AMD's Bulldozer Architecture: Overclocking Efficiency Explored
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Achim Roos, Manuel Masiero
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AMD’s FX processor line-up was supposedly designed with efficiency in mind, according to AMD. We're putting this claim to the test, assessing the Bulldozer architecture at a number of different clock rates and comparing the results to Intel's CPUs.
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Combined Efficiency Test Results
Looking at the overall picture of single-threaded and multi-threaded benchmarks, the result is very clear. Our test system runs most efficiently when it's undervolted, and it's slightly faster than the system at its factory settings.
If you care about energy efficiency at all, again, overclocking the FX processors is going to be disappointing.
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