AMD FX-8350 reviews

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First off, let's just start with saying OBR was wrong, and Vishera does indeed use Piledriver cores :p

There's a lot to pick from, so enjoy.

http://www.3dnews.ru/cpu/636955/

http://www.bjorn3d.com/2012/10/amd-fx-8350/

http://www.bouweenpc.nl/artikelen/hardware-artikelen/amd-fx-8350-vishera-preview

http://www.comptoir-hardware.com/articles/cpu-mobo-ram/19352-test-amd-fx-8350.html

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/prozessoren/2012/test-amd-fx-8350-vishera/

http://www.cowcotland.com/news/33839/cowcotland-test-processeur-amd-fx-8350.html

http://www.cowcotland.com/articles/1199/test-processeur-amd-fx-8350.html

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/23/amd-fx-processor-refresh/

http://extrahardware.cnews.cz/recen...ati-osm-jader-piledriveru-na-4-ghz-amd-do-hry

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_fx_8350_processor_review,1.html

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/880-1/amd-fx-8350-retour-amd.html

http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/3314/amd-fx-8350--8320--6300-vishera-review-finally-good-enough

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1598/pg1/amd-fx-8350-processor-review-introduction.html

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/FX-8350-vs-Core-i5-3470-CPU-Review/1657

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=46985

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-FX-8350-Vishera-8Core-CPU-Review/

http://hwt.dk/Test/22502/AMD-FX-8350

http://www.ixbt.com/cpu/amd-fx-8350.shtml

http://www.gamestar.de/hardware/prozessoren/amd-fx-8350/test/amd_fx_8350,577,3006018.html

http://www.lesnumeriques.com/cpu-processeur/amd-fx-8350-p14680/test.html

http://www.overclockers.com/amd-fx-8350-piledriver-cpu-review

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/amd_fx8350/

http://www.pcgamer.com/review/amd-fx-8350-review/

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/FX-8350-CPU-256473/Tests/FX-8350-Test-Vishera-Piledriver-1031473/

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proces...FX-6300-Processor-Review-Vishera-Breaks-Cover

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/topic/feature/20121023_567804.html

http://pctuning.tyden.cz/hardware/procesory-pameti/25399-amd-piledriver-fx-procesor-fx-8350-v-testu

http://www.pcworld.fr/processeur/tests,test-amd-fx-8350-vishera-piledriver-cpu-am3,532571,1.htm

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_fx8350_vishera

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/10/22/amds-second-generation-fx-processor-vishera/

http://www.sweclockers.com/recension/15973-amd-fx-8350-vishera

http://www.tecchannel.de/pc_mobile/prozessoren/2039843/benchmark_test_amd_fx_8350_vishera/

http://www.techno-labs.com/1/36394/1/Test:_AMD_FX-8350_ve_ASUS_Sabertooth_990FX.html

http://www.technic3d.com/review/cpu-s/1466-amd-fx-8350-vishera/1.htm

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/FX-8350_Piledriver_Review/

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed

http://www.techspot.com/review/586-amd-fx-8350-fx-6300/

http://www.techstation.it/hardware/articoli/amd-fx-8350-vishera-all-opera/introduzione-341.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8350-vishera-review,3328.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/fx-8350-vishera-review,review-32550.html

http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-fx-...8ghz--multi-gpu-gaming-performance/17494.html

http://chinese.vr-zone.com/38576/am...with-ivybridge-core-i5-3570k-review-10222012/

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-fx-8350.html

Overall looks to be a good step up from Bulldozer. At Techpowerup, they overclocked both the 8150 and the 8350 to 5.0 ghz, and the 8350 consumed ~70 watts less. There are some minor small IPC improvements, and it looks like the memory controller was improved as well.

Solidly beats the 3570k in multithreaded and competes with the 3770k, falls behind in single-threaded, although that has been expected.
 
Not bad, as least AMD made some improvements but the power consumption is still rather high but slightly uses less power than the FX8150 which is a good thing. However, the gaming benchmarks were quite disappointing, AMD really needs to improve that area.
 
Faethon said:
Anandtech (reviews of 8350, 8320, 6300,4300):

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6396/the-vishera-review-amd-fx8350-fx8320-fx6300-and-fx4300-tested
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Is it me, or is Anand starting to drop the ball, don't get me wrong the site is great, but I wanted to see how the 4300 stacks up against the I3.3220.
Unfortunately Anand decides to cut out the I3 halfway through the review, it seems like this is starting to happen a lot with Anand reviews, models simply appear or disappear depending on the benchmark.
 
runs2far said:
Is it me, or is Anand starting to drop the ball, don't get me wrong the site is great, but I wanted to see how the 4300 stacks up against the I3.3220.
Unfortunately Anand decides to cut out the I3 halfway through the review, it seems like this is starting to happen a lot with Anand reviews, models simply appear or disappear depending on the benchmark.
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I agree. I would have also appreciated a Thuban in there, to see the direct difference.
 
runs2far said:
Is it me, or is Anand starting to drop the ball, don't get me wrong the site is great, but I wanted to see how the 4300 stacks up against the I3.3220.
Unfortunately Anand decides to cut out the I3 halfway through the review, it seems like this is starting to happen a lot with Anand reviews, models simply appear or disappear depending on the benchmark.
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I think some of that is due to exactly what tests have been run on specific processors. It is possible that there aren't any results for the i3 in those tests. I know some of the results are from previous tests of hardware.

In my opinion, Vishera is not the New Jesus™, but it is some kind of improvement over Zambezi. I'm glad that AMD was able to accomplish any kind of improvement.
 
I don't know, I'm pretty happy with it. For $170,I can get a proc that I can drop right onto my beloved Sabertooth and after adding a better cooler, I'll most likely get 4.8 on stock or near stock voltage and be able to hang in there with i5 setups on most things. It'll play games on max settings and be a blast to overclock and I can drop it right in. I think this is great news for those of us on existing AM3+ platforms.
 
I just wanted to ask why Kyle chose to review the FX-8350 ($220 as of today) and FX-8150 ($190 as of today) against the i7-3770K ($330 as of today) and i7-2600K ($335 as of today)?
 
Guess he was wanting to compare AMD's top offering with Intel's top offering. For most things the difference between the 3570K and 3770K isnt that much so it wouldnt have mattered except on the heavily threaded benchmarks.
 
MacLeod said:
Guess he was wanting to compare AMD's top offering with Intel's top offering. For most things the difference between the 3570K and 3770K isnt that much so it wouldnt have mattered except on the heavily threaded benchmarks.
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Seems kinda silly. We all know Intel's top offering out performs AMD's but, a $100 bucks or more, is a big deal to me.
 
Magnus said:
I just wanted to ask why Kyle chose to review the FX-8350 ($220 as of today) and FX-8150 ($190 as of today) against the i7-3770K ($330 as of today) and i7-2600K ($335 as of today)?
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We did not do a FX-8350 review. We compared core IPC. I think this is more valuable for our base readership that are overclockers.

As for value per product and model I did directly address that in our conclusion statements.
 
JMccovery said:
I think some of that is due to exactly what tests have been run on specific processors. It is possible that there aren't any results for the i3 in those tests. I know some of the results are from previous tests of hardware.
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:( That is just sad, reviews used mention and apologise when old results was reused. I guess it's the old quantity over quality mentality :(
 
vishera is what we expected. i think h kinda sold it short because from what i see in other reviews, it can hang with and even pummel other intel cpu's that cost $100 more in the right heavily threaded benchmarks. of course we all know it has it's single thread problems, which is why gaming is a weak spot.

sure h bashed vishera it for it's legit shortcomings, but didn't point out the other side of the coin imo.

i'm disappointed in the overclocking though. a couple reviews i saw barely hit 4.5-4.6. this cpu would have had a better angle if it was a banshee that could routinely hit 5ghz.

overall at least amd was finally able to topple the phenom II 980 in almost every benchmark category. baby steps.
 
runs2far said:
:( That is just sad, reviews used mention and apologise when old results was reused. I guess it's the old quantity over quality mentality :(
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The problem is that, at times, a site may not have enough resources (manpower/time) to run new tests on all the hardware that will be lined up for the comparison part of the review.
 
Magnus said:
Seems kinda silly. We all know Intel's top offering out performs AMD's but, a $100 bucks or more, is a big deal to me.
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$100 more?....maybe $10-15 if that. I have seen the 2500k on sale for $199 numerous times. The thing you dont understand is. AMD's top Processor doesn't compete with Intels top offering. It competes with the 2500k/3570k.

Accually its the same price as a 2500k!!! lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na-_-na&AID=10440897&PID=3891137&SID=rewrite

You can also get a 3570k for $10 more!!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504&Tpk=3570k
 
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Newegg early adopter price gouging. It'll drop down to its $200 MSRP within a few weeks, and the 8320 is at MSRP at $170.

Again, Piledriver is more of a niche processor. In anything multithreaded, it will vastly outperform the 2500k and 3570k. In single threaded, it will fall behind. Anyone who was remotely following the development of Piledriver would know this.
 
And is a significantly better processor than the I 2500k.for the same price. It will be coming down to $200 or less when the channel is full. Now they are gouging while supply is limited.
 
os2wiz said:
And is a bit slower processor than the I 2500k.for the same price. It will be coming down to $200 or less when the channel is full. Now they are gouging while supply is limited.
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Fixed it for ya.
 
I am really curious how the 8350 compares against an I5-3570k both being at 4.5ghz with turbo and throttling disabled in multithreaded benchmarks. I know the 8350 wins by wide margins in stock vs stock tests in multithreaded but really curious when the clock speeds are matched up (average overclocks for both camps)
 
buttons said:
I am really curious how the 8350 compares against an I5-3570k both being at 4.5ghz with turbo and throttling disabled in multithreaded benchmarks. I know the 8350 wins by wide margins in stock vs stock tests in multithreaded but really curious when the clock speeds are matched up (average overclocks for both camps)
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Depends, im gaming AMD gets smoked period. In benchmarks like cinabench etc, well it does ok.

Basically if you want the 8350 for gaming....yes it is the best AMD processor, and if you have a mobo that supports it, I would totally recommend it.

If you are going to have to buy a new mobo, Your best bet is to get a 2500k or 3570k and Mobo, It uses less power, has faster IPC, and is faster or as fast in Multi-threaded applications.

Also Hardocp did a review for gaming with them all at 4ghz.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/10/22/amd_fx8350_piledriver_processor_ipc_overclocking/5
 
Thanks for the list of reviews. One great benchmark i found actually showed that games lose half their fps when multitasking (video encoding in this case + skyrim)... i thought skyrim wouldnt use all cores and leave some 100% fresh cores for other programs and games - but this does not seem to be the case??

http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/9
http://techreport.com/review/23750/amd-fx-8350-processor-reviewed/5

it goes from 77 fps single task to 62 fps when multitasking.
 
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DASHlT said:
Depends, im gaming AMD gets smoked period. In benchmarks like cinabench etc, well it does ok.

Basically if you want the 8350 for gaming....yes it is the best AMD processor, and if you have a mobo that supports it, I would totally recommend it.

If you are going to have to buy a new mobo, Your best bet is to get a 2500k or 3570k and Mobo, It uses less power, has faster IPC, and is faster or as fast in Multi-threaded applications.

Also Hardocp did a review for gaming with them all at 4ghz.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/10/22/amd_fx8350_piledriver_processor_ipc_overclocking/5
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The 8350 matches or flat out beats the 2500k and 3570k in multithreaded tasks, and are sometimes able to match the 2600k and 3770k. Single threaded performance is still behind, so for gaming the 2500k and 3570k will still generally be better.
 
Tsumi said:
The 8350 matches or flat out beats the 2500k and 3570k in multithreaded tasks, and are sometimes able to match the 2600k and 3770k. Single threaded performance is still behind, so for gaming the 2500k and 3570k will still generally be better.
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So if you want synthetic benchmark and multitask benchmark numbers get a piledriver.

For everything else get an Intel. Gotcha
 
DASHlT said:
So if you want synthetic benchmark and multitask benchmark numbers get a piledriver.

For everything else get an Intel. Gotcha
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Or any real life workload that uses multiple threads (hint: there are lots of them out there, gaming isn't the only purpose for CPUs).
 
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