Friday, October 7th 2011
AMD FX 8120 Listed on Ukrainian Store
Less than a week ahead of its launch, a Ukrainian online store named Fixer started listing the AMD FX 8120 eight-core processor PIB (FD8120FRGUBOX). The store is listing the FX 8120 at 1791 UAH (US $223.5). According to the source, FX 8120 stocks arrived at Fixer's warehouse on the 5th of this month, and the product is listed since. The variant listed is the one with 95W TDP, there is a 125W TDP variant, too. It remains to be seen how the two variants spread across distribution channels. The FX 8120 is based on the Bulldozer micro-architecture, it features 8 cores, 16 MB total cache, and a nominal clock speed of 3.1 GHz (which can go up to 4 GHz with TurboCore). A worldwide launch of the AMD FX Processor family is expected on October 12.
Source:
Overclockers Ukraine
98 Comments on AMD FX 8120 Listed on Ukrainian Store
Can't wait to see this thing in real action.. :toast:
You can't just believe everything the marketing department tells you.
But, as you've stated: 3 more days.
Even the AMD FX 4170 Quad-Core at 4.2 GHz "SHOULD" be 50% faster than a Phenom II x4 at 4.2 GHz....according to AMD and it's slides, then again the Marketing Department has a history of pumping stuff into the clouds :D
Maybe they got some gimped ES sample, but still, it's a rather disappointing performer, I would have expected more.
I guess we'll see the full picture after the release.
The only cores that can compaired in a fair manner is the AMD FX 4100 & FX 6100 vs. PII's do to the core count.
Now you got me curious about all of this, now I am really looking forward to Bulldozer's Launch and Real World Benchmarks.
AMD Phenom II x6 1100T @ 3.30 GHz
- L2 = 3MB - L3 = 6MB - AM3 - TDP = 125W - 45nm SOI - 1066 MHz Memory
Versus:
AMD FX 6100 @ 3.30 GHz
- L2 = 6MB - L3 = 8MB - AM3+ - TDP = 95W - 32nm SOI + HKMG - 1866/2133 MHz Memory
AMD Phenom II x4 980T @ 3.70 GHz
- L2 = 2MB - L3 = 6MB -AM3 - TDP = 125W - 45nm SOI - 1066MHz Memory
Versus:
AMD FX 4100 @ 3.6 GHz
- L2 = 4MB - L3 = 8MB -AM3+ - TDP = 95W - 32nm SOI + HKMG - 1866/2133 MHz Memory
Can AMD's new upcoming FX line's superior Design take out CLOCK 4 CLOCK Phenom II's aged design? I think it can Big Time if not, then AMD is in trouble.... :cool:
The initial prediction was that performance would be up to 50% higher which would imply IPC improvements, but they reduced that few months ago, right around the time when first rumors regarding Bulldozer underperforming started to fly around ...
That said, how about Bulldozers 3rd gen called Steemroller. Love the names.
Hammer - The birth of FX...
Bulldozer
Piledriver
SteemRoller
I beleive it goes:
Bulldozer to clear the land
Piledriver to set the foundation
Steamroller to pave the road to complete success.
:roll:
You'd have to be retarded and 100% mentally challenged to think a 3 year old mainstream Athlon II X4 is 3x faster than AMD's flagship highend 8 core Bulldozer.
The Phenom II X6 is AMDs current flagship product and takes about 20seconds to compute Super PI, 1MB.
The "leaked" benchmarks are saying the Bulldozer takes 1min 42 seconds. Why would AMD's new flagship processor perform 5x slower than their current flagship processor.
No reputable company will release a product 5x slower than the previous generation at high end, which leads anyone to determine the "leaked" benchmark is fake.
Are we honestly saying a $70 Athlon II X4 is core for core faster than a 4 core Bulldozer (4cores being unutilised). Of course not. Which puts into perspective that the benchmark isnt genuine or isnt telling a complete story.
www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1758&page=3
BTW isn't Bulldozer out tomorrow. Overclockers.co.uk are preparing to list them :)
...looks like they've taken it down again!