AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini AM1 APU Review

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In the global market computing isn’t just about power or speed. Not everyone is concerned with purchasing the latest top tier CPU and in some countries, others just simply cannot afford to purchase such products. In developing countries users have asked for components that are low cost but can still be upgraded. With the previous generation of products, the CPU was soldered on to the motherboard. Enter the AMD Athlon 5350.

The Athlon nomenclature at one time was AMD’s mainstream processor now however, that Athlon name is given to the low cost/low power line. AMD is touting the new Athlon line as a “system on a socket” as all IO is handled on the CPU and there is not a chipset on the motherboard. This should help drive costs down and get the platform into more hands. The new AM1 platform from AMD features the Kabini APU. The Kabini line isn’t truly new, but rather a variant of the Kabini that is already released into the mobile market and is featured in AMD powered laptops and other x86 based mobile devices. The Kabini APU is designed to be marketed to the budget segment. Pricing suggests the AM1 platform should be around the same costs ($50-$80) as the previous Brazo series. AMD is launching the AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini APU at $55 USD and expected pricing for motherboards should be between 25.00 and 50.00 USD.

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AM1 Platform Features

• Single Chip SoC
• Up to 4 “Jaguar” Cores
• GCN-Based Radeon Graphics
  • DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3, OpenGL ES 3.0
  • OpenCL 1.2, DirectCompute, C++ AMP
• Multimedia Features
  • UVD 4.2, VCE 2.0
• I/O
  • 2 USB 3.0, 8 USB 2.0, 2 SATA 6GB

AMD Kabini APU Specifications

APU Model	TDP	CPU Cores	CPU Frequency	GCN Radeon™ Cores	GPU Frequency	Memory Frequency	Total Cache	Price(Suggested (R)Etail Price, USD)
AMD Athlon™ 5350	25W	4	2.05 GHz	128	600 MHz	1600 MHz	2 MB	$59
AMD Athlon™ 5150	25W	4	1.6 GHz	128	600 MHz	1600 MHz	2 MB	$49
AMD Sempron™ 3850	25W	4	1.3 GHz	128	450 MHz	1600 MHz	2 MB	$39
AMD Sempron™ 2650	25W	2	1.45 GHz	128	400 MHz	1333 MHz	1 MB	$34