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AMD FX-8120 or FX-8150 which one would you get?

I'm getting the 8150, I'm not going to live with the regret of getting the 8120 wishing I had the 8150. I reckon it's worth the investment if you have the cash to throw around.
 
I imagine it'll be the 8150 on release for me as they could possibly be in short supply, should last me a few years so ~£40 shouldn't be to much of a premium.

Would have liked the 95w 8120, but I think it'll come at a later date when the process has matured a bit.
 
We have no idea how the chips are binned (or even if they are between the various 8xxx ones) and how the 95W 8120 may differ from the 125W 8120 ... so for the time-being, people asserting one thing or the other are just speculating, despite how certain they sound.
 
The fact that there is a 125W 8120 and a 95W 8120 should tell you that they can bin chips in a tighter thermal envelope or in other words bin a chip at a lower voltage for the same speed.

There is no process difference and they aren't likely to cut features out or they would have given it a different model number.

It is possible that the 95W edition may come later when the process matures but all indications are that all 6 models will be released on the 12th.

it'll be the same scenario was the 1055t (I think phenom II).

You only get a lower TDP by reducing the voltage needed to run at a specific speed. If it was a different speed it would be a different model number. As we know already that AMD does not do hyper threading it is a pretty safe bet although not yet 100% confirmed the 95W edition will be the CPU of choice if you want to overclock.
 
That may be the case, that may not be the case. We do not know.

They may be identical binning. The 95W may be higher binned, the 125W may be higher binned. They may operate at identical stock voltages, the 95W may have a lower one (but is that due to binning or simply the chip's settings?). The 125W may simply indicate a higher TDP headroom so that the chip can more aggressively use its Turbo in more scenarios ... or it may just be a less efficient chip.

The PII 1055 95W was a higher binned chip than the 125W version, but that doesn't reveal anything about the FX chips, especially as all of them are unlocked, have completely new Turbo arrangements and are on a new process.

The only people that know are AMD and some of those under NDA.

As far as binning of the 8 core chips is concerned, it wouldn't surprise me if the 8150s are the only high binned chips and everything else (8100, 8120 125W & 8120 95W) are simply below that and not at specific levels for each.
 
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stulid said:
I will be wanting the 8150.

The numbers bigger so it must be better. Right?
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they all use the same cores tbh

the only different is 8100/8120 is a lower clock speed and most likely a lower stock voltage...

2 reasons why people would get a 8150 is either they don't oc or they like to have the highest cpu whats out at that time from the series
 
gareth170 said:
they all use the same cores tbh

the only different is 8100/8120 is a lower clock speed and most likely a lower stock voltage...

2 reasons why people would get a 8150 is either they don't oc or they like to have the highest cpu whats out at that time from the series
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Is it safe to say that a FX8150 would be a better OCer because its been picked to be a 8150 and not a 8120 or even 6 core... does that make sense?!
 
Loowi_ashley said:
Also interested to see if this will be a worthwhile upgrade for all us users on i7 920 @ or around 4GHZ?
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If this is true, then the 8150 is about the same with the i7 980X. So not sure about you, but that to me is not really worth upgrading for at this present time.

Although congrats to AMD for finally catching up with Intel. If only they had released it before Sandy Bridge!
 
slade said:
Is it safe to say that a FX8150 would be a better OCer because its been picked to be a 8150 and not a 8120 or even 6 core... does that make sense?!
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overclocking is a luck game,

a person with a 8150 may get a crap chip which doesn't OC much or the "norm" chip which may do 4.5ghz~ and another person with a 8120 may have a must better chip which does 5ghz+
 
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