AMD FX-8120 and 8150?

davidP7

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The AMD FX-8120 and AMD FX-8150 seem to be the same CPU to me. Is there some hardware feature that makes one superior to the other or is the only difference that the 8150 has been factory overclocked and the 8120 has not?
 
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johnb35

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The 8120 has a frequency of 3.1 with a boost of 4.0 while the 8150 has a frequency of 3.6 with a boost of 4.2. Both are 8 core 8 thread cpu's. Are you thinking about upgrading to one of these? They are quite old at this point and unless you are on a budget there are better newer cpu's out there but it would require changing motherboard and ram as well.
 

beers

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The higher end side is usually binned for being 'better silicon' for reaching those frequencies.

Otherwise they're generally the same hardware. Depending if they backfilled higher bins into lower models due to excess demand, or if they binned the 8120 where it should have been as it couldn't reliably operate at 8150 specifications, is a toss up for specific manufacturing runs of those CPUs.

Most hardware lines share components, such as defective cores being lasered off in the Phenom, FX or Ryzen eras, to make separation. Manufacturing quality is one of the factors that places a particular model with a CPU which can conform to those specs.
 

Intel_man

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Most hardware lines share components, such as defective cores being lasered off in the Phenom, FX or Ryzen eras, to make separation.
Heh... you say that but remember those Phenom II X3's that could be turned into a quad via Bios? That was hilarious.
 

StrangleHold

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The AMD FX-8120 and AMD FX-8150 seem to be the same CPU to me. Is there some hardware feature that makes one superior to the other or is the only difference that the 8150 has been factory overclocked and the 8120 has not?
The 8150 isn't factory overclocked. Its just a higher binned CPU that can hit the higher clocks under a certain voltage.
 
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