AMD ”Godavari” Refresh Platform APUs Listing Spotted – A10-7870K and A10-7670K Succeed Kaveri

APUs using the JC stepping have been spotted by Computerbase.de. While the APUs are still using 7000 series nomenclature the newer core stepping indicates that these are the first of the new Kaveri Refresh Platform: Godavari. It remains somewhat unclear why AMD has decided to stick to 7000 series nomenclature and whether 8000 series APUs will be coming now (something in my personal opinion is unlikely now).

AMD A10-7870K and A8-7670K APUs spotted – ‘Godavari’, the Kaveri Refresh Platform begins rolling

The Kaveri-Refresh platform “Godavari” is named after the second largest river of India after the river Ganges and falls in line with Kaveri which is also a name of a river situated in India. Godavari will retain the Kaveri design with up to four “Steamroller” x86 cores, Radeon graphics engine based on the GCN 1.1 architecture with up to 512 stream processors, a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and HSA [heterogeneous system architecture] capabilities. The APUs will use FM2+ form-factor and will likely be drop-in compatible with existing mainboards.

The AMD’s 10-7870K chip has been listed with the AD787KXDJCBOX part number. The price of the new APU is €176 which equates to the $190 price point, roughly equivalent to Kaveri. While the part has higher clocks, details are scarce and it remains to be seen whether they have any new features as opposed to just a higher revision. The A10-7870K will have TDP of 95W, core clock (boost) of 3.9 Ghz and L2 cache of 4MB. Similarly, the A10-7670K will have TDP of 95W, core clock (boost) of 3.6 Ghz and L2 cache of 4MB.

Given below are the leaked SKU specifications of the Godavari platform, in 8000 series nomenclature (something that might not be true anymore):

Godavari	CPU Cores	CPU Clock Base/Boost	L2 Cache	GPU /  Cores		GPU Clock	TDP
AMD A10-8850K	4	3.7/4.1 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 512		856 MHz	95W
AMD A10-Pro 8850B	4	3.7/4.1 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 512		800 MHz	95W
AMD A8-8650	4	3.2/3.8 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 384		760 MHz	65W
AMD A8-8650K	4	3.2/3.5 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 384		760 MHz	95W
AMD A10-8750	4	3.0/3.5 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 512		TBD	65W
AMD A6-8550K	2	3.1/3.5 GHz	2 MB	R5 / 256		TBD	65W
AMD A10 PRO-8750B	4	3.0/3.5 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 512		TBD	65W
AMD A8 PRO-8650B	4	2.9/3.2 GHz	4 MB	R7 / 384		760 MHz	65W
AMD A6 PRO-8550B	2	3.1/3.5 GHz	2 MB	R5 / 256		TBD	65W
AMD A4 PRO-8350B	2	3.0/3.5 GHz	2 MB	R5 / 256		757 MHz	65W
AMD Athlon X4 870K	4	3.5/3.7 GHz	2 MB	N/A		N/A	95W
AMD Athlon X4 850	4	2.9/3.2 GHz	2 MB	N/A		N/A	65W

Model	AMD A10-8850K ‘Godavari’	AMD A10-7850K ‘Kaveri’	AMD A10-6800K ‘Richland’	AMD A10-5800K ‘Trinity’
CPU Core	Steamroller	Steamroller	Piledriver	Piledriver
# of Cores	4	4	4	4
Turbo Core 3.0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Base Clock	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz	4.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Turbo Clock	4.1 GHz	4.0 GHz	4.4 GHz	4.2 GHz
L2 Cache	4 MB	4 MB	4 MB	4 MB
Unlocked Design	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Graphics Core	GCN Radeon R7 Series	GCN Radeon R7 Series	HD 8670D	HD 7660D
GPU Cores	512 Cores	512 Cores	384 Cores	384 Cores
GPU Clock	856 MHz	720 MHz	844 MHz	800 MHz
TDP	95W	95W	100W	100W
Launch Date	Summer 2015	14th January 2014	4th June 2013	2nd October 2012