AMD FX-Series CPUs 8-Core Bulldozer Models only at Price $221

Recently AMD announced shipping of 16-core server class microprocessors, based on upcoming "Bulldozer" core. The announcement indicated that the processors will be available next quarter. The server chips were, apparently, delayed as they were expected to launch a quarter earlier. But the desktop variant of Bulldozer expected to arrive this month.

Those FX chips are now expected in the fourth quarter, so next month at the earliest. If that’s disappointing to hear, you’ll be glad to know the price of the FX chips looks likely to be a lot lower than anyone expected. According to Xbit laboratories, high-performance FX-Series chips for consumer market were also delayed, and they will be shipped in the fourth quarter. On a positive side, FX series lineup was expanded with several new models. In addition to FX-4100, FX-6100, FX-8100 and FX-8150 SKUs, AMD is going to launch quad-core FX-4170, and 95 Watt and 125 Watt versions of eight-core FX-8120.

AMD FX-8120 and FX-8150 CPUs are 8-core models with 8 MB L2 and 8 MB L3 cache. The processors operate at 3.1 and 3.6 GHz, and listed at $222 and $266 respectively. These prices should drop by $10 - $20 once the chips are released. Considering that AMD official prices in 1K quantities are usually $10 - $15 lower than the prices of production chips in this store, we can expect that official prices will be in the range $185 - $200 for FX-8120, and $230 - $245 for FX-8150.

AMD FX-6100 has only 6 CPU cores, or 3 Bulldozer modules. As such, it has only 6 MB of L2 cache. The processor is clocked at 3.3 GHz, and up to 3.9 GHz when Turbo Core feature is active. Like eight-core CPUs, this model has 8 MB L3 cache. The FX-6100 is listed at $188, and its expected official price is $155 - $170, or close to current official price of Phenom II X6 1055T.

The table below contains a summary of FX-6100, FX-8120 and FX-8150 details:
Model Cores Threads Frequency Turbo   L2 cache L3 cache TDP Price
FX-Series FX-6100 6 6 3.3 GHz 3.9 GHz 6 MB 8 MB 95 Watt $188.32
FX-Series FX-8120 8 8 3.1 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 8 MB 125 Watt $221.73
FX-Series FX-8150 8 8 3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 8 MB 125 Watt $266.28

If we compare that pricing with the current prices of Core i7 chips, in the same price range, you’ll get a quad core 3.06GHz chip running at 130W TDP. The closest Intel gets in terms of operating speed and cores is the Core i7-990X Extreme Edition at 3.46GHz and six cores. But then you’ll be paying around $1,000 for that chip.

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