Thursday, July 14th 2011
FX-Series Processors Clock Speeds 'Revealed'
On several earlier articles like this one, we were versed with the model numbers and even possible prices of AMD's next-generation FX series desktop processors, but the clock speeds stayed under the wraps, that's until a table listing them out was leaked. AMD's FX-series consists of eight-core FX-81xx parts, six-core FX-61xx, and quad-core FX-41xx parts, probably harvested out of the Zambezi silicon by disabling modules (groups of two cores closely interconnected with some shared resources). Most, if not all, FX series chips have unlocked multipliers, making it a breeze to overclock them. All chips come in the AM3+ package, feature 8 MB of L3 cache, and 2 MB L2 cache per module.
Leading the pack is FX-8150, with a clock speed of 3.6 GHz, and TurboCore speed of 4.2 GHz, a 500 MHz boost. The next chip, FX-8120, has a boost of close to a GHz, it has a clock speed of 3.1 GHz, that goes all the way up to 4 GHz with TurboCore. This will be available in 125W and 95W TDP variants. Next up is the FX-8100, with 2.8 GHz clock speed, that goes up to 3.7 GHz, another 900 MHz boost. The scene shifts to 6-core chips, with FX-6120, no clock speed numbers were given out for this one. FX-6100, on the other hand, is clocked at 3.3 GHz, with 3.9 GHz Turbo. The FX-4100 is the only quad-core part with clock speeds given out by this source: 3.6 GHz, with a tiny 200 MHz boost to 3.8 GHz. You can see that there is no pattern in the turbo speed amounts specific to models, and hence we ask you to take these with a pinch of salt.
Source:
DonanimHaber
Leading the pack is FX-8150, with a clock speed of 3.6 GHz, and TurboCore speed of 4.2 GHz, a 500 MHz boost. The next chip, FX-8120, has a boost of close to a GHz, it has a clock speed of 3.1 GHz, that goes all the way up to 4 GHz with TurboCore. This will be available in 125W and 95W TDP variants. Next up is the FX-8100, with 2.8 GHz clock speed, that goes up to 3.7 GHz, another 900 MHz boost. The scene shifts to 6-core chips, with FX-6120, no clock speed numbers were given out for this one. FX-6100, on the other hand, is clocked at 3.3 GHz, with 3.9 GHz Turbo. The FX-4100 is the only quad-core part with clock speeds given out by this source: 3.6 GHz, with a tiny 200 MHz boost to 3.8 GHz. You can see that there is no pattern in the turbo speed amounts specific to models, and hence we ask you to take these with a pinch of salt.
412 Comments on FX-Series Processors Clock Speeds 'Revealed'
That would be great. :slap:
That is when we should be expected to purchase Zambezi PIBs
They aren't announcing the Launch in this they are announcing when Zambezi will be available for consumers
But, there is some leniency in these times
60 Days = July Launch
90 Days = August Launch
But, since the Llano launch was successful, I don't hear anyone complaining about the 32nm fab process on Llano, I guess it was okay
July Launch has the higher percentage of launch over August
June E3/July AMD HardOCP GamExperienceHe didn't release benchmarks
He inferred results Valencia/Interlagos will have over Magny-Cours and Shanghai
If he was in the business of overhyping Bulldozer, he would make concrete statements about Bulldozer being the be-all end-all of CPUs and telling us that it destroys anything Intel has released.
His lack of information adds more fuel to your trolling than to mine. I'm very surprised you haven't caught on to that and ran with it yet.
Your lack of belief in what JF says has nothing to do with that.
As far as Bulldozer goes, The small amount of info that JF gives is far more credible than OBR or Donanimhaber. He has not overhyped it once, and he has not shown concrete evidence of anything good or bad.
as I have said before... UNTIL THEY ARE RELEASE AND BENCHED BY A CREDIBLE SITE/PERSON THEN ITS JUST HEARSAY!
If Zambezi has the same launch to release time as Llano
It would need to Launch between
Tomorrow(July 15th) to July 19th
And we will be able to buy it 22-28 days after that
Don't believe any benchmarks from people who have Engineer Samples....Both OBR and Donanimhaber are both good with photo editing
It might launch before or after the HardOCP event
Zambezi could have a faster launch to release schedule so the launch could be faster than that
(Key word is could but other than that it should be exactly like the Llano launch)The fact these clock speeds are engineer sample clock speeds and a mixture of possible rumored clock speeds debunks this
Do not trust OBR or Donanimhaber
OBR/Donanimhaber are both closer to Dresden than us, though
:ohwell:
The only people who do know
are AMD(Not going to talk) and GloFo(Under NDA)
anyone else should be taken with a grain of salt
My dates are speculation on the great success of the Llano series if that 32nm works Bulldozer will work as well
But, the official word of Zambezi is in the 2nd Half of 2011
So, a December launch @ worst
Athlon II X4 635 = $100(Old)
ATi 5570 = $50(Old)
Llano with the same specs or better specs: $140 while brand spanking new
If we follow the same price scheme
2 x Phenom II X4 955 BE = $240
2 x Phenom II X4 980 BE = $380
is the range
$240-$380 is a big range