Pre-order prices of AMD FX-Series CPUs

Sunday Sep 11, 2011

Earlier this week AMD announced shipping of server class
microprocessors, based on upcoming "Bulldozer" core. The
announcement indicated that the processors will be available next
quarter. The server chips were, apparently, delayed as they were
expected to launch a quarter earlier. According
to Xbit laboratories, high-performance FX-Series chips
for consumer market were also delayed, and they will be shipped
in the fourth quarter. On a positive side, FX series lineup was
expanded with several new models. In addition to FX-4100, FX-6100,
FX-8100 and FX-8150 SKUs, AMD is going to launch quad-core FX-4170,
and 95 Watt and 125 Watt versions of eight-core FX-8120. At least
three microprocessors from original FX launch line-up surfaced today
in a price list of online store Bottom Line Telecommunications:


AMD FX-8120 and FX-8150 CPUs are 8-core models with 8 MB L2 and
8 MB L3 cache. The processors operate at 3.1 and 3.6 GHz, and listed at
$222
and $266 respectively. These prices should drop by
$10 - $20 once the chips are released. Considering that AMD official
prices in 1K quantities are usually $10 - $15 lower than the prices of
production chips in this store, we can expect that official prices
will be in the range $185 - $200 for FX-8120, and $230 - $245 for FX-8150.


AMD FX-6100 has only 6 CPU cores, or 3 Bulldozer modules. As
such, it has only 6 MB of L2 cache. The processor is clocked at 3.3
GHz, and up to 3.9 GHz when Turbo Core feature is active. Like
eight-core CPUs, this model has 8 MB L3 cache. The FX-6100 is listed
at $188, and its expected official price is $155 - $170, or close to
current official price of Phenom II X6 1055T.


The table below contains a summary of FX-6100, FX-8120 and FX-8150
details: