What is the difference between AMD A88 and A85

The A88 motherboard is the 2014 AMD newly introduced motherboard, uses the fm2+ socket design, supports the FM2+/FM2 interface processor, supports the current AMD A10/a8/a6/a4/e2/athlon II X4 Each series mainstream processor, basically can say is the AMD Universal processor.

The A85 motherboard is a new motherboard introduced by AMD in 2013, with a FM2 slot design that supports only the FM2 interface processor and does not support the Kaveri APU (three-generation APU) processor with the newest fm2+ interface of AMD.

In other words, the biggest difference between the A88 and the A85 board is the difference in the CPU socket interface design, where the latest A88 motherboards are more compatible, support the FM2+/FM2 interface processor, and test all A10/A8/A6/A4/E2 interface processors on AMD platform AMD FM2+/FM2.

And the A85 motherboard is the FM2 socket design, compatible AMD platform AMD A10/A8/A6/A4 FM2 interface processor, does not support AMD this year's new three-generation Kaveri APU processor, such as (a10-7850k, a10-7700k and a8-7600 all belong to the newest three-generation Apu of AMD platform.

Another major difference between the A88 motherboard and the A85 motherboard is A88 motherboard support PCI-E 3.0,a85 motherboard is not supported. Therefore, the A88 motherboard is also the first AMD platform to support the PCI-E 3.0 standard chipset.

In other respects, A88 and A85 motherboard difference is very small, mainly a88x motherboard built-in USB3.0 interface through the Microsoft WHQL certification, better stability. Of course A88 motherboard will be more expensive than A85, how to choose, see the Budget and CPU with the

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