AMD FX-Series CPUs to Launch on October 13

Keenly expected by gamers and enthusiast computer users alike, AMD's high-performance FX-Series processors based on the Bulldozer architecture are rumored to release on October 13, the Sunnyvale-based company already starting the mass production of these chips.

The launch of the FX-Series has been a roller-coaster ride until now, as the CPUs were delayed a couple of times from June of this year, when everybody expected AMD to come out with its new CPUs.

However, according to Nordic Hardware, it now seems like the chip maker is finally getting ready to release these processors into the market in less then a month's time, on October 13 to be more exact.

The initial launch will include six FX-Series processors, four of them featuring eight processing cores while the two other include six and respectively four cores.

The fastest of these upcoming chips is called the FX-8150 and it sports a base frequency of 3.6GHz, a maximum Turbo frequency of 4.2GHz, 8MB of Level 2 cache memory, and has a TDP of 125W.

Right bellow this CPU stands the FX-8120 that also packs eight processing cores and other similar features, but comes clocked at 3.1GHz (4GHz in Turbo mode).

The FX-8120 will also be the only AMD FX-Series processor to be available in two different SKUs, one featuring a 125W TDP while the other is a 95W part.

The three remaining processors are the FX-8100, which has a base frequency of 2.8GHz and a Maximum Turbo frequency of 3.7GHz, the six-core FX-6100 with a 3.3GHz base speed, 3.8GHz Turbo and 6MB of Level 2 cache memory and the quad-core FX-4100, which is clocked at 3.6GHz and can reach 3.8GHz when Turbo Core is active.

Apart from finding out the release date of the processors, Nordic Hardware also managed to get its hands on a FX-8150 system, which was put through a quick series of benchmarks.

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