AMD 8-core Bulldozer performance revealed

Posted on Monday, January 24 2011 @ 12:29 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Turkish tech site Donanim Haber got its hands on a leaked slide that reveals the performance goal of AMD's eight-core "Zambezi" Bulldozer processor. According to the slide, the chip will be about 50 percent faster than the Phenom II X6 1100T and Intel's Core i7 950. Especially rendering and gaming applications will see pretty big gains in performance.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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