AMD is silently introducing the new APU A8-7680 ‘Excavator’ FM2 + to the market

What will probably be worrying for many is that AMD is launching a new APU for its old and popular FM2+ socket. The A8-7680 processor.

A8-7680, AMD is silently introducing the new APU A8-7680 ‘Excavator’ FM2 + to the market, Optocrypto
There were already indications that AMD was planning the arrival of a new A8-7680 processor through an ASRock BIOS update for its A68H motherboards, but many thought it was “fake. However, AMD itself confirms the arrival of this processor for the mass market with the product number AD7680ACABBOX.

The processor is still manufactured with the old 28 nm node and is very similar to the old A8-7600, although it is speculated that it is also a quad-core design based on the AMD excavator architecture.

A8-7680, AMD is silently introducing the new APU A8-7680 ‘Excavator’ FM2 + to the market, Optocrypto

Seemingly the main difference between the two is an increase in the base frequency by 400 MHz from 3.1 GHz in the A8-7600 to 3.5 GHz in the A8-7680, considering that the specifications of the A8-7680 have not yet been officially published. Unfortunately, the boost clock at 3.8 GHz remains unchanged, as observed in several retail stores.

Currently, only the A68 chipset works with the new CPU, and all of the following motherboards have received BIOS updates that support this processor: Asus A68HM-K, A68HM-Plus, Gigabyte F2A68HM-DS2 rev1.1, F2A68HM-H rev1.1, F2A68HM-S1 rev1.1, MSI A68HM-E33-v2, ASRock FM2A68M-HD+, and FM2A68M-DG3+.

Possible specifications of the A8-7680 APU:

  • 4 cores / 4 wires
  • Base frequency: 3.5 GHz / Boost: 3.8 GHz
  • Unlocked
  • GPU: Radeon R7 @ 1029 MHz
  • DDR3 2133
  • TDP 45 W
  • 28nm node
  • Socket FM2 +

 

A8-7680, AMD is silently introducing the new APU A8-7680 ‘Excavator’ FM2 + to the market, Optocrypto

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