​AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced new addi­ti­ons to its 2016 Desk­top pro­ces­sor fami­ly, offe­ring incre­asing­ly powerful pro­ces­sor opti­ons available for anyo­ne see­king out­stan­ding game­play and power effi­ci­en­cy for their desk­top PC.

New AMD A10-7890K

Set­ting a new APU Stan­dard, the new AMD A10-7890K is the fas­test AMD desk­top APU released to date, with 1.02 TFLOPS of theo­re­ti­cal com­pu­te per­for­mance^4,6. This new pro­ces­sor has been pai­red with the top-of-the-line AMD Wraith Coo­ler to deli­ver a high-per­for­mance com­bi­na­ti­on, enab­ling best-in-class online gam­ing⁵, while offe­ring near silent ope­ra­ti­on for a pre­mi­um expe­ri­ence. Gamers will be able to enjoy play­ing the most popu­lar online and eSports games right out of the box on high set­tings with the new AMD A10-7890K APU, which is capa­ble of pro­vi­ding smooth frame rates in some of the most popu­lar online games like League of Legends®, DOTA2, and Coun­ter Strike®: Glo­bal Offen­si­ve¹. AMD APUs com­bi­ne the power of AMD pro­ces­sors with the per­for­mance of dis­crete Rade­on™ R7 class gra­phics in one con­ve­ni­ent SoC, and sup­port DirectX™ 12, OpenGL, Vul­kan™, and Free­Sync™ in addi­ti­on to Micro­soft® Xbox One™ game strea­ming on Win­dows® 10.

New AMD Athlon™ X4 880K

The new Ath­lon™ X4 880K is the fas­test mul­ti-core Ath­lon™ pro­ces­sor ever made, boas­ting a 4.2 GHz maxi­mum tur­bo fre­quen­cy and an unlo­cked clock mul­ti­pli­er⁷. Pai­red with the new near-silent 125W AMD Ther­mal Solu­ti­on — fea­turing the same capa­ble hard­ware and per­for­mance of the Wraith Coo­ler, wit­hout the illu­mi­na­ted shroud – this pro­ces­sor deli­vers high mul­ti-core per­for­mance that can deli­ver extre­me­ly high frame rates in some of the most play­ed and popu­lar online games, capa­ble of pro­vi­ding smooth per­for­mance at 1440p and 4K when pai­red with a capa­ble gra­phics card.^2,3

A10-7870K APU, now bundled with the new, near-silent 125W AMD Thermal Solution

The pro­ven and powerful A10-7870K now comes with the new, near-silent 125W AMD ther­mal solu­ti­on fea­turing the same capa­ble hard­ware and per­for­mance of the Wraith Coo­ler, wit­hout the illu­mi­na­ted shroud.

NEW THERMAL SOLUTION:	INCLUDED WITH:	NEAR SILENT (39DB):	SLEEK FAN SHROUD & ILLUMINATED LOGO:
AMD Wraith Cooler	FX™ 8370 CPU New A10-7890K APU	YES	YES
Near-silent 125W AMD Ther­mal Solution	A10-7870K APU New Ath­lon™ X4 880K CPU	YES	NO

Pricing and Availability

• The new AMD A10-7890K  and Ath­lon™ X4 880K pro­ces­sors and ther­mal solu­ti­ons, and the AMD A10-7870K with its new 125W Ther­mal Solu­ti­on, are plan­ned to be available for sale at the end of March 2016 at sel­ect retailers/e‑tailers and par­ti­ci­pa­ting sys­tem vendors.
• Sug­gested pri­ce (SEP) as of March 1, 2016: 
  • AMD A10-7890K — $164.99 USD
  • AMD A10-7870K — $139.99 USD
  • AMD Ath­lon™ X4 880K – $94.99 USD

Supporting Resources

• Learn more on AMD.com
• AMD A10-7890K, Athlon™x4 880K Blog
• Build Small Form Fac­tor Per­for­mance A10-7890K PC Video
• Beco­me a fan of AMD on Face­book
• Fol­low AMD on Twit­ter
• Ame­ri­can Busi­ness Awards win­ners
• Gol­den Bridge Award win­ners

About AMD

For more than 45 years AMD has dri­ven inno­va­ti­on in high-per­for­mance com­pu­ting, gra­phics, and visua­liza­ti­on tech­no­lo­gies ― the buil­ding blocks for gam­ing, immersi­ve plat­forms, and the dat­a­cen­ter. Hundreds of mil­li­ons of con­su­mers, lea­ding For­tu­ne 500 busi­nesses, and cut­ting-edge sci­en­ti­fic rese­arch faci­li­ties around the world rely on AMD tech­no­lo­gy dai­ly to impro­ve how they live, work, and play. AMD employees around the world are focu­sed on buil­ding gre­at pro­ducts that push the boun­da­ries of what is pos­si­ble. For more infor­ma­ti­on about how AMD is enab­ling today and inspi­ring tomor­row, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) web­site, blog, Face­book and Twit­ter pages.