Testseek.com have collected 64 expert reviews of the AMD A8-3870K 3.0GHz Socket FM1 and the average rating is 76%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD A8-3870K 3.0GHz Socket FM1.
February 2012
(76%)
64 Reviews
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General Compute Performance Below Intel, More Performance Available For Minimal Additional Investment
With the A8-3870K Black Edition running at overclocked CPU / GPU frequencies of 3.5GHz / 800MHz, the APU offered performance much higher than stock. In fact, while overclocked, the A8-3870K was able to approach the performance level of an even higher cloc...
The release of Llano was exactly what AMD needed in June. Platforms were stagnant and Bulldozer has proven to be a mixed bag at the upper performance end. But the mainstream is where the profits tend to be made, and those target consumers aren’t prone ...
The main selling point of the A8-3870K over the A8-3850 is of course its unlocked frequency parameters. Are they really worth it? The overclocked frequency and processor tests have shown that there is less to be gained in the overclocked state than at ...
Any Llano Lynx based platform (A4, A6 and series A8 APUs) offers value for money really. The strong point of Llano obviously is the embedded GPU and, combined with their A75 chipset, features like native SATA-600 and USB 3.0 support. Next to that, the pow...
Abstract: Thankfully, the forthcoming Unigine OilRush game is not as demanding as the Tropics and Heaven tech-demos, so it should be able to run fine on the Llano APUs bearing HD 6550D graphics. Stay tuned for the rest of the more interesting performance tests...
We have always considered $135 A8-3850 to be a good value, and at $145 this new A8-3870K is arguably an even better deal. The 100MHz frequency increase doesn't really mean much in terms of overall performance, but the unlocked multipliers really allow ...
Abstract: AMD's desktop APUs, which combine x86 cores and graphics resources, emerged more than a year ago. We take a Llano-based A8-3870 and compare its performance from 2011 to what you get today using new drivers, application versions, and OpenCL acceleration...
Abstract: We recently hooked up with overclocking guru Sami Mäkinen to get his take on the best way to overclock AMD's A8-3870K APU. Using his advice, we tweaked five retail -3870Ks and compared their overclocked gaming performance to a discrete Radeon HD 6670. ...
Abstract: We update our first look at AMD's A6, A8, and A8 Trinity-based APUs with numbers from an A8-3870K, Core i3-2100, and Core i3-2105. The new results give us a much better idea of how the upcoming architecture will fare in productivity apps and games. Sho...
