AMD FX-8350 "Piledriver" Review

[Sempron Guy]

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from Techpowerup:

What can I say? AMD has priced these new FX-8350 CPUs in such a way that there is no doubt: they make an attractive alternative to their Intel counterparts, and AMD seems focused on keeping that price difference no matter what. AMD can't take Intel over in number of chips produced and sold, but AMD has several options for you if you are looking for something different. AMD's pricing is, looking at the lower bracket of their new FX chips, interesting, especially with the combinations that are set to meet and beat Intel at price versus performance in every instance – if that is what you are looking for.
If a bit of overclocking is what you are after, AMD has something to offer you here as well, although there's not really more in terms of raw frequency from what I have seen. More performance than the FX-8510 offered at those upper overclocks is definitely possible.
The Intel 3770K costs nearly twice as much, but doesn't offer twice the performance. AMD's current power consumption numbers are higher face-to-face, but even that is something that can be overlooked. With these prices and considering what AMD offers with their APU line-up, I can see that AMD really has no intention at all of competing with Intel when it comes to being the very fastest ever...but AMD does seem to offer a better deal if you want more affordable computing. In the end, I'm left thinking:
What AMD has is good, but is it just a little, well, too late?

from Guru3d:

Concluding then. I'll keep saying this, personally I would have preferred a faster per core performing AMD quad-core processor rather then an eight-core processor with reduced nice per core performance. However we do have to be clear here, we have been working with the FX 8350 processor for a while now and it simply is a great experience overall. Your system is very fast, feels snazzy and responsive. The Achilles heel simply remain single threaded applications. The problem here is that it effects game performance quite a bit, especially with high-end dedicated graphics cards and that's why in it's current form the FX series simply is not that popular amongst the gaming community.
However when multi-threading kicks in wheter that is a game or application ... that loss is turned around in a gain.
Overall the AMD FX 8350 is a processor we can recommend for the upper segment of mid-range computer. The FX 8350 is very hip in a PC desktop environment with the many threads you can fire off at it, and if you love to compress, transcode or use your PC as a workstation, well it will bring heaps of performance and value. Even though today's release is merely a step forward we do say the FX processors deserve a lot more credit then they have gotten thus far. At a price of 195 USD the AMD FX 8350 is a really fun 8-core mainstream segment processor to work with.

from Tomshardware:

Recognizing that the power user community gives AMD more latitude than Intel, I anticipate a greater number of enthusiasts getting excited about FX-8350 than any of the Bulldozer-based CPUs, and rightly so. More speed, significantly improved efficiency, and a sensible price tag are exactly what I was hoping to see, and AMD delivers them all. Are you asked to make compromises? Yeah. Single-threaded performance still isn’t impressive, and power consumption remains a sore subject. But for less than $200, I can certainly see FX-8350 at the heart of a budget-oriented workstation.

Would FX-8350 be my first choice in a new build, though? Probably not. Although I’m impressed by the work AMD’s architects have done in the last year, performance remains too workload-dependent. And, inexpensive energy aside, I’m going to go with the more efficient implementation when all else is close to equal.

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Bottomline:

If you got an AM3+ board and you are planning to upgrade from your old phenom II's or you already got a Bulldozer and wanted something more efficient per clock and power consumption. Piledriver is the way to go. And it's expected to be "more or less same price as the Bulldozer".

[wikki]

piledriver with a flat head, lipaya sa intel ani. more losses.

[Sempron Guy]

I see it as the same bulldozer, tweaked, optimized in terms of power consumption for the same price as the first gen-fx. Honestly I think Intel should be the one to worry in the midrange department.

[butitoy]

honestly

AMD should roll out better processors

hopefully they will send to CEBU philippines crates of A10 5700 ASAP!

then sell it at 5K

nawon nato ug mahalin ba ang i3 and some i5s

( di ba kay mu price drop gyud na for sure...

LIPAY dayon kaayo ko ! )

[archt_vin]

butitoy: aw balik ko sa red team ani kalakiha...A10, am w8ng...

[butitoy]

^^^ huwat gyud ko ana bro

kay imong ibaligya ug brato imong ivy

[killifish]

nice ni dah... murag nindot jd ni. padayon jd ako plano sa upgrade to piledriver. hehe

[harhar]

Downside nalang kay ang power consumption...

[keropi]

People are placing thier bets on the A10-5700 hoping that it would live up to the marketing promises of a 65w thermal profile. I hope it will to at least give amd some leverage over intel..

[vipvip68]

High TDP's and low IPC's... AMD used to be an innovative company... now all they do is make great heaters for your pc.

For me even if they get good performance sa midrange and give good pricing... it's at the expense having to run at high frequencies and heat output / power consumption.

Maybe AMD remembers what happened when Intel did this strategy (AKA Pentium 4 Prescott)...

There have been so many delays, false promises of performance and failed product launches since Intel's Core 2 came out.... wala nay credibility ang AMD to deliver products like Athlon 64.

Hope AMD proves me wrong... I very much doubt it at this point.