news 28 Posted October 23, 2012 TITLE: AMD FX-8350 Vishera Desktop Processor ( -at -) Benchmark Reviews DESCRIPTION: AMD introduced its new FX-series processors almost exactly a year ago, and AMD enthusiasts hoped these Zambezi CPUs, built on AMD's new Bulldozer architecture, would provide real competition to Intel's Sandy Bridge line. But although the FX-8150 had eight integer cores and was capable of high clock speeds, its high price and poor performance at the individual core level meant that it wasn't very competitive with the equivalent Intel CPUs. Now we have the AMD FX-8350 CPU, code-named Vishera and based on the Piledriver architecture to test. Has AMD managed to reduce the performance deficit relative to Intel? Let's find out. ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=962&Itemid=63 Share this post Link to post