AMD Trinity prices out, targets Intel’s budget processors

The wait is over, prices for the coming Trinity architecture is here. American distributor BLT leaked prices of all models in the Trinity family and AMD will start with an aggressive price level that will compete with Intel’s coming Core i3 and Pentium processors.

Trinity is the second generationen APU from AMD that sports graphics and processor on the same silicon. Trinity launched for notebooks back in May, but the desktop launch was postponed due to overstock of Llano chips. Distributor BLT have been quick to post prices in the past, with only minor errors, and Trinity will be cheaper than Llano.

Top model A10-5800K with unlocked multiplier for overclocking and the energy efficient version A10-5700 both lands at 131 dollar. This puts the AMD A10 series in direct collission course with Intel’s coming Core i3 processors in the Ivy Bridge family with two cores and Hyper-threading. We can expect similar performance from both parties, with AMD having the better graphics chip. The most interesting comparison should Core i3-3225 with Intel HD 4000 and 55 watt TDP vs. A10-5700 with 65 watt TDP.

The A8 series consists of an overclocking model and one efficent model, both priced at 109 dollar. The big difference is that the A8 series will have a lower specified graphics processor that should still be able to hold its own against Intel HD 4000. A8-5600K and A8-5500 will compete in thr lower segment of Core i3.

Finally we have the dual-core models A6-5600K with HD 7540D graphics and unlocked multiplier and the cheapest A4-5300 with HD 7480D graphics. They will cost 74 and 60 dollar respectively, which pits them against Intel’s Pentium segment. We don’t expect them to keep up in terms of raw CPU performance, but the GPU will be the big sales arguement.