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Hynad on 04 September 2014
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CosmicSex said:
Hynad said:
vivster said:

Sorry, I was comparing it to intel processors. It's probably awesome compared to othe AMD models.

Also I hope you know that TDP is not the actual power consumption.

 

A 4770k is 50% more powerful while consuming 30W less

 

Indeed, the price has a part to play in the mix. A 4770k costs nearly twice as much, and actually doesn't have 50% more performance... I don't know where you took that from. xD

Also: Quite good /= awesome.


I think you are paying for the APU though.  So its not apples to apples.


It's hardly ever apples to apples. Although you have a point. The FX-8370 doesn't have an on-chip GPU. It has 8 cores though, compared to 4 for 4770k. Considering how things develop right now, more and more software are going to be built to harvest the performances of an 8 core architecture. But even that could be considered moot. Since by the time those software come out, newer chips just as affordable as this one will be released... 

All things considered, the chip is still quite a good bang for the bucks based on most reviews I've read about it so far.