Is the AMD Fx-8120 a true 8 core?

[fsm]

Okay, so i will be using this new custom build pc for playing games such as the sims 3, flight simulator deluxe, dirt 3 ect. i will also be doing emails and facebook and forums along with some media editing. so should this setup be good? i have little patience so hopefully everything will be near enough instant?

If you want everything to be more "instant" then you need to invest in a SSD (Solid State Drive) and worry less about the CPU.

 

[AndyMcMee]

But instead Phenom II is a far superior chip ....

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image/mac/reviews/AMD/Bulldozer/AMD_FX-8150-201.jpg

in 3 benchmarks. <-- fish story, its true, PII blows BD out of the water in all cases.

just a little out of topic :

is that why X4 980 still outmatch 1100T in some cases? because 1100T is only true 3 core with 2 modules in every core while X4 980 is true 4 core? cmiiw

 

[Z1NONLY]

just a little out of topic :

is that why X4 980 still outmatch 1100T in some cases? because 1100T is only true 3 core with 2 modules in every core while X4 980 is true 4 core? cmiiw

The 1100 is 6 real cores.

If the 980 outperforms the 1100 in some benchmarks, it's because it has a higher clock speed and the application can't use the 1100's extra cores.

The 1100, in stock form is like a slightly slower 980 with 2 additional cores.

 

[Aaron Rutledge]

I just deen today that my AMD 8120 is discontinued on Newegg. As to the 8core question , if it aint acting right , here is this ti "unpark" any idle cpu cores "http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-Parking-Utility". Mine runs like crap in my new build with the UD3 mb. Wish I wld of stuck with intel, as I have very limited funds. I get random mouse stuttering , was north bridge heating badly, grrrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Admiaczking]

The AMD FX-8120 has 2 logical cores per physical, or in other words there are four "modules" and each module has 2 logical cores on it. It is similar to hyperthreading in that the two cores share the same resources but hyperthreading outperforms most FX processors today.

 

[4745454b]

The AMD FX-8120 has 2 logical cores per physical, or in other words there are four "modules" and each module has 2 logical cores on it. It is similar to hyperthreading in that the two cores share the same resources but hyperthreading outperforms most FX processors today.

Wow. The AMD FX-8xxx has 2 physical INT cores per module. There is also 1 shared FP core per module. Hyperthreading has a single core working on more then one thread at a time, but all threads per core share some resources. The FX is completely different as there is no sharing of resources in the cores (at least the INT cores) as they are separate. Hyperthreading should not outperform FX CPUs as they have to share resources. If an HT CPU does outperform an FX CPU it's probably due to the higher IPC found in Intel cores compared to AMD.

I highly suggest reading more about this if you are going to talk about it.

 

[RobCrezz]

Guys, this thread was from 2012.

 

[4745454b]

I saw that. Nov 2013 from the last legit post. I should warn Am...king for necro'ing a thread. But I don't think that will do any good. Probably just close it now.