AMD FX-8150 "Bulldozer" CPU Review - PAGE 5

This program includes benchmarks for most hardware. The CPU arithmetic and multi-core efficiency benchmark will be run, as well as memory bandwidth and latency.

SiSoftware Sandra considers the newest instruction sets so the FX-8150 and the i7-2600K are quite strong in the CPU arithmetic test. The latter is still a long way ahead, but that doesn't prevent Bulldozer from smoking the hexa-core and the i5-2500K. At 4.5GHz, it can barely take the lead. The multi-core efficiency has more than doubled compared to its predecessors, but it's still far from the high-end Intel chips. The 2.2GHz memory controller is pretty much equivalent to the 3GHz one on Phenom II when it comes to memory bandwidth, but the latency has not moved much. Overclocked, Bulldozer is on the heels of the triple-channel systems.