FX-6200 & FX-4170 launch, FX-8120 price cut

[caveman-jim]

New models for the AMD FX lineup, based on the Bulldozer architecture, are now being released worldwide in a rolling release:

The FX-6200 is a 125W 6-core chip with 3.9GHz base clock and 4.1GHZ turbo clock. This chip will slot in above the 95W $145 FX-6100 [3.3GHz/3.9GHz T].

The FX-4170 is also 125W, running 4-cores at 4.2GHz base clock and 4.3GHz turbo. This chip will appear above the 95W $115 FX-4100 [3.6GHz/3.8GHz T].

Given the new 125W TDP's of the new FX's, it appears only to be a voltage tweaked chip and not a new stepping refinement to deliver the increased clockspeed. Should give OEM's, VAR's and System Builders another option to specify in their product sheets.

The FX-8120 pricing drops to around $185, down from launch price of $205. Expect e-tailers to follow the price adjustment soon.

[Swiftdeathz]

Nice, those are some massive stock clock speed boosts. I wonder if these new chips have been refined as far as power usage or are they still the wattage vampires that their earlier bretheren were.

[caveman-jim]

I followed up with AMD and these are not a new stepping and so likely are just binned versions of the Zambezi die, aiming for clock speeds that offer performance levels people want at a price point, neglecting power draw.

Also, pricing and exact availability has not yet been announced.

[Blacklash]

Yeah, I probably won't bother with these. My FX 6100 does over 4.4GHz on 1.35v and over 4.8GHz on 1.44v.

If PD has better IPC, I'll probably snag one of those.

[noko]

I followed up with AMD and these are not a new stepping and so likely are just binned versions of the Zambezi die, aiming for clock speeds that offer performance levels people want at a price point, neglecting power draw.

Also, pricing and exact availability has not yet been announced.

As GF tweeks the 32nm process could that lower leakage and thus improve power/heat overall? Even without a revision?

[caveman-jim]

Yes, surely, just like with the Phenom II/Althon II processors, and likely AMD will do that especially for the Opteron product lines. For the client side I think the focus is on Trinity, but whatever improvements come through from the Opteron tweaking will appear in the destkop FX as well (Zambezi being a shared die with Opteron and FX).

[noko]

Yes, surely, just like with the Phenom II/Althon II processors, and likely AMD will do that especially for the Opteron product lines. For the client side I think the focus is on Trinity, but whatever improvements come through from the Opteron tweaking will appear in the destkop FX as well (Zambezi being a shared die with Opteron and FX).

So the FX will just keep on getting better and better and better . Agree Trinity, good yields etc. should be #1 or almost #1 for AMD cpu side with the server stuff. Eventually the APU will be the server chip, maybe without the video outputs though.