It's very easy to be dismissive of AMD's mainstream FX processors based on the Piledriver core. Intel has been beating AMD on every front but price for a couple of generations now, owing at least some ...

First up, we have SPECviewperf v11's SolidWorks test, in which the FX-8350 delivered virtually the same performance as its predecessor, the FX-8150, despite featuring an 11% clock speed advantage. The ...

AMD released the FX series Vishera - Piledriver based processor. And though everybody has been focusing on that most high-end AMD FX 8350 processor, another three processors have been released.

A year after introducing Bulldozer FX processors, AMD is refreshing its flagship desktop series with Piledriver, an enhanced version that focuses on improving instructions per clock and frequency.