Recommended graphics cards for AMD dual-graphics

AMD's Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) integrate HD 6000 or HD 7000 graphics, that can work together with discrete Radeon graphics cards. When discrete and APU GPUs work in tandem, their combined performance is higher than performance of each individual discrete or APU graphics unit. This technology was branded by AMD as "Dual Graphics". Currently (May 2012), the technology works with desktop and mobile AMD APUs from A- and E2-Series families, however it has a few limitations. Dual Graphics works only with Direct X10 and Direct X11 graphics, and does not support Direct X9. Additionally, Dual Graphics is not supported on Windows XP and earlier operating systems. Finally, the technology works only with certain AMD graphics cards. The list of recommended discrete cards for each APU family is provided below. Model numbers of discrete AMD cards are displayed in the header of each table. If a specific card is supported by an APU series, then the table will show either '+', or model number of combined GPU, in a cell on the intersection of APU family row and discrete card column. Cards, that will work, but are not on the list of recommended combinations, are marked with '*' after the model number. "N/S" means that Dual Graphics is not supported. For easier visual representation we also used light red background for not supported combinations, and light green background for recommended combinations.

Dual-graphics combinations for "Llano" processors

Recommended HD 6000 series graphics cards for "Llano" desktop APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 6350	HD 6450	HD 6570	HD 6670
A4-Series A4-3xxx	Radeon HD 6410D	HD 6430D2*	HD 6510D2	N/S	N/S
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6530D	N/S	HD 6550D2*	HD 6610D2	HD 6690D2*
A8-series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6550D	N/S	HD 6550D2*	HD 6630D2	HD 6690D2

Recommended HD 7000 series GPUs for "Llano" desktop APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 7350	HD 7450	HD 7570	HD 7670
A4-Series A4-3xxx	Radeon HD 6410D	*	+	N/S	N/S
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6530D	N/S	*	+	*
A8-series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6550D	N/S	*	+	+

Recommended HD 6000 series graphics cards for "Llano" desktop APUs in All-In-One configurations:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 6350A	HD 6450A	HD 6550A	HD 6650A	HD 6670A
A4-Series A4-3xxx	Radeon HD 6410D	HD 6430D2*	HD 6510A2	HD 6570A2	N/S	N/S
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6530D	N/S	HD 6550A2*	HD 6590A2*	HD 6670A2	HD 6710A2*
A8-series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6550D	N/S	HD 6550A2*	HD 6610A2*	HD 6690A2	HD 6730A2

Recommended HD 7000 series graphics cards for "Llano" desktop APUs in AIO configurations:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 7350A	HD 7450A	HD 7650A	HD 7670A
A4-Series A4-3xxx	Radeon HD 6410D	*	+	N/S	N/S
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6530D	N/S	*	+	*
A8-series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6550D	N/S	*	+	+

Recommended graphics cards for "Llano" mobile APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 6430M	HD 6450M	HD 6470M	HD 6490M	HD 6630M
A4-Series A4-3xxx	Radeon HD 6480G	HD 6510G2	HD 6510G2	HD 6510G2	HD 6515G2
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6520G		HD 6540G2	HD 6540G2	HD 6545G2	HD 6680G2
A8-Series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6620G		HD 6640G2	HD 6640G2	HD 6645G2	HD 6690G2

Processor	APU graphics	HD 6650M	HD 6730M	HD 6750M	HD 6770M
A6-Series A6-3xxx	Radeon HD 6520G	HD 6720G2	HD 6740G2	HD 6755G2	HD 6775G2
A8-Series A8-3xxx	Radeon HD 6620G	HD 6740G2	HD 6760G2	HD 6755G2	HD 6775G2

AMD E-Series APUs do not support Dual Graphics.

Dual-graphics combinations for "Trinity" processors

Recommended HD 6000 series graphics cards for "Trinity" desktop APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 6570	HD 6670
AMD A6-Series A6-5xxx	HD 7540D	+
AMD A8-Series A8-5xxx	HD 7560D	+
AMD A10-Series A10-5xxx	HD 7660D	*	+

Recommended HD 7000 series GPUs for "Trinity" desktop APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 7450	HD 7470	HD 7570 (DDR)	HD 7570 (GDDR5)	HD 7670
AMD A6-Series A6-5xxx	HD 7540D	*	+	+	*	*
AMD A8-Series A8-5xxx	HD 7560D	N/S	*	+	+	+
AMD A10-Series A10-5xxx	HD 7660D	N/S	*	+	+	+

Recommended HD 7000 series graphics cards for "Trinity" desktop APUs in AIO configurations:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 7350A	HD 7450A	HD 7470A	HD 7650A	HD 7670A
AMD A6-Series A6-5xxx	HD 7540D	N/S	*	+	+	+
AMD A8-Series A8-5xxx	HD 7560D	N/S	N/S	*	+	+
AMD A10-Series A10-5xxx	HD 7660D	N/S	N/S	*	+	+

AMD A4-5300 series does not support Dual Graphics.

Recommended graphics cards for "Trinity" mobile APUs:

Processor	APU graphics	HD 7450M	HD 7510M	HD 7550M	HD 7650M	HD 7670M
AMD A6-Series A6-4xxxM	HD 7520G	+	+	+	+	+
AMD A8-Series A8-4xxxM	HD 7640G	+	+	+	+	+
AMD A10-Series A10-4xxxM	HD 7660G	+	+	+	+	+