The quad-core A8-7650K Black Edition is clocked at 3.3GHz, just 100MHz short of the A10-7700K, which costs 10-15% more. The Turbo clock is 3.7GHz, once again 100MHz less than the A10-7700K. We’re not sure 100MHz more are worth the trouble, although the price difference isn’t that big. You can check out a few early listings in Austria.

The rest of the spec is identical – 95W TDP, 28nm Kaveri silicon and Radeon R7 graphics.

In case you were wondering, the GPU spec is identical too, so you get 384 shaders clocked at 720MHz, and capable of pumping out 553GFLOPS. If this is not enough, you can invest in a discrete Radeon R5 for some Dual Graphics Crossfire fun, which should be enough to run most games in 1080p with plenty of eye candy.

Our only problem with AMD’s Black Edition parts is the TDP. At 95W it is relatively high given the spec, but then again if this is a concern AMD has a number of 45W/65W parts with slightly lower clocks and less powerful GPUs.