AMD launches the Phenom X3 8x50s Posted on 23/04/2008 at 13:38 by Nicolas
Today, AMD has announced the availability of the first Phenom X3 8x50s. You may recall, this is the Phenom triple core with B3 stepping of the Barcelona core.
Three models are available: the 8750 (2.4 GHz) at $195, the 8650 (2.3 GHz) at $165 and the 8450 (2.1 GHz) for $145. All three have 3 x 512 KB of L2 cache and 2 MB of L3 shared between the activated cores.
In terms of performances, we give you a good idea in our first test of the Phenom because we also benched an X4 with a deactivated core. One important detail is that the two Phenom X3 8x00s launched last month still use B2 stepping which suffers from the TLB bug. Therefore, it’s best to look before you buy!
Today, AMD has announced the availability of the first Phenom X3 8x50s. You may recall, this is the Phenom triple core with B3 stepping of the Barcelona core.