AMD FX-8150 8-Core CPU Review: Bulldozer Is Here
Futuremark PCMark Vantage
Next up, we ran our test systems through Futuremark’s total-system performance evaluation tool, PCMark Vantage. PCMark Vantage runs through a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workloads including High Definition TV and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity.
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Most of the sub-tests used to come up with the final scores in each category are multi-threaded as well, so the tests can exploit the additional resources offered by a multi-core CPU.
The FX Series support for hardware accelerated AES encryption give the FX-8150 a significant boost in performance in PCMark Vantage's Communications test, but in the remainder of the tests, AMD's new flagship eight-core chip can't quite keep pace with the previous generation Phenom II X6 six-core processor, let alone any of Intel's quad or six-core processors.
