x 2.4 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» AMD FX-7500
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» AMD A10 Pro-7350B
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.3 GHz
» AMD A10-7300
   4x 1.9 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» AMD A8 Pro-7150B
   4x 1.9 GHz - 3.2 GHz
» AMD A8-7100
   4x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
» AMD A6 Pro-7050B
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3 GHz
» AMD A6-7000
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Pentium B970
   2x 2.3 GHz
+ Intel Celeron 3765U
   2x 1.9 GHz
+ Intel Pentium N4200
   4x 1.1 GHz - 2.5 GHz
+ Intel Celeron 2950M
   2x 2 GHz
+ AMD A8-7410
   4x 2.2 GHz - 2.5 GHz
» AMD A8-7100
   4x 1.8 GHz - 3 GHz
- Intel Core i3-4102E
   2x 1.6 GHz
- Intel Core i3-4030Y
   2x 1.6 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)
   8x 2.45 GHz
- AMD A8-3550MX
   4x 2 GHz - 2.7 GHz
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8800
   2x 2.66 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09- 5)