AMD will get you some 8-core lovin at only 139 USD

We review the AMD FX 8320E processor today. It's Vishera time again, and yeah that is the codename for the Piledriver core based FX series processors from AMD. The very affordable (125 EURO / 139 USD) CPU tested today has eight physical CPU cores, it will have a base clock of 3200 MHz, and can Turbo towards 4000. And that makes the FX series a tiny multi-threaded beast. You can read our review right here at Guru3D of course. This is a more energy friendly E type FX processor. That CPU still has eight physical CPU cores but it will have a much lower base clock of 3200 MHz, but it can still Turbo towards 4000. Ah yes, released two years ago you guys will be familiar hearing the magic word 'Vishera', it is the codename for the Piledriver core based FX series processors from AMD.

The chip feature eight cores, 4.00GHz Turbo clock-rates, 8MB L2 cache, 8MB L3 cache and dual-channel DDR3 memory controllers. The FX-8320E will have thermal design power of 95W.

32nm Vishera 95W

8MB L3 Cache

4 x 2MB L2 Cache

Vishera, it sounds like a mysterious virus from a Mission Impossible movie, when you look it up really you won't find anything other then a Vishera river. The Vishera originates in the swamps near Lake Sindorskoe. It is fed primarily by snow. The Vishera freezes in November, and the ice breaks up at the end of April. Well there you have it. A Piledriver core basically the 2nd revision of AMD's Bulldozers cores which we all know from AMD's FX series processors. O ne Piledriver module basically has two logical AMD64 CPU cores tied together. With four Piledriver modules you thus get eight logical CPU cores. The theory behind it is simply, they should be more efficient and offer a notch more performance. Good to know is that the processors again will be unlocked at no additional cost, and that means they are quite tweakable as well.

Next page please where we'll go a little more in-depth.



AMD FX 8320E - 8-core processor