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AMD FX 9590 OC + R9-290x OC Benchmark Review Coming Soon!

2013-12-01T18:30:00.002-08:00

AMD FX is Back!

I will be attempting to create the best strictly air AMD solution possible! UV yellow Theme!

My System:

AMD FX 9590

AMD R9-290X

2400 Mhz Team Extreme DDR3

Gigabyte GA-990FX-UD7 (rev 1.1) with Vdroop

Many 140mm AKFN-073 Akasa Viper Fans @ 109.55 CFM / 21.7 dB

CPU Cooler :

Prolimatech Genesis + 3 x Akasa Viper 140mm fans

Indigo Extreme Precision Engineered Thermal Interface (ETI) for AM3+

Expected Stable Overclock : 5.0 Ghz

Hopefully : 5.2 Ghz

GPU Cooler :

Prolimatech MK-26 Black Edition + 2 x Akasa Viper 140mm fans

IC Diamond Thermal Compound (7 Carat)

Expected Stable Overclock : 1150 Mhz/1400 Mhz (Clock/Memory)

Hopefully : 1200Mhz/1450 Mhz (Clock/Memory)

Ill be testing GPU/CPU temperatures with a glass side panel as well as one with four fans.

Update Soon!

780 Ti Benchmarks : A Big Joke?

2013-11-05T12:20:00.000-08:00

Compare the 780 Ti at 700 USD to the R9-290 at 400 USD!

Performance within overclock delta?

3DMark Firestrike

Nvidia

780 Ti @ 1233 Mhz Clock

PRICE : 700 USD

3 GB GDDR5 (Really Nvidia?)

Score : 5622

GPU Score : 6118

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AMD

AMD R9-290 (NON-X) @ 1113 Mhz Clock

PRICE : 400 USD

4 GB GDDR5

Score : 5254

GPU Score : 5581

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For Total Score, that is a 7% deficiency in performance, for a 10.7% clock disadvantage!

For GPU Score, that is only a 9.6% deficiency in performance, for a 10.7% clock disadvantage!

Just wait for R9-290 (NON-X) with non reference coolers at 1200+ Mhz!

ADDED:

AMD

AMD R9-290X @ 1150 Mhz Clock

PRICE : 550
USD

4 GB GDDR5

Score : 6045

GPU Score : 6397

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AMD is the clock per clock winner! Even with less cores!

AMD Kaveri Benchmarks! More Steamrolling!

2013-10-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

More Leaks point to simply amazing Integer Performance for Steamroller in this Cosmology Benchmark!

Thats over 1100% the jump we saw from Bulldozer to Piledriver! Take these results with a grain of salt! ;)

The loss of performance in the floating point calculation could be due to a lack of L3 cache in comparison to its FX brethren. Compare AMD FX 4350 to AMD A10-6800k to see this difference!

Just wait for AMD FX 9650 @ $449 USD

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Kaveri Benchmarks Revealed! AMD Kaveri's GPU is R5-N200

2013-09-21T11:39:00.001-07:00

This Speaks for itself!

Intel HD 5200 Iris with eDRAM is now pathetic compared to a DDR3 1600 Mhz Kaveri system. Watch HuMA and HSA at work with that memory bandwidth as well as General Purpose Cryptography up to near 500% the performance (+400%) of Iris 5200 and up to ~840% the performance (~+740%) vs the 8670D! Both systems are running with 1600 Mhz DDR3.

Kaveri's GPU is essentially an underclocked 7790 with DDR3 instead of GDDR5 with only 1 CU disabled. This means Kaveri's GPU will sport 832 Stream Processors and overshoots the original estimates and rumours of 512 stream processors by alot! Stock clock will be 600 Mhz but there is no word if there will be a turbo clock implemented but my guess is YES! :)

And Now that Kaveri motherboards have entered the enthusiast field, I'd love to see 2400-2600 Mhz DDR3 testing! This is a GREAT time for 2400 Mhz purchasing aswell, as the price is only marginally higher than 1866 or 2133 Mhz options. Asus claims a +30% increase in performance on their Kaveri FM2+ page here going from 1333-2133 Mhz! So compare the above results at 1600 Mhz to a theoretical system with 2600 Mhz DDR3!

ASRock's FM2A88X Extreme6+ - 2600 Mhz OC DDR3 supported

What do you guys think?

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AMD FX 9590 Price Dropped to $359 CAD! XFX 7990 $629!

2013-09-16T10:20:00.001-07:00

AMD FX 9590 is now $359 CAD

You heard me....

XFX 7990 is now $629 CAD

COMBO PRICE

AMD FX 9590 + AMD 7990 Combo

Original Price : $2100 CAD

New Price : $988

Intel i7 4770k + Nvidia GTX 690 Combo

Price : $1315

Intel i5 4670k + Nvidia GTX 690 Combo

Price $1245

Intel i3 3240 + Nvidia GTX 690 Combo

Price $1145

Direct Competition
Intel 4930k + Nvidia GTX 680 Combo
Price $919

Using cheapest prices possible with Pricebat.ca

AMD simply crushes the competition in price to performance for enthusiast gamers!!

AMD R9 290X Benchmarks ... Coming Soon!

2013-09-13T10:49:00.002-07:00

AMD's Titan Killer is R9 290X

Nvidia only has GTX Titan Ultra to respond! Thank AMD for bumping the prices down to a reasonable level with the AMD 7990 at $699! The other new thing with the R9 290X you will find unlike with Nvidia's Titan is custom PCB's and overclocked variants.

R9 290X will cost in the $600-800 USD range, depending on the type of card, and will outperform the GTX Titan (2688 cores) stock per stock which currently costs $1000-1100 USD.

The GTX Titan Ultra (2880 cores), launched shortly after AMD's Hawaii GPUs, will cost $800-900 USD and the regular GTX Titan will have its price dropped to the $600-800 USD range.

Nvidia's REAL Flagship will be the GTX 790 (4608 cores) which will sport two underclocked GTX 780s and will still hold the $1000-1100 USD position. AMD will fall behind only in releasing their Dual-Hawaii R9 Flagship to counter.

Who will Be King? You Decide!

AMD FX 9590 Benchmarks Part III

2013-07-21T14:56:00.001-07:00

More Benchmarks from PCTuning

Stock AMD FX 9590 @ 4.7 Ghz / 5 Ghz Turbo

vs.

Stock Intel i7 4770k @ 3.5 Ghz / 3.9 Ghz Turbo

Higher is Better

Memory Bandwidth

Lower is Better

POWER

Remember that the FX 9590 is paired with a 7990!

TEMPS

Intel runs HOT .. no surprise

Compare results for the FX 6300 and the FX 9590. Imagine if AMD instead released a 12 Core Variant that overclocks only to 4.1 Ghz, this would be equivalent to the FX 9590 on all cores but with much less IPC. Its no wonder AMD scrapped their 10 Core FX chips for higher clocked 8 Cores.

Steamroller FX will trounce the FX 9590 at lower clocks and TDP.

AMD FX 8350/9590 a Gaming Beast!

2013-07-11T17:14:00.000-07:00

More Evidence ... From Kitguru

Check out the HUGE gains in power consumption for the FX 9590 at 5 GHZ ON AIR! JUST ABOVE A STOCK FX 8150 in power consumption! AMD FX 8150 at 4.8 uses 586 W, the FX 9590 at 5 Ghz uses 317W Just wait for steamroller!

AMD FX9590 Test System
Processor: AMD FX9590 8 Core processor @ 5ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5
Cooler: Corsair H100i (performance mode) / BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2
Graphics: Sapphire HD7970 6GB Toxic (Synthetic section – Catalyst 13.6 beta) and ASUS GTX780 Direct CUII OC (Games testing – Forceware 320.49)
Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Series @ 2,133mhz (10-11-11-28)
Power Supply: Corsair HX850
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive.
Chassis: Lian Li X2000
Boot Drive: Patriot 240GB Pyro SE
Storage Drive: Patriot 240GB Wildfire.
Monitor: Apple 30 inch Cinema HD

Gaming compare system:
Processor: Core i7 3960 X Extreme Edition @ 4.4ghz
Graphics Card: ASUS GTX780 Direct CU II OC (Forceware 320.49)
Cooler: Antec 920 H20
Memory: 16GB G.Skill 2,400mhz @ 10-11-10-30
Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme
Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 1250W
Optical Drive: Asus BluRay Drive
Chassis: Lian Li PC-A77FR Aluminium Red Full Tower Case
Boot Drive: Patriot WildFire 120GB
Secondary Drive: 1TB Samsung
Monitors: Dell U3011

AMD has better power consumption than the 3960x OC and ties in REALWORLD gaming performance!

Remember the 9590 is basically an FX 8350 OC! With multi-threaded games coming out, AMD will be the best bang for you buck!

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3DMark 11

Intel i7 970 6C/12T @ 4.6 ghz SEVERE BOTTLENECKING 7970 toxic

compared to AMD FX 9590 at 5 Ghz

COMPARE THE GRAPHICS SCORE IE FPS!!!

INTEL i7 970 @ 4.6 Ghz (12T)

AMD FX 9590 @ 5 Ghz (8T)

Thats a HUGE 23.7 % difference in GPU SCORE (FPS)!!!

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AMD surprisingly* ~~completely~~ crushes Intel in Gaming with real world non-synthetic tests. Watch both videos!

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LEAK : Steamroller = Up to 25% IPC BOOST from Piledriver (20% AVG)

2013-07-04T16:58:00.004-07:00

"The biggest architectural change Kaveri APU features is the use of the latest 28nm Steamroller architecture that is a true multi-threaded architecture focusing on enhancing the IPC (Instruction-Per-Cycle) by up to 25%." Wccftech

Steamroller 20-25% IPC increase further supported as the leaks come out for Kaveri. Believe what you want, all I can say is you will be pleasantly surprised!

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AMD FX 9650

4.5 Ghz with 4.8 Ghz Turbo

125W TDP

$449

AM3+ 1090FX - Up to 2933 DDR3 Mhz Ram

Coming Soon!

Battle of the Ultrathins Round 2 : Gaming Benchmarks

2013-06-25T14:17:00.003-07:00

Richland (25W)

AMD A10-5745m

2.1/2.9 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 8610G - 384 Shader Units

Haswell (15W)

Intel i5 4250u

1.3/2.6 Ghz Turbo

2C/4T

Intel HD 5000

Settings: IGP/Value Settings from Anandtech - 1366 x 768

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"The graphics unit called Radeon HD 8610G offers all 384 shader units (VLIW4) and is slightly faster than the HD 7660G. The core is clocked at 533-626 MHz (turbo)"

The 7660g will be compared with the HD 5000 in this case.

RESULTS:

GRID 2 : Winner AMD by +8.8%

Haswell : 43.1 FPS

Richland : 46.9 FPS

Tomb Raider : Winner AMD by +6.3%

Haswell : 28.3 FPS

Richland : 30.1 FPS

Sleeping Dogs : Winner AMD by +43.9%

Haswell : 24.6 FPS

Richland : 35.4 FPS

Metro Last Light : Winner AMD by +49.3%

Haswell : 13.6 FPS

Richland : 20.3 FPS

BioShock Infinite : Winner AMD by +26.5%

Haswell : 20.4 FPS

Richland : 25.8

The HD 5000 found in the Macbook Air is only a fraction better than the HD 4400, and even has worse performance in some benchmarks and games. It looks like Iris was only effective at the 55W range, performance plumets as power decreases. AMD maintains a similar performance across all form factors from ultrathin to laptop to desktop, and this range will decrease further with Kaveri.

Battle of The Ultrathins AMD vs Intel

2013-06-19T01:26:00.000-07:00

UltraBook vs UltraThin

Haswell Flagship (15W)

Intel i7 4500u

1.8/3.0 Ghz Turbo

2C/4T

Intel HD 4400

Trinity Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-4655m

2.0/2.8 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 7620G

Found in the ASUS Vivobook U38N-C4004H

Source

Richland Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-5745m

2.1/2.9 Ghz Turbo

2M/4T

AMD 8610G - 384 Shader Units

"The graphics unit called Radeon HD 8610G offers all 384 shader units (VLIW4) and is slightly faster than the HD 7660G. The core is clocked at 533-626 MHz (turbo)"

NotebookCheck

Kaveri Flagship (25W)

AMD A10-RT2lv

2.4/3.2 Ghz 2M/4T

AMD RT2lv - 512 Shader Units

Cinebench 11.5

Haswell

Single Thread : 1.33

Multi Thread : 2.7

Scaling : 2.03x

Source

Trinity

Single Thread : 0.5

Multi Thread : 1.7

Scaling : 3.4x

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Richland

Single Thread : 0.57

Multi Thread : 1.82

Scaling : 3.19x

Kaveri

Estimate +20% IPC / +10% clock put it slightly over a A10-5750m CPU performance wise

Single Thread : 0.95

Multi Thread : 2.42

Scaling : 2.55x

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AMD closing the gap with regards to CPU performance.

3DMark 2013

Haswell:

Firestrike: 649

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Trinity :

Firestrike: 659

source

Richland :

Firestrike: 809

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Kaveri :

(+33% more shader cores, and if a clock boost by 10%)

Firestrike: 1183

ADDED: The RT2 graphics on this ultrathin will perform roughly the same as an overclocked 8670D desktop GPU found in the A10-6800k APU.

Until Iris 5100 comes out with the intel i7-4558U, AMD has a huge graphical lead in their ultrathins over haswell HD 4400.

ADDED: The Key for AMD here fast ram! Kaveri FM2+ will support up to 2933 Mhz DDR3 in desktops , and graphics card benefits from 1600-2133 Mhz are ~12-15%, so to 1600-2933 Mhz ~+30% benefit .

In ultrathins 1600 Mhz or 1866 Mhz will be the standard so this benefit is not seen.

AMD FX 9590 Crushes intel in this brand new benchmark

2013-06-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

HWBOT Prime Beta version 0.6.6, Overclocked battle

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

IvyBridge Flagship

i7 3930k

Overclocked : @ 5.0 Ghz for 12 Threads

AMD FX 9590

Overclocked : 6812

AMD FX 9650

Overclocked : 7597

Intel i7 3930k

Overclocked : 5963

AMD FX 9590 at 5.2 Ghz trounces intel's flagship 3930k at 5.0 Ghz by +15%. The AMD FX 9650 at 5.4 Ghz on the other hand is in a whole new playing field, surpassing intels 3930k at 5.0 ghz by a whopping 27%, and beating their own Piledriver flagship at 5.2 Ghz by +11.5%.

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AMD FX 9590 vs intel i7 4770k - X264 V. 5.0

2013-06-12T23:33:00.003-07:00

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

AMD FX 9590 Stock (4.8 ghz on all 8 cores)

Score : 18.0

Intel i7 4770k Stock

Score : 16.4

Out of the box the AMD FX 9590 will beat the 4770k by 9.8% in this test.

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AMD FX 9590 vs i7 4770k vs AMD FX 9650 Pt 2.

2013-06-12T21:33:00.000-07:00

More Benchmarks!

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650 4.5 ghz Turbo @ 4.6/4.7/4.8 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

ADDED:

IvyBridge i7 3770k

Intel i7 3770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.8 Ghz for 8 Threads

X264

Single core Performance : Pass 1 fps

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 180.63

Overclocked : 221.27

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 171.29

Overclocked : 181.78

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 197.16

Overclocked : 226.52

ADDED:

Intel i7 3770k

Stock : 168.39
Overclocked : 213.37

AMD FX 9590 at Stock Clocks is 1.7% faster than a stock clocked i7 3770k, and 5.5% slower than a stock clocked i7 4770k in this single core test.

Multithreaded Performance : Pass 2 fps

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 46.47

Overclocked : 59.42

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 52.80

Overclocked : 56.03

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 60.78

Overclocked : 69.83

ADDED:

Intel i7 3770k

Stock : 41.66
Overclocked : 53.59

AMD FX 9590 at Stock Clocks is 26.7% faster than a stock clocked i7 3770k, and 13.6% faster than a stock clocked i7 4770k in this multi core test.

AMD is catching up in single core performance out of the box, mainly because of the new "high stock clock / smaller overclock" stance AMD is taking for the next few years. Haswell on the other hand sees a huge increase in performance with this encoding test when compared to IvyBridge. When all cores are used, the AMD FX 9650 will greatly out perform intel's 4C/8T chips and will barley fall short when compared to intel's 1000 USD 6C/12T.

AMD FX 9590 vs. AMD FX 9650 vs Intel 4770k

2013-06-11T21:19:00.000-07:00

AMD FX 9590 Benchmarks

Recently announced AMD FX 9590 will be AMD's flagship until their Steamroller FX 9650 comes out. Here are the benchmarks! Single-threaded benchmarks coming soon!

Piledriver Flagship

AMD FX 9590 4.7 Ghz Turbo @ 4.8/4.9/5 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.2 Ghz for 8 Threads

Steamroller Flagship

AMD FX 9650 4.5 ghz Turbo @ 4.6/4.7/4.8 Ghz for 8/4/2 Threads

Overclocked : @ 5.4 Ghz for 8 Threads

Haswell Flagship

Intel i7 4770k 3.5 Ghz Turbo @ 3.7/3.9 Ghz for 8/4 Threads

Overclocked : @ 4.7 Ghz for 8 Threads

ADDED:
Ivy Bridge Flagship
Intel i7 3960x 3.3 Ghz Turbo @ 3.5/3.7/3.9 Ghz for 12/8/4 Threads
Overclocked : @ 4.73 Ghz for 12 Threads

Cinebench 11.5 Multi-threaded Score

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 8.25

Overclocked : 9.0

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 9.15

Overclocked : 10.51

Intel i7 4770k

Stock : 7.6

Overclocked : 10.4

ADDED:
i7 3960x

Stock : 9.6
Overclocked : 13.9

POV Ray 3.7 Multi-threaded PPS

AMD FX 9590

Stock : 1778

Overclocked : 1917.2

AMD FX 9650

Stock : 1985

Overclocked : 2330

Intel i7 4770

Stock : 1444

Overclocked : 1962

ADDED:
i7 3960x

Stock :1675
Overclocked : 2397

Stay tuned!

AMD Steamroller FX 9650 - 4.5 Ghz / 4.8 Ghz Turbo Benchmarks!

2013-05-22T21:27:00.000-07:00

AMD Back in the High End
1090FX Entusiast

30% more Ops / Cycle = 20% IPC Benefit over Piledriver

Assuming 45% increase in performance vs Bulldozer (First Gen) and a 32% increase in performance vs Piledriver (Second Gen). This is taken directly from AMD!

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IPC will lie somewhere between Nahelem and Sandy Bridge , falling behind Haswell by only 25-30%.

POV Ray 3.7 - Multithreaded Test Score

Intel

4C/8T - Intel i7 3770k : 1363

6C/12T - Intel i7 3970x : 1888

AMD

4M/8T - AMD FX 8350 : 1505

4M/8T - AMD FX 9450 : 1636

4M/8T - AMD FX 9650 : 1985

(determined with 32% increase in performance over the FX 8350)

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Cinebench 11.5 Score - Single Core Test

Intel

4C/8T - Intel i7 3770k : 1.66

6C/12T - Intel i7 3970x : 1.62

AMD

4M/8T - AMD FX 8350 : 1.11

4M/8T - AMD FX 9450 : 1.21

4M/8T - AMD FX 9650 : 1.47

Cinebench 11.5 Score - Multi-core Test

Intel

4C/8T - Intel i7 3770k : 7.52

6C/12T - Intel i7 3970x : 10.84

AMD

4M/8T - AMD FX 8350 : 6.93

4M/8T - AMD FX 9450 : 7.55

4M/8T - AMD FX 9650 : 9.15

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Due to the 20% difference in single core performance when compared to Haswell, the FX 9650 will perform on par with a 2nd gen intel i7 2600k in gaming, still falling behind the 4770k by a hair when paired with two high end graphics card solutions. For games, like Crysis 3, that take advantage of more than 4 cores, the FX 9650 will perform on par with its intel counter parts. The 32 % performance increase comes with a 20% increase in IPC (vs Piledriver) and around a 10% Clock boost.

The only downside with these chips is the overclockability. AMD generally pushes their stock clocks high enough to not leave any room for overclocking. Although AMD has put alot of effort into making these chips less power hungry, they only succeeded in allowing for higher clocks and typically higher overclock under the given TDP. The total power consumption is only 5-8% less than its FX 8350 counterpart. Unlike with the 4770k, which can handle a hefty +43% overclock from 3.5 Ghz to 5.0 Ghz , while the AMD FX 9650 will only handle a 20% overclock from 4.5 Ghz to 5.4 Ghz.

Note: It should deffinitly be noted that the intel processor overclocked to 5 Ghz will still use a whopping 40% less power than AMD's Steamroller Flagship.

The FX 9650 will lie somewhere between the 4770k and the 4960x in performance, and the price will reflect that. To directly compete with the 4770k, AMD will release a cheaper variant clocked at 3.8 Ghz with a 4.2 Ghz Turbo.

My Price estimate for AMD's flagship FX chip 4.5 Ghz with 4.8 Ghz Turbo is $449, with the lower model sporting a 3.8 Ghz / 4.2 Ghz Turbo Clock for $249. The FX 9650 will compete directly with the i7 4930k, while the FX 9450 will compete with the i7 4770k.

You Choose Who will be King!

Update: *Given AMD's flagship Kaveri APU will sport 3M/6T , (source) it wll be interesting to see if AMD releases a 6M/12T Centurian FX variant flagship in the 900-1000 USD range. (If not 4M/8T) Although this chip will be plagued with terrible overclockability, it will nevertheless give the 4960x a run for its money.

The World's First Professional Tablet, Nvidia's GK110 is Geforce GTX 780, ASUS AERES II - The Ace is Back!

2013-01-23T14:08:00.002-08:00

There are rumours floating around regarding a new professional FirePro Tablet, the world's only x86 Windows 8 Tablet with Professional Graphics. Not only will this allow AMD to get into a position no other company has, as professional graphics solutions are currently strictly in desktop / notebook form factor.

More information of AMD's FirePro tablet can be found here

In other news, we see that Nvidia is preparing for their Geforce GTX 780 card based on the older GK110 architecture which is said to bring only a 25% increase in performance when compared to the Geforce GTX 680. It will be interesting to see how AMD's 8970, which is said to bring a 30-40% increase in performance over the 7970, stacks up against this card from Nvidia.

More information on AMD's future 8970 flagship card can be found here and Nvidia's future flagship the GTX 780 here

Currently the 7970 is the World most powerful consumer single GPU solution, with the introduction of the performance aggressive drivers Catalyst 12.11 and now 13.1; and the ARES II (7970x2) is the worlds most powerful consumer dual GPU solution, pulling 13% ahead of the GTX 690.

Its interesting to see that the ASUS ARES II is only a two slot card, not shown by this fake picture floating around

More info on the ASUS ARES II can be found here

New AMD Roadmap! Temash Q3 2013/ Steamroller Cores Q4 2013

2013-01-07T17:10:00.001-08:00

Jan 07 2013 AMD Roadmap

We see some interesting new information through this brand new roadmap. Not only will AMD's new flagship 28 nm Temash Tablet SoC sport four Cores, yes FOUR cores (not two as previously reported), but it will be released in the end of Q2 beginning of Q3 2013.

Another interesting note is to see that steamroller is alive and well and is said to be released in its APU form later this year in Q4.

Good to see K10.5 still kicking with an even more tweaked core known as Jaguar, which is said to bring over 15% increase in IPC performance, and over 10% higher clocks over previous Brazos core.

No Desktop Flagship Steamroller this year guys! We'll have to wait and see how AMD pulls this one off in Q1 2014, during which all Soc/APU/CPU's will move towards Steamroller/Excavator core design.

So which Tablet SoC will prevail in CPU performance, how about GPU?

Intel's Bay Trail 22nm 4 core Atom based on ivy Bridge Core

HD 4000

AMD's 28nm Temash A Series 4 core based on the much improved Jaguar Core?

AMD 8270

You decide!

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AMD Temash : Microsoft Surface Pro 2? Cheaper, Better Battery Life, Better Performance!

2012-12-03T21:26:00.003-08:00

So rumors say that Microsoft is ditching Nvidia and Intel for Qualcomm and AMD in their Surface and Surface Pro.

It seems that battery life and graphics performance is something consumers need over raw CPU on their tablets these days. Since Apple released their retina Ipad 3, resolution past 1080p on tablets will be the norm by 2014.

We know that intel's HD 4000 - 6@350-1100 Mhz found in ULV intel i5/i7 parts cant be much better than future 7000/8000 series Temash GPUs, and they are said to last a measly 4 hrs, which is embarrassing compared to the ipad 4's 10 hours.

We know the intel HD 4000 scores about 2564 in 3DMark 06. The Temash part will most likely sport a 7270m-8380m, or something of the likes. For comparison sake, a 6380m found in a low voltage mobile llano part has a score of 2639, and for desktop Brazos 2.0, the E2-1800's HD 6340 has a score of 2527.

I estimate that the Temash GPU will have a score at least over 2200, but will perform better in modern DX11 games when compared to the ULV HD 4000. You can quote me on that.

Temash will be AMD's first 28nm APU and will have clocks around 2 Ghz, with a 15% IPC advantage over current 40nm Bobcat cores found in Brazos and Brazos 2.0. Battery life will also be double intels, around 8 hours.

We will have to wait until June until Temash products are distributed to the public, but its capabilities will be first shown at CES 2013 Jan 8-11.

EDIT: Sea Islands 8000 series GPUs will have full support for Direct X 11.1.

EDIT 2: It appears that Temash will only sport Two Jaguar Cores, but this is not confirmed.

Tablet Battle : AMD Z-60 vs Nvidia Tegra 3 vs Intel Atom N2600/Z2670

2012-11-30T12:46:00.003-08:00

Enter Hondo : AMD Z-60 Tablet APU

Graphics Performance

GLbenchmark 2.5.1

AMD Z-60 : 36 fps

Tegra 3 : 13 fps

Thats a 277% difference!

Round 1 : Tegra 3

3DMark 06

AMD Z-60 : 1701

Intel Atom N2600 : 373

Thats a 456% difference!

Round 2 : Intel Atom N2600 , Tegra 3

CPU performance

PCMark Vantage

AMD Z-60 : 1770

Atom N2600 : 1803

That's a tie!

Round 3: Intel Atom N2600

There is no doubt about it, that the extra graphics power costs more power. The intel atom Z2760 (1.7W) is the tablet variant of the N2600 (3.5W)

It doesnt seem there is a class of Windows 8 tablets out there even close to the Z-60, especially in graphics performance. EDIT: i5/i7 tablets over 1000 USD will out perform the Z-60 but at a higher envelope (17W)

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It will be interesting to see if AMD comes out with a FirePro DX 11.1 tablet for professional graphical tasks. (source)

Guess Who's Back

2012-11-28T11:30:00.000-08:00

Whats in the news for AMD?

* Stocks have plummeted (Buy now?), but hopes are high for 2013! AMD will NOT be sold to other tech giants!

* AMD FX 8350 released ($ 195), and it overclocks very well (5.0 Ghz on Air, 5.2 Ghz on liquid)! For the price range, absolutely destroys the locked i5-3570 which is stuck at 3.4 ghz ($ 219)

* Trinity Laptop/Desktop Released. Graphics power is unmatched by intel offerings. A desktop i7 3770k's HD 4000 (77W) falls significantly behind the mobile 7600G found in a 14" ultrathin.(25W)

* Hondo Z-60 released, cant wait to see performance when compared to intel's tablet offerings

* The industry's first quad core 28nm APU, ready to be demo'd (Tamesh and Kabini)

* Next Gen Mac Pro's will sport 7970 and workstation W9000 offerings from AMD (Nvidia lost this one)

* A10-5800k Overclocked to 7.87 Ghz, AMD FX 8350 Overclocked to 8.37 Ghz on L2N, set to break world record held by the former bulldozer core

* The AMD 7990 is the most powerful consumer graphics card in the world, with 12.11 beta drivers absolutley trounces the GTX 690.

* The AMD S10000 is the industries most powerful server graphics card, with two GPUs in one, at a price point well below that of Nvidia's less powerful single GPU GK110 Flagship the Tesla K20x.

More news and insight to come!

Here is a taste of mobile trinity's performance:

My 14" Samsung 3 series NP355V4C

AMD A10-4600m 7660G + 7670m dual graphics

Dimensions: 13.2 x 9.2 x 1.28 inches

Weight: 4.96 pounds

Price - $549

14" Lenovo Y480

i7 3610 Qm + Nvidia 650m
Dimensions: 13.6 x 9.4 x 1.3 inches

Weight : 4.5 pounds

Price - $1249

It looks like my budget gaming laptop has a noticeably higher graphics score than this thick beast. I challenge anyone to find a laptop for less than 549 with intel and nvidia parts that can achieve over 2249 GPU score.

Stay Tuned!

BRB ... Diablo 3

2012-05-24T09:26:00.000-07:00

More Trinity Benchmarks! IPC on-par with Phenom II, ~43% better single core performance than Llano! (K 10.5)

2012-05-14T14:01:00.003-07:00

Leaked Benchmarks! More to Come!

A10-4600m vs A8-3500m

+38% higher single core CPU performance.

+23% higher multi core CPU performance.

Remember 4 physical cores gives a scaling benefit over 2 modules.

+29% higher multi core CPU performance

+ 43% higher multi core CPU/GPU performance

+41% higher CPU/GPU performance

+220% higher CPU/GPU performance

Looks like Trinity is ready to hit Intel where it hurts! IPC looks great! This is great news for Vishera (FX 8350). Remember old bulldozer arch has significantly worse IPC than Llano.

NOTE: Compare the single threaded performance to the Phenom II X4 940 in cinebench 10 found here.

We see at 3 Ghz (even before turbo), the Phenom II X4 940 (scores 2626) actually falls behind the performance of a single core from the A10 mobile part (2792) also at 3 Ghz (with turbo). IPC is looking ahead of K10.5! (by over +6% in this case)

The only benefit older arch has is better scaling. Per core performance, however, is looking ahead of phenom II. This loss in scaling is more than made up for with higher clocks. Comparing a 6C/6T Phenom II X6 @ 4.2 Ghz to a 3M/6T Piledriver CPU @ 4.9 Ghz will be an even match when all cores are used, but for a single core, the Piledriver CPU will edge ahead of the Phenom II by a significant amount (~20%).

(Gaming benchmarks will be looking much better for Piledriver)

With current bulldozer arch (in the case of the FX 8150), both scaling and single core performance are lacking when compared to older phenom II processors, with only a max clock advantage. At least AMD has made up for one of these pitfalls. We will see just how much scaling increases with the newer architecture when official benchmark reviews are out tomorrow! I am guessing only ~5% or so. Overclockability will also increase roughly 5% when compared to the FX 8150.

Phenom II X4 4C/4T - 3.96 x Scaling , 1.00 single core performance @ 3Ghz, hits 4.3 Ghz

FX Bulldozer 2M/4T - 3.28 x Scaling, 0.75 single core performance @ 3 Ghz, hits 4.9 Ghz

FX Piledriver 2M/4T - 3.44 x Scaling, 0.97 single core performance @ 3 Ghz, hits 5.1 Ghz

Intel i5 3570k- 4C/4T - 3.56 x Scaling, 1.25 single core performance @ 3 Ghz, hits 4.9 Ghz

This of course this is a rough estimate, but you get the idea!

For the 4M/8T FX 8350, I estimate @ 5.1 Ghz it will match Ivy Bridge i5 3570k single core performance @ 4.3 Ghz. But will scale roughly 85% higher when all threads are used.

My cost estimate for the FX 8350 will be ~300 USD.

EDIT: Given officially released clock-speeds (3.2 Ghz not 3.0 Ghz) IPC is looking on par or slightly below K10.5.

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AMD Trinity ultra-thin CPU : A10-4655m 25w Benchmarks

2012-05-11T17:56:00.001-07:00

AMD Trinity for ultra-thins :

A10-4655m

2M/4T

25 W

2.0 Ghz / 2.3 Ghz Turbo

Notice how the IPC of the 2M/4T A10-4655m @ 2.3 ghz at least ties if not beats the IPC of K 10.5 Llano 4C/4T A6 which is also at 2.3 ghz turbo. This is good news for Trinity! If IPC matches Llano, Vishera - FX 8350 - at significantly higher clocks will scream ahead of ivy bridge when all threads can be used. Keep in mind IPC for current FX offerings fall far behind K10.5. (~25%).

Remember scaling on 2 module chip is roughly 20 percent less than a 4 core llano cpu, so the fact that performance is equal or better when all threads are used further shows the strength of piledriver.

EDIT: Many of these clock speeds are guesses, but we will know the real performance in 2 days stay tuned!

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AMD 7970m Overclocked vs 7950 Overclocked : a Tie!!

2012-05-03T00:53:00.001-07:00

AMD 7970m 3DMark 11 Overclocked Performance Score

This continues to leave me in disbelief...

First Corner :

intel i7 @ 4.4 Ghz i7 2600k

XFX 7950 Black Edition OCd @ 900/1375 Mhz

Score : 7630

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Second Corner :

i7 2920xm @ 4.5 Ghz

AMD 7970m @ 1010/1500 Mhz

Score : 7658

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WINNER : 7970m!