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Title: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: megacrypto on September 26, 2016, 04:28:57 PM
why isn't there miners that make use of the APUs in the AMD processors?

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Title: Re: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: adaseb on September 26, 2016, 05:36:06 PM
Because they are too slow.


Title: Re: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: megacrypto on September 26, 2016, 06:51:30 PM
Because they are too slow.

slower than cpu's? i have a machine with AMD PRO A8-8650B which has 10 compute cores (4CPU+6GPU)

http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-PRO-A-Series-Processors/AMD-PRO-A-Series-A8-APU-for-Desktops/6th-Gen-AMD-PRO-A8-8650B-APU/158 (http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-PRO-A-Series-Processors/AMD-PRO-A-Series-A8-APU-for-Desktops/6th-Gen-AMD-PRO-A8-8650B-APU/158)

i mean, for what it worth, it will still give some kick over the 4 cpu's?!


Title: Re: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: YIz on September 26, 2016, 06:59:54 PM
Because they are too slow.

slower than cpu's? i have a machine with AMD PRO A8-8650B which has 10 compute cores (4CPU+6GPU)

http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-PRO-A-Series-Processors/AMD-PRO-A-Series-A8-APU-for-Desktops/6th-Gen-AMD-PRO-A8-8650B-APU/158 (http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/APU/AMD-PRO-A-Series-Processors/AMD-PRO-A-Series-A8-APU-for-Desktops/6th-Gen-AMD-PRO-A8-8650B-APU/158)

i mean, for what it worth, it will still give some kick over the 4 cpu's?!

Probably better than the CPU, but still very slow and uses the system's RAM. you won't get very much horsepower out of an APU.


Title: Re: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: megacrypto on September 26, 2016, 07:10:13 PM
was just curious :))


Title: Re: AMD APU ... why not used?
Post by: niksdt101 on September 26, 2016, 07:23:15 PM
intel is always the best in cpu's just like amd in gpu's and you can debate over this all day long ...