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.

Fritz Chess

Fritz Chess is the strongest chess engine and the evolution of what he faced the world champion Vladimir Kramnik in Bahrain in October 2002. Millions of chess fans watched the games live on the Internet. Fritz was able to equalize the match (4:4), and Kramnik showed all his respect for the performance of Fritz when he said: "DeepFritz is stronger than deepblue!" The new engine is based precisely on that Fritz8 version of "Bahrain" and was further improved in positional play.

In this benchmark, we see that AMD is positioned exactly halfway between the Intel i7-2600K with Hyper Threading enabled and when it is disabled.

Situation at 4 GHz does not change from before, the FX CPUs is located halfway between the i7-2600K CPU and the i5-2500K CPU.