Earlier on March 1st, 2016, AMD announced several new processors with updated thermal solutions. As noted in the official summary image below, one of those updated processors is the A10-7890K APU, the fastest released by AMD at 1.02 TFLOPS theoretical compute performance. The unlocked A10-7890K APU is paired with the AMD "Wraith" cooler, giving the user an option for out-of-the-box overclocking without the added expense of an aftermarket heatsink/fan.

As shown in the second image below, the A10-7890K APU is positioned in the mainstream/online segment of AMD's desktop product lines. Integrating discrete Radeon R7 class graphics, the A10-7890K APU is designed to handle production software loads, games with a responsive performance, and media playback for enhanced viewing.

AMD's fastest APU to date will be available in a new box (see the third image below) that also bundles the AMD Wraith cooler. We are going to test the A10-7890K APU on a Gigabyte F2A88X-UP4 motherboard provided by AMD along with a set of 16GB DDR3-2133 RAM, then compare those results to the AMD FX-4350 CPU mounted on a MSI 970 Gaming motherboard with a set of 16GB DDR3-1600 memory.