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so I have an unboxing today of a CPU this is an AMD a8 CPU and what's different about this versus an AMD a8 CPU that I looked at before that I'm actually gonna go get the Box on in fact I've got a bunch of AMD boxes I was paid and I should be doing that there you go so there's the 83815 there's the fx-8150 so this is a 38-7 TK so what is the difference between a 38-7 TK and the 3850 which I'm pretty sure this is a 38 50 please tell me it's 38 50 yeah okay it's a 38 50 um the difference between this is a you have a higher stock frequency so this guy's clocked at 3 gigahertz versus 2.9 gigahertz on its predecessor you also get a sticker which I believe was also included with the previous generation product it's got a three year warranty which is typical of AMD products comes with a little manual for installing it this is an FM Woonsocket product so that means it is an APU just like its predecessor they both are but the key difference there's your included heatsink the key difference is this right here the K and the part number so the K in the part number means that in addition to 3 gigahertz quad-core processors that is CPUs so to speak 4 Meg's of total cache ah I hope this is a 65 50 d I believe it's a 65 50 D I'll be back so yes it does have a 65 50 D GPU so really those terms are what AMD would consider to be obsolete because this is not a CPU or GPU it is an APU which means it has a quad core processing component as well as a DirectX 11 graphics core and it's all built on to this chip that goes into the socket of your motherboard so your motherboard is at the point now where it contains almost no logic at all other than your storage controller you know USB that kind of stuff and almost everything is done right on the CPU including integrated graphics so right in addition to all that you get K which means it is unlocked this is unlocked just like an FX class part just like an Intel K class part that means you can overclock more easily than you could with the 3850 so in terms of your sheer speed you know just out of the box these are going to be very very similar however once you start overclocking this starts to make sense now how does it compare to the competition intel has their core i3 dual-core processors they do have hyper threading in some cases and honestly in some applications where you need faster but fewer cores it doesn't stand up that well however if you are going to need the extra cores or if you're going to need the graphics power and you can see they got like all these pictures and stuff like dirt3 if you're going to need the graphics power AMD's apu absolutely smokes an Intel Sandy Bridge processor with its integrated HD 2000 or HD 3000 graphics in games I've actually done a video about this where I had the 38 50 and I compared it directly against I think it's the 2105 from Intel that's elsewhere on my line is tech tips channel if you google like APU Linus tech tips or something it should come up and so you can see how drastic the difference is between these guys and the Intel competition so basically what this is is it's an unlocked little bit faster easier to overclock perfect CP apu for gamers on a budget