AMD Llano A8-3850, computational and graphics performance of the Desktop APU

Today AMD introduces the first APU of the Llano family dedicated to the desktop segment. In this article we will present the general characteristics of the architecture and will show you the performance of the current Llano flagship, the A8-3850.In particular, we will show both the computational performance of the CPU, both the excellent performance guaranteed in video games by the integrated GPU.

Gigabyte A75M-UD2H

The motherboard provided along with the A8-3850 is a GIGABYTE GA-A75M-UD2H equipped, of course, of the FM1 socket that can support all the Llano processors on the market today.

This Micro ATX mainboard is equipped with AMD A75 chipset and is capable of supporting up to 32GB of DDR3 RAM; let's specify that it is possible to run the memory at 1866 MHz only if there are only two banks installed, because there is not support for four banks operating at 1866 MHz

Among the expansion slots are:

  • 1x PCI Express x16
  • 1x PCI Express x1
  • 1x PCI Express x16 slots running at x4
  • 1x PCI slot

The GA-A75M-UD2H has 5 6 Gb/s SATA connectors, capable of supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and JBOD, plus a 6 Gb/s eSATA port on the rear panel.

Below is a list of I/O connections on the rear panel:

  • 1 x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse port
  • 1 x eSATA 6Gb / s
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 2 x USB 3.0/2.0
  • 1 x DVI-D
  • 1 x HDMI port
  • 1 x D-Sub
  • 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
  • 6 x audio ports
  • 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
  • 1 x RJ45 LAN

For more information about this model, we refer directly to the manufacturer's website:

http://it.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-a75m-ud2hrev_10/specs/