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July 14th, 2012, 01:21 GMT · By

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AMD’s Vishera Piledriver FX 8320 and FX 8300 8-Core Processors Revealed

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AMD customers that are still enjoying the AM3+ platform are not forgotten by the company and the Texas based CPU and GPU designer is getting ready to launch some very powerful eight-core processors.

The new models use the long-awaited Piledriver enhanced x86 core and the same 8 MB level 3 cache.

The maximum supported memory is still 1866 MHz DDR3, but the processors themselves will likely offer an overall 20% performance increase over today’s FX 8150 CPU like we’ve reported here.

The new additions are reportedly called FX 8300 and FX 8320.

These are unlocked CPUs and the former runs at a base frequency of 3.3 GHz while the latter rated at 3.5 GHz with a 4.0 GHz Turbo option.

AMD’s FX 8300 has every chance of becoming an overclocker’s favorite as it only sport a 95 watts maximum TDP while the FX 8320 is rated at 125 watts TDP just like the FX 8350 that we’ve reported here.

The launch is estimated to be happening this autumn, but the pricing is closely held under wraps.

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Comment #1 by: Rrebel on 27 Jul 2012, 19:48 UTC reply to this comment

Better late than never I suppose.
So ok we have a big promising speculation for AMD but what changed, evolved or erradicated in the new chips architecture compared to bulldozer beside a nice TPD versus gain perf?


Comment #2 by: ATInsider on 04 Aug 2012, 23:00 UTC reply to this comment

What changed is 1) Resonant clock mesh technology and 2) 10% to 20% performance increase via clock for clock vs. Current Bulldozer.

Basically everything within Piledriver has been tweaked and refined over Bulldozer including a more efficient manufacturing process stepping. Also Resonant clock Mesh will enable the CPU to be very efficient and have the ability to recycle the CPU's clock frequency and allowing it to easily hit over 4.0GHz will all 8-Cores enabled.

Piledriver should give AMD the ability to snatched back some lost market share.

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