The Bulldozer is not a perfect product as it is priced to compete with the i5 Sandy Bridge but often compares to lower processors. in certain tests the Bulldozer compares favorably while in others the i7 and i5 dominate with a good lead. It is obvious that the two cores per module have both helped and hindered the design as does the architecture’s tenancy to share resources like the FP scheduler L2 and L3 caches. These designs will be hard to modify or correct and could prove to hold back an otherwise startling design. Only time will tell if AMD’s decision to have this new architecture share resources and its emphasis upon energy efficiency pays off. Consumers will be hard pressed to choose Bulldozer over other higher performance parts on the market, though pricing favors AMD in these cases and current market conditions.
Given what we have seen in terms of scalability, multi-processing performance, gaming capability, and finally price it is obvious that AMD has the right recipe for success and is looking to bake a winner. Judging from the piece of the pie we have it is obvious that they have assimilated feedback from their experience with the APU and are brining a much more well thought out product to the market.
All in all the FX-8150 is one CPU in a tin can we are happy to recommend to you as an awesome piece of hardware. It has everything we want when looking for a performance rig and does it all while costing less than the competition. Without any flaws in the initial product release it more than qualifies for the TechwareLabs Awesome Hardware Award!
Congratulations AMD!
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