Saturday, September 24th 2011
AMD FX 8150 Looks Core i7-980X and Core i7 2600K in the Eye: AMD Benchmarks
The bets are off, it looks like Intel is in for a price-performance shock with AMD's Bulldozer, after all. In the press deck of AMD FX Processor series leaked by DonanimHaber ahead of its launch, AMD claims huge performance leads over Intel. To sum it up, AMD claims that its AMD FX 8150 processor is looking Intel's Core i7-980X in the eye in game tests, even edging past it in some DirectX 11 titles.
It is performing on par with the Core i7-2600K in several popular CPU benchmarks such as WinRAR 4, X.264 pass 2, Handbrake, 7Zip, POV Ray 3.7, ABBYY OCR, wPrime 32M, and Bibble 5.0. AMD FX 8150 is claimed to be genuinely benefiting from the FMA4 instruction set that Sandy Bridge lacks, in the OCL Performance Mandelbrot test, the FX 8150 outperforms the i7-2600K by as much as 70%. Lastly, the pricing of the FX 8150 is confirmed to be around the $250 mark. Given this, and the fact that the Core i7-2600K is priced about $70 higher, Intel is in for a price-performance shock.
Source:
DonanimHaber
It is performing on par with the Core i7-2600K in several popular CPU benchmarks such as WinRAR 4, X.264 pass 2, Handbrake, 7Zip, POV Ray 3.7, ABBYY OCR, wPrime 32M, and Bibble 5.0. AMD FX 8150 is claimed to be genuinely benefiting from the FMA4 instruction set that Sandy Bridge lacks, in the OCL Performance Mandelbrot test, the FX 8150 outperforms the i7-2600K by as much as 70%. Lastly, the pricing of the FX 8150 is confirmed to be around the $250 mark. Given this, and the fact that the Core i7-2600K is priced about $70 higher, Intel is in for a price-performance shock.
854 Comments on AMD FX 8150 Looks Core i7-980X and Core i7 2600K in the Eye: AMD Benchmarks
I can see why AMD chose to stick with Socket AM3+ for the remaining 2012, if people knew about then dumping AM3+ they would have had bad Bulldozer sales IMO.
llano is more of a power efficient, compact kind. the AM processors pack the real punch.
The low yields at GloFo are most likely what has been delaying BD.
There was an article on it 3 weeks ago @ semi-accurate (forget about the title, probably refers to server part):
semiaccurate.com/2011/09/07/bulldozer-finally-shipped-last-week/So, Llanos have been selling like hotcakes, so they prioritize Llano production over BD, and delay BD release.
P.S. If there's someone @ AMD that plays Carmageddon 1 & 2, the complete lineup of CPUs should read like this (i exclude the years): Bulldozer, Piledriver, Plow Mk. 4, Semi, Dump Truck, DaPanzer (TDR 2000) & Suppressor. jk (Unless they'll actually call 'em like that. :roll:)
I hope it was a typo & meant October not November...?
EDIT: It did.
www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151727
Maybe the digitimes article refers to a second batch or availability in China.
1) 32nm Issues. (No issues with the Bulldozer Design)
2) AMD delayed the release for 30+ days to ensure there's enough stock for retailers/etailers.
3) Apple is sucking back a lot of the 32nm and AMD/NV are taking it from behind.
4) None of the above...
5) All of the above...
6) Only answers 1) & 2) are correct...
Now hurry up AMD, my ASUS Crosshair V Formula (ROG) masterpiece is looking for some Bulldozer Blood.....:D :D :D :D
cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8150+Eight-Core
I assume this was benched without Turbo Core enabled... Still Synthetic Benchmarks mean Jack, what we need is Real World Performance, something AMD claimed that is where Bulldozer's strength is at.
But no information on the chip, which suggest to me it was an engineering sample. There's no reason for Passmark to have a retail sku.
Do people think AMD wants to commit corporate suicide? :laugh:
I will buy one bulldozer most likely. I buy something from every company's generation just to see how it compares but there is no way that I expect it to compete with Intel's higher offerings. I just hope it will have something unique to offer. Either features or price per performance. Or even performance per watt. Just don't count on it being the "Smarter Choice". I always thought it was rather arrogant marketing that would insist "Smarter Choice", like buying Intel is a bad buy.
Until the NDA lifts and there is reviews from multiple trusted sites which can be compared to each other there is no reason to think any of these "leaks" are accurate or anything other than attention whoring by sites who are desperate to try and increase how many people visit their site.
I try to have no expectations for bulldozer but one i cannot help but have it the one of it being better performing than the phenom II architecture, i'm just waiting to see legit reviews before i get excited or disappointed.