24 AMD “RICHLAND” APU | HOT CHIPS 25 | PRAVEEN DONGARA | AUGUST 2013
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"Richland"
A10-5757M
A10-4600M
"Richland"
A10-5757M
A10-4600M
"Richland"
A10-5757M
A10-4600M
AMD Silicon
1.64 W 1.96 W 2.17 W 2.32 W 2.68 W 5.56 W
Rest of System
3.62 W 3.77 W 4.43 W 4.79 W 6.52 W 7.22 W
Power Consumption (W)
lower is better
5.21 W
5.56 W
6.95 W
7.18 W
12.78 W
9.57 W
Windows® Idle
Wi-Fi Web Browsing 720p Video Playback
NEXT-GENERATION APU "RICHLAND" POWER DATA
AMD INTERNAL TESTING. System Configurations: Data based on “Pumori” Reference Design A10-5757M / AMD A10-4600M, AMD Radeon™ 8650G / AMD Radeon™ 7660G, (35W), 2x 2GB, DDR3L-1600, 1.35V, 14.0” eDP 1366x768/ LED Backlight
set at 100 nits, HDD (SATA) - 250GB 5400rpm and Windows® 8 64bit. PC manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results.
Video Playback workload - average power when system is playback 720p video from HDD over 30 minutes, with screen set to 100 nits and Wi-Fi on.
Web Browsing workload – average power when system is web browsing 20 popular web sites over a 40 minutes (2 minutes per page, 20 web pages) with screen set to 100 nits.
Battery life/45Whr Battery
8.6 Hours 7.9 Hours 6.8 Hours 6.3 Hours 4.9 Hours 3.5 Hours
Battery life/55Whr Battery
10.5 Hours
9.6 Hours 8.3 Hours 7.7 Hours 6.0 Hours 4.3 Hours
higher is
better
Up to a 51% more efficient
in HD video playback
(APU+FCH)
"Richland" draws lower
power for typical use cases
(compared to AMD 2nd-Generation
A-Series APU)
Improved battery life