AMD Launches the FX-4350 and FX-6350 Piledriver CPUs
The latest additions to AMD's FX series of CPUs are essentially faster and hungrier versions of the FX-4300 and FX-6300 processors.
AMD has refreshed its lineup of FX processors with the launch of the FX-4350 and FX-6350, which are both based on the “Piledriver” architecture, feature an AM3+ socket, and support the “latest instructions including AVX and FMA3.”
The new CPUs can essentially be viewed as faster and less energy-efficient versions of their predecessors since both the FX-4350 and FX-6350 feature a 400 MHz increase in base clock and 30 W higher TDP than the FX-4300 and FX-6300, respectively.
A summary of the new processors' specifications and their respective retail prices are tabulated below.
SKU | Cores | Clock | Turbo Clock | L3 cache | TDP | Price |
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FX-4300 | 4 | 3.8 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 4 MB | 95 Watt | $122 |
FX-4350 | 4 | 4.2 GHz | 4.3 GHz | 8 MB | 125 Watt | $122 |
FX-6300 | 6 | 3.5 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 8 MB | 95 Watt | $132 |
FX-6350 | 6 | 3.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 8 MB | 125 Watt | $132 |
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vmem cmon, less piledriver refresh, more steamroller development!!!Reply
on a side note, these FX-chips look better and better for the budget builder -
bustapr thats quite an interesting price. usually tdp is not a big factor in pricing, but this time you getto choose between a lower power/slower cpu and a higher power/faster cpu at the same price. i like having this choice.Reply -
Estix 10739982 said:Looks just like overclocked versions on CPU's with unlocked multipliers.
Overclocked, but not necessarily higher-binned, if they have higher TDPs, they may have slightly higher stock voltages, and lower headroom for OC'ing. -
Cazalan The 32nm process has matured. They get some higher binned parts.Reply
The pricing is still odd. Who wouldn't pay $10 more for 50% more cores? -
twelve25 I will be interested to see the FX-4350 game benchmarks. It's pretty apparent from benchmarks that games don't use more than 4 cores right now so the 4.3/4.3Ghz could make it the fastest AMD gaming chip.Reply
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twelve25 10740036 said:The 32nm process has matured. They get some higher binned parts.
The pricing is still odd. Who wouldn't pay $10 more for 50% more cores?
That was always the problem with the 4300/6300 choice, too. The Quad cores should be $110 max for it to be attractive.