AMD Athlon X4 845 Review: Excavator digs AMD out from under Intel

NotebookReview Weekly Update June 23, 2016 AMD Athlon X4 845 Review: Excavator digs AMD out from under Intel For more than a decade AMD has been largely eclipsed by the market successes of Intel and several generations of its Core-series processors. But while Intel has focused on pushing for faster clock speeds and delivering lower power consumption by moving to a 14nm architecture, AMD has quietly been optimizing its 28nm architecture to deliver similar power efficiency and greater performance per watt in the entry-level and “mainstream” PC market.  This is where AMD’s Athlon x4 845 and the new “Excavator” architecture made the equivalent of a stealth bomber attack against Intel earlier this year. The new Excavator cores won’t compete with the newest high-end Intel Core i7 chips, but AMD might have just found a way to bury Intel’s budget-priced Pentium line. Read the Full Review RELATED LINKS Microsoft Surface Pro 4 vs Apple MacBook 2016 Dell XPS 13 2016 Review: An Ultrabook Improvement Huawei MateBook Hands On: Not Too Pricey But Still Slick ADVERTISEMENT RESOURCES Join the discussion in the NBR forum SUBSCRIBE, LIKE AND FOLLOW US Like us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. YouTube Channel.

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