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Alright seems some information is a little all over the place, so ill give you a summary:

FX: AMDs newest line of performance CPUs, it replaced the Phenom II series as the high end CPU solution. These are meant to compete with i5.

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A Series: These are AMDs manistream APUs, they are called APUs because they have an integrated graphics core on the CPU itself. These compete with Intel i3.

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Athlon (CPU): These are on AMDs mainstream socket (FM2(+)) however the integrated graphics were disabled (due to manufacturing faults), these compete with Intel Pentium. 

amd_athlon_fm2_logo_1.png

 

 

Athlon (APU): These are some very lower power FS1b APUs that compete with Intel's quad core J1900. Athlon 5350 is an example of this.

AMD-Athlon-AM1-Kabini-APUs.jpg

 

 

Sempron (APU): These are the really low power CPUs on the AM1 (FS1b) platform, they are 25W low clock/core count APUs that compete with Intel's solutions like the J1800 Celerons/Pentiums.

AMD-SEMPRON-APU.jpg

 

 

Phenom II: AMDs previous performance line, like FX is today. They competed with Intel's Core2 Quad and first generation i5 processors.

12749767652.jpg

 

 

Athlon II: AMDs previous mainstream line, a bit like todays APUs. They did produce some quad core ones that competed with Intel's Core2 Quads.

amd_athlonx4640_logo.jpg

 

 

Sempron (CPU): These were out at the same time as AMDs Phenom/Athlon II CPUs, they were single/dual core CPUs and competed with Intel Celeron.

amd-sempron-145-400x400-imad4ggp2hzb2edk

 

 

Yup, Semprons are the equivalent of Intel's Pentium series.

More Celeron to be honest; see above.

 

I previously used my PC without this GPU.

My brother is using some quad core Athlon with GPU.

HOW?!?!?!

 

(serious question, does motherboard give iGPU or something??)

Yes, back then we called it onboard graphics because the graphics were part of the chipset (or northbridge), on the AMD side it was probably 760G or 880G, but there were some nForce chipsets like 630a with the GeForce 7025.

 

Correction: Athlon II's do have iGPUs, just really shitty ones. :)

Athlon IIs didn't have iGPUs, see above. But there are now Athlon APUs on AM1 (FS1b).

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FX CPU's: just CPU. No iGPU no nothin'. Suppose to perform the best, but eh..

Ahtlon and Phenom: just behind the FX CPU's in performance, but with iGPU. (which is not that good) Apparently it doesn't have iGPU. So it's just like the FX CPU's (before the FX CPU's came out)

A series: APU's. Can do CPU and GPU stuff. And can do the GPU stuff better than Athlon and Phenom.

 

Not sure about Sempron, but I believe.. It was a low power thing? Not sure.

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Not sure about Sempron, but I believe.. It was a low power thing? Not sure.

Yup, Semprons are the equivalent of Intel's Pentium series.

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FX CPU's: just CPU. No iGPU no nothin'. Suppose to perform the best, but eh..

Ahtlon and Phenom: just behind the FX CPU's in performance, but with iGPU. (which is not that good)

A series: APU's. Can do CPU and GPU stuff. And can do the GPU stuff better than Athlon and Phenom.

 

Not sure about Sempron, but I believe.. It was a low power thing? Not sure.

 

Wow, thanks, I've been wondering about this for a long time lol

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APU is a  CPU with an integrated GPU inside of it, with an apu alone you can play games on medium/low settings, including modern games. You can also crossfire the integrated graphics with another GPU installed onto the motherboard. An APU in my opinion needs work to come to its "full potential". APUs cannot yet surpass a separate mid-high end CPU & GPU in rendering and FX - The FX series are just CPUs. These are purely the brain of your motherboard and focus on nothing else but being the brain. The FX CPU can only "think" and not "see" like an APU can.

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FX CPU's: just CPU. No iGPU no nothin'. Suppose to perform the best, but eh..

Ahtlon and Phenom: just behind the FX CPU's in performance, but with iGPU. (which is not that good)

A series: APU's. Can do CPU and GPU stuff. And can do the GPU stuff better than Athlon and Phenom.

 

Not sure about Sempron, but I believe.. It was a low power thing? Not sure.

athlons and phenoms have no igpu.

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athlons and phenoms have no igpu.

I previously used my PC without this GPU.

My brother is using some quad core Athlon with GPU.

HOW?!?!?!

 

(serious question, does motherboard give iGPU or something??)

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I previously used my PC without this GPU.

My brother is using some quad core Athlon with GPU.

HOW?!?!?!

 

(serious question, does motherboard give iGPU or something??)

 

The latter. I don't know if it's very common with all lower-end AMD socket motherboards, but I know there's more than just a few that have integrated graphics in the chipset.

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The latter. I don't know if it's very common with all lower-end AMD socket motherboards, but I know there's more than just a few that have integrated graphics in the chipset.

Woah. That is rad. I have never heard of that before.

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I previously used my PC without this GPU.

My brother is using some quad core Athlon with GPU.

HOW?!?!?!

 

(serious question, does motherboard give iGPU or something??)

 

Woah. That is rad. I have never heard of that before.

it used to be normal to have integrated graphics on the mobo.

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it used to be normal to have integrated graphics on the mobo.

^^

But then fancy on CPU GPUs came around

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FX CPU's: just CPU. No iGPU no nothin'. Suppose to perform the best, but eh..

Ahtlon and Phenom: just behind the FX CPU's in performance, but with iGPU. (which is not that good) Apparently it doesn't have iGPU. So it's just like the FX CPU's (before the FX CPU's came out)

A series: APU's. Can do CPU and GPU stuff. And can do the GPU stuff better than Athlon and Phenom.

 

Not sure about Sempron, but I believe.. It was a low power thing? Not sure.

Correction: Athlon II's do have iGPUs, just really shitty ones. :)

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price? yes.

performance? not even close.

Aye, but I've meant equivalent as in "relative to other CPUs in the family"

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Alright seems some information is a little all over the place, so ill give you a summary:

FX: AMDs newest line of performance CPUs, it replaced the Phenom II series as the high end CPU solution. These are meant to compete with i5.

fx_logo.jpg

 

 

A Series: These are AMDs manistream APUs, they are called APUs because they have an integrated graphics core on the CPU itself. These compete with Intel i3.

AMD-A10.png

 

Athlon (CPU): These are on AMDs mainstream socket (FM2(+)) however the integrated graphics were disabled (due to manufacturing faults), these compete with Intel Pentium. 

amd_athlon_fm2_logo_1.png

 

 

Athlon (APU): These are some very lower power FS1b APUs that compete with Intel's quad core J1900. Athlon 5350 is an example of this.

AMD-Athlon-AM1-Kabini-APUs.jpg

 

 

Sempron (APU): These are the really low power CPUs on the AM1 (FS1b) platform, they are 25W low clock/core count APUs that compete with Intel's solutions like the J1800 Celerons/Pentiums.

AMD-SEMPRON-APU.jpg

 

 

Phenom II: AMDs previous performance line, like FX is today. They competed with Intel's Core2 Quad and first generation i5 processors.

12749767652.jpg

 

 

Athlon II: AMDs previous mainstream line, a bit like todays APUs. They did produce some quad core ones that competed with Intel's Core2 Quads.

amd_athlonx4640_logo.jpg

 

 

Sempron (CPU): These were out at the same time as AMDs Phenom/Athlon II CPUs, they were single/dual core CPUs and competed with Intel Celeron.

amd-sempron-145-400x400-imad4ggp2hzb2edk

 

 

Yup, Semprons are the equivalent of Intel's Pentium series.

More Celeron to be honest; see above.

 

I previously used my PC without this GPU.

My brother is using some quad core Athlon with GPU.

HOW?!?!?!

 

(serious question, does motherboard give iGPU or something??)

Yes, back then we called it onboard graphics because the graphics were part of the chipset (or northbridge), on the AMD side it was probably 760G or 880G, but there were some nForce chipsets like 630a with the GeForce 7025.

 

Correction: Athlon II's do have iGPUs, just really shitty ones. :)

Athlon IIs didn't have iGPUs, see above. But there are now Athlon APUs on AM1 (FS1b).

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