We tested the Bulldozer: FX-8150 and three 990FX motherboards on the test bench

Compression and encoding:

We used 7-ZIP for the first time in our measurements, maybe it was time. We have installed the latest beta version, hoping the differences between the amount of cores (and threads) will be nicely visible. That's how it happened: not surprisingly, the 980X took the lead, while the FX-8150 was able to capture the 2600K and tuned up significantly.

We deployed the latest version of Winrar available at the time of the measurement, relying on the "Bulldozer support". This step was not in vain, as the FX-8150 practically outclassed the field, beating both the 2600K and 980X by a large margin. Encouraging signs for the future.

DBpoweramp is also a newly deployed application, a simple and fast coding program. During the measurement, we captured a 93 MB FLAC file that was transcoded to MP3. At the end of the process, the program displayed the time required for the transcoding, and we recorded this and engraved it in the graph. This brought out the weaker form of the Bulldozer and came to the end of the field, with Intel CPUs again leading the way with a half-circle lead.

MediaEspresso is already a routine application in our tests. It is advantageous because in addition to CPU power, it can also be used with GPU acceleration and knows a lot of formats. We transcoded the 1080p raw material into four formats with pure CPU power. The results show that the strength of the FX-8150 depends largely on the particular encoding format, but Intel processors, more specifically 2500K, have only been squeezed or defeated at m2ts and h.264.

The X264 HD Benchmark, as the name implies, specializes specifically in this format, a quick and easy test program that runs on the command line and reports the result when coding is complete. FPS values ​​were plotted on the graph. 1 pass brought the superiority of Intel CPUs, while 2 passes the FX-8150 managed to beat 2500K and reach 2600K.

TrueCrpyt can be used to test the speed of operation associated with AES encryption. The Phenom II does not yet have hardware AES support, so we can see what. The other CPUs, on the other hand, have the capability, and the FX-8150 is now performing quite well. It clearly beats the 2500K, and manages to approach the 2600K nicely, and it beats it hard with tuning. The 980X is the absolute king.