The future is/seems APU

[Dirk Broer]

Apart from the so-called 'Gladiator', a FX variant that also doubles as room-heating due to its 220 Watt tdp there been frightfully little news from the AM3+ front.
The sole -AFAIK- PCIe 3.0 supporting AM3+ mobo, the ASUS 990FX/Gen3 R2.0 Sabertooth, has even been withdrawn from the market here as far as I can tell!

So AMD seems to be laying all its eggs in the APU basket, at least where we crunchers are concerned. How's things there? Do we see improvement over the various iterations of the platform(s)?
Let's take a look at the top models of each of the manufacturers for the FM1, FM2 and FM2+ boards. For a quicky I stick now to the ATX and μATX boards, more (e.g. ECS) to come!

As there is a max of 15 pictures I might have to break up the article per manufacturer later when I add iTX boards, as I want clickable thumbnails of the various boards to go with the article. As it is all entries have a clickable link (apart from the FM2+ μATX MSI board as that page does not exists yet -but I have the future url)

Format	Model	Socket	Chipset	PCIe x16 Slots	Crossfire/SLI	Max RAM	VRM phases	Video out	Audio	WiFi	Bluetooth	eSATA	FireWire
ATX	A75 Extreme6	FM1	A75	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2400MHz	8+2	D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	Yes
ATX	FM2A85X Extreme6	FM2	A85X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2600MHz	8+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC898	No	No	Yes	No
ATX	FM2A88X Extreme6+	FM2+	A88X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2600MHz	8+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC1150	No	No	Yes	No
μATX	A75M	FM1	A75	16	up to dual CrossfireX, no SLI	16GB, up to 2400MHz	n.a.	D-Sub and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	FM2A85X Extreme4-M	FM2	A85X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2600MHz	4+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	No
μATX	FM2A88M Extreme4+	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2600MHz	4+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No

Format	Model	Socket	Chipset	PCIe x16 Slots	Crossfire/SLI	Max RAM	VRM phases	Video out	Audio	WiFi	Bluetooth	eSATA	FireWire
ATX	F1A75-V EVO	FM1	A75	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2250MHz	6+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	No
ATX	F2A85-V PRO	FM2	A85X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	6+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	No
ATX	A88X-PRO	FM2+	A88X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	6+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC1150	No	No	Yes, 2	No
μATX	F1A75-M PRO	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2250MHz	4+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	F2A85-M PRO	FM2	A85X	16-0 or 8-8	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	4+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	No
μATX	A88XM-PLUS	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	4+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC887	No	No	No	No

Format	Model	Socket	Chipset	PCIe x16 Slots	Crossfire/SLI	Max RAM	VRM phases	Video out	Audio	WiFi	Bluetooth	eSATA	FireWire
ATX	TA75A+	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2000MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
ATX	Hi-Fi A85X	FM2	A85X	16-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	8+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC898	No	No	No	No
ATX	Hi-Fi A88W 3D	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2600MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	TA75M+	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2000MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	Hi-Fi A85S	FM2	A85X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2400MHz	4+1	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	Hi-Fi A88S3+	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2600MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No

Format	Model	Socket	Chipset	PCIe x16 Slots	Crossfire/SLI	Max RAM	VRM phases	Video out	Audio	WiFi	Bluetooth	eSATA	FireWire
ATX	GA-A75-UD4H	FM1	A75	16-8	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	8+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC889	No	No	Yes	Yes
ATX	GA-F2A85X-UP4	FM2	A85X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	6+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	Yes
ATX	GA-F2A88X-UP4	FM2+	A88X	16-0-4 or 8-8-4	up to quad CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	6+2	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	Yes	No
μATX	GA-A75M-UD2H	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC889	No	No	Yes	Internal
μATX	GA-F2A85XM-D3H	FM2	A85X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC887	No	No	No	No
μATX	GA-F2A88XM-D3H	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2400MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC887	No	No	No	No

Format	Model	Socket	Chipset	PCIe x16 Slots	Crossfire/SLI	Max RAM	VRM phases	Video out	Audio	WiFi	Bluetooth	eSATA	FireWire
ATX	A75A-G55	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 1866MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
ATX	FM2-A85XA-G65	FM2	A85X	16-0 or 8-8	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 2133MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
ATX	A88X-G43	FM2+	A88X	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	64GB, up to 2133MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC892	No	No	No	No
μATX	A75MA-G55	FM1	A75	16-4	up to triple CrossfireX, no SLI	32GB, up to 1866MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC887	No	No	No	No
μATX	FM2-A85XMA-E35	FM2	A85X	16	up to dual CrossfireX, no SLI	16GB, up to 2133MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	7.1 Realtek ALC887	No	No	No	No
μATX	A88XM-E45	FM2+	A88X	n.a.	up to at least dual CrossfireX, no SLI	n.a. up to 2133MHz	n.a.	D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI	n.a.	No	No	No	No