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Almost 3 years ago, AMD released the first FX CPUs featuring the Bulldozer architecture; we sadly know how that went. In mid 2012, AMD refreshed the FX line with the new Piledriver architecture. The Piledriver cores provided a better performance level than its predecessor and has been with us since. Then in 2013, AMD finally brought out the big guns with the FX 9590, its fastest out of the box CPUs with a clock speed of 5GHz.
This brings us to 2014 and AMD's release of 3 new FX offerings, the FX 8320, FX 8370E and FX 8370. All three offer 8-cores and lower TDP than the previous 8-core FX chips. AMD is targeting users with 4- and 6-core FX chips with an upgrade to 8 cores, without the need for a new high-end motherboard. The question is... how do these lower TDP 8-core FX chips perform?
This review will try to answer that, so read on!
AMD FX 8370, FX 8370E & FX 8320E Specifications
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FX 8370
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FX 8370E
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FX 8320E
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Architecture
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Piledriver
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Family
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Vishera
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Manufacture Processor
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32 nm SOI
HKMG
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Cores
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8 cores (4 modules-2 cores each)
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Base Clock
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4.0GHz
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3.3GHz
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3.2GHz
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Turbo Core Clock
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4.3GHz
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4.2GHz
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4.0GHz
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L2 Cache
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4 x 2MB
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L3 Cache
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8MB
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Max DDR3
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1866MHz
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TDP
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125 watt
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95 watt
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MSRP
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$199.99
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$199.99
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$146.99
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Specifications curtesy AMD
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I would really have liked to see a 2015 update to steamroller. While I dont have an AMD processor I do own stocks in the company and love to see them succeed. Hopefully AMD will be able to take the fight directly to Intel soon and make us finally have a real showdown. Not just for gaming! But for the work space also.
single core performance is still king, it seems. 8 cores? 12 cores? 8000 cores? who cares. if the game doesnt thread properly (almost none do; most games use a single main thread w/ a few extra for peripheral crap) extra cores are meaningless.
take metro 2033 w/ the 9590 vs the 8370E @ high settings @ 1080p (1080p lol). its a difference of ~3.4%, i.e. the 9590 is only 3.4% faster than the 8370E.
is a 9590 3.4% more expensive than a 8370E? nope. its waaaay more expensive, so for gamers that good.
what about DiRT? well neoseeker didnt specify the resolution, which makes all the difference (cmon neoseeker, enough of this amateur hour).
next gen games are upon us, backed by consoles with 8 threads - gives developers reason enough to multithread. once multithreading is done effectively and consistently, CPUs like these will matter. but until then...
ps sorry, vodka...