More details on Trinity core leaked

On October 25, we reported on several leaked AMD roadmap slides, that detailed Trinity and other upcoming mobile cores, as well as new AMD mobile Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), that are due for release later this quarter. On November 4, user "bigpao007" in the chiphell forums leaked a few more slides about the upcoming Virgo platform and Trinity core. Virgo is the platform that will support the new Trinity processors. According to AMD projections (based on a digital media workload), they should provide a 30% increase in performance over the Llano APUs.

Trinity APUs contain a Piledriver core, the 2nd generation Bulldozer core. There can be up to 4 cores (preliminary info say either 2 or 4 cores), and there are various GPU configurations available. The package uses the new FM2 (904 pin) socket, so is not compatible with the FM1 package used by Llano. The on-chip graphics supports Direct X 11, and, like the Piledriver core, promises to offer a 30% performance increase over Llano chips.

The Lynx chipset (for Llano) was configurable to run with a TDP of 65W or 100W. Virgo adds the option of a 125W TDP. Additionally, Turbo Core has been upgraded to version 3, which has been extended to work with the GPU, giving access to more power. In addition to this, Virgo has 3 dedicated display outputs, where Lynx only had 2. All of these features help to provide more computing power when combined with the Trinity APUs.

Partial information was also released about engineering sample part numbers. 15 models are described:

Model	Market	Cores	Base Clock	Max Boost Clock	GPU Clock
2520	Mobile	2	2500 MHz	3200 MHz	610 MHz
2621	Mobile	2	2600 MHz	3000 MHz	563 MHz
2625	Mobile	2	2600 MHz	3000 MHz	626 MHz
2220	Mobile	4	2200 MHz	3100 MHz	600 MHz
2322	Mobile	4	2300 MHz	3200 MHz	655 MHz
2324	Mobile	4	2300 MHz	3200 MHz	686 MHz
2500	Mobile	4	2500 MHz	3200 MHz	610 MHz
2520	Mobile	4	2500 MHz	3200 MHz	610 MHz
3323	Desktop	2	3300 MHz	3600 MHz	711 MHz
3721	Desktop	2	3700 MHz	4000 MHz	709 MHz
3020	Desktop	4	3000 MHz	3700 MHz	709 MHz
3024	Desktop	4	3000 MHz	3700 MHz	709 MHz
3324	Desktop	4	3300 MHz	3600 MHz	711 MHz
3326	Desktop	4	3300 MHz	3600 MHz	711 MHz
3820	Desktop	4	3800 MHz	4100 MHz	709 MHz

As some of the model specs are duplicated, it's not yet clear whether there are other differences between the models.