AMD FX-8150: Bulldozer on the bench table

In this article we'll show you a detailed analysis of the performance of the AMD FX-8150, top of the range of proposals based on the new Bulldozer architecture. The tests provide a full suite of tests in which the CPU will be compared to other proposals of the market, either by default or at different frequencies. We will also consider the impact of memory on performance, and the consumption as a function of voltage.

Handbrake 0.9.5

Handbrake 0.9.5: Multi-threaded video encoding software with which we will transform a file (a movie) to MP4; the process includes x264 video encoding, FAAC audio encoding and muxing into final MP4 container. The time it takes for the CPU to perform this task will be taken into consideration.

Real test that brings to the various CPU cores a movie to encode. As you can see, the AMD CPU does mark a time very similar to the Intel i7-2600K with a very little deviation of seconds. A sign that the architecture, if properly exploited by the software, can give the best.

Looking the test performed at 4 GHz, there is nothing more than point out what we have seen already in default test. The AMD FX-8150 achieves a good score, springing forward with a good margin than other CPUs.