AMD A10-5700 Pro Reviews

The AMD A10-5700 is a chip we're desperate to like. For starters, it's one of the most technically interesting CPUs around right now.

AMD's second-generation APUs, codenamed Trinity, pack an awful lot of processing power into a single chip. The one clear downside of providing four CPU cores and class-leading integrated graphics in one package is undesirable under-load power-draw, especially when the APU is pushed to the limit. This is the main reason why we're not huge fans of the A10-5800K and A8-5600K; their 100W rating makes them unsuitable for small form factor, ultra-quiet builds that they're otherwise ideally suited for. The A10-5700, meanwhile, fits between these two K-class chips with respect to CPU and GPU performance, which remains excellent, yet drops overall power consumption far closer to levels exhibited by price-comparable Intel chips. In fact, our test AMD platform is noticeably quieter when swapping out the 100W APUs for this 65W model.