AMD FX-8150 vs. Intel Core i7-2600K for VMWare Workstation

[Somali]

I am working with the workstation that is going to be utilized with for virtualization with the help of the primarily VMWare workstation. For me, this is hard to find some benchmarks used with these particular CPUs with the VM workloads. Other than this, the system will be with 32GB RAM and either 2x300GB 15K SAS RAID0 otherwise 512GB SSD. Can you help me to select any one of these two?

[Miguel Reyes]

My suggestion to you is to get the ecc ram and go for the AMD out of these two. I am telling you this because it will be useful for you to overclocking and get the ecc. Other than this, you can also get the socket g34 system which is having with 8 core chips. You will get that about $175-200 a chip.

[Himalayan]

How much power you really need? Two cores? Four? The answer, as always, depends on what you do with your computer. We have seen that most of the games work best on systems with at least three cores, and we know that many video editing applications are able to exploit all the power that a system can offer. The key to a proper system is therefore a balance that will prevent bottlenecks. The base of the Bulldozer architecture is the use of technology Cluster Multi-threading (MT). An 8-core processor is actually composed of four modules. Within a module, both cores share a number of components.

[Battista]

According to AMD, the two cores within a module would get 80% performance of two full cores for significant savings in terms of area on the chip and consumption. Many other changes were made, both in terms of processing units themselves that the cache subsystem, including a view of enabling the architecture to achieve a high level of frequency.

[Ramona19]

I think that Intel Core i7-2600K will be better choice for you. This is having good integrated graphics. The new graphics unit is a highlight of the processor. A separate memory is missing but this has the graphics core via the ring system direct access to the LLC. For texture creation, this is also pinches off a part of memory. Intel has succeeded with its Sandy Bridge architecture is a big hit. Instead of concentrating on more cores or higher GHz, the company has invested in useful features.

[Munishi3]

We also note the appearance of some specific instructions, grouped under the name of XOP, and FMA4 CVT16. These instruction sets actually correspond to SSE5 (announced by AMD in 2007 but never implemented) to suit the format AVX.

[Gimbya]

The FX-8150 processor from AMD's FX-series (code-named "Zambezi") is based on the powerful AMD Bulldozer architecture, which provides up to 30% more power than the older generation, like the Phenom II. The architecture is a complete rewrite and uses a modular design: A Bulldozer module contains two CPU cores and a control logic, L2 cache and FPU. Through integration of multiple modules on a single die includes the FX-series processors with 4, 6 or 8 cores. The FX-8000 series has four modules, and thus is a native Octa-core CPU with 8 MB of L2 and 8MB L3 cache. The revised dual-channel memory controller supports up to four modules and speeds up to DDR3-1866th The CPU itself has many new features such as SSE4.2, AES, CLMUL, AVX, XOP, FMA4, CVT16 and Turbo Core 2.0, which allows for dynamic clock adjustment depending on the load state of the nuclei. The AMD FX-8150 for Socket AM3 operates at 3.6 GHz standard clock which can be increased with Turbo Core up to 4.2 GHz.

[Quasim]

The Intel Turbo Boost Technology is again present in Intel Core i7-2600K but in version 2.0. It allows you to benefit from extra power when you need it! This increases the CPU frequency using the thermal and electrical reserves allowing you a much better responsiveness for multitasking.

[AnbuP]

These CPUs are also fully unlocked to the delight of all overclockers and, like the Phenom II models that aim to replace, in addition to core x86 integrate a memory controller and bus Hypertranport but no graphics core, as is the case for the APU A-series and the CPU rival Intel Sandy Bridge.