Godavari is broadly similar to Kaveri in architecture, making use of up to four x86 Steamroller cores and 512 'Sea Islands' GCN cores. The main improvements for this new 8000-series are in the realm of clock speed, providing a slight bump in CPU and large bump in GPU core frequencies. A January 2015 report by VR-Zone indicated that the top-end A10-8850K would feature four x68 Steamroller cores & 512 GCN cores, clocked at 3.7 GHz base/4.1GHz Max and 856MHz respectively; this compares favourably to the 4GHz Max CPU freq. and 720MHz GPU freq. of the AMD A10-7850K Kaveri it ostensibly replaces.
Pricing for the new parts, eventually numbering in double figures and comprising A4-A10 as well as Athlon X4 models, is expected to remain broadly in line with current Kaveri models.
In other news the same sources stated that AMD's next-generation Summit Ridge platform, featuring AMD Zen APU's and a new chipset, will be manufactured by Glofo & Samsung for a 2016 release window. In addition AMD have been in talks with ASMedia to incorporate their USB 3.1 controller into a new motherboard chipset due for release this September.
SOURCE: Digitimes, WCCFTECH, VR-Zone