amazon AMD APU A4 7300 reviews
AMD A4 7300 processor possesses 2 CPU cores up to 4GHz and the Radeon HD 8470D graphics core provides very good performance for basic office and entertainment.
In terms of specifications, the AMD A4 7300 version I tested was produced on a 32nm process, the base clock level of two CPU cores is 3.8GHz, automatically up to 4GHz when running heavy tasks. The AMD A4 7300 is compatible with FM2 + socket motherboards.
The GPU equipped inside is AMD Radeon HD 8470D with clock speeds up to 800 MHz and supports 128-bit memory bandwidth, theoretically, this is the bandwidth needed for gaming.
The heatsink + fan comes compact as AMD A4 is a low-power universal processor, so it is not necessary to equip the awesome heatsinks.
To test the practical ability, I assembled AMD APU A4 7300 processor on MSI A68HM-E33 V2 motherboard, DDR3 Mushkin kit 8GB RAM 2.133MHz bus (actually only runs at 1,600MHz bus because A4-7300 only supports support to this level), Apacer AS340 240GB SSD hard disk. The first experience with the system is that all normal daily tasks are running very smoothly (Full HD test screen resolution).
I also tried opening Chrome 10 tabs (9 news tabs, 1 Full HD youtube video tab), Skype and worked with the Powerpoint file containing 160 slides with full content from images, charts. Different to simulate high-intensity work of a regular office worker, the machine is still running very smoothly, without the lag phenomenon. If you turn on Task Manager to check, the CPU is currently only used ranging from lowest 34% to highest only 51%. This shows that the machine is more than enough to meet the work of an office worker.
Try the ability to watch movies, the machine looks good at a video resolution of 2K (2560 × 1440 – 1440p) or less. The system is not capable of handling 4K video, but currently, 2K is more than enough, even for the needs of home entertainment.
I also try with an online game a lot of young people are playing League of Legends, the system can weigh at the highest setting on HD resolution (1366 × 768). Try pushing up Full HD, the machine is just enough to play smoothly at the average setting or lower. For you to read and compare the performance results with other models, I also let the system run the test with the familiar benchmark tools below.
OpenGL graphics score and CPU score over Cinebenh R15
In general, the test results once again confirm that the AMD A4 7300 APU is only suitable for office work, Internet, simple gaming. For higher demands such as making graphics or fighting heavy games, you should choose higher-end products, such as the recently launched Ryzen CPUs + discrete graphics.
Choose to save electricity
AMD A4-7300 TDP running max is only 65W, so the whole system we tested consumes only very low power.
In idle state (high-performance level setting in Windows 10), the system consumes only 28W.
In the highest load state, the whole system consumes only 72.1 watts of power.
In the normal working state as my actual use test above, the system consumes only 57W. This means that your 8-hour working day consumes only about 0.5 kW of electricity (including the LCD screen 20 inches or less), very cost-effective for offices as well as home use.
Conclude
The AMD A4 7300 APU is ideal for users who need a low-cost, power-saving desktop computer that can smoothly handle office tasks, the Internet, simple gaming, and watching 2K movies or less.
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