AMD FX 6200 Review & BenchMarks
As expected Fx 6200 is not good enough to beat the Core i5s in performance as fx 8150 was .AMD Fx 6200 can be described as the little brother the Fx 8150-8 core Black Edition processor.This chip is a hecta-core Zambezi setup, operating at a whopping 3.8GHz (4.1GHz Turbo), although its L2 cache is not quite up to the 8150's (3 x 2 MB vs the 8150's 8 MB). It offers an 8 MB L3 cache, support for 64-bit systems, virtualization, and hyper-transport. It draws 125W, includes a heatsink and fan, and sockets into AM3+ motherboards.
Hope springs eternal though, and when news leaked out that AMD would be introducing refreshes for the FX-4000 and FX-6000 chips people were expecting there to be an improvement in thermals and perhaps even a minor revision update to the design. The chatter turned to potential per clock improvements, better overclocking headroom, and a couple of products under $200 that could hold their own against Intel’s mighty Sandy Bridge.
At around a hundred and fifty bucks, this is a great chip for speed, and offers a significant level of performance when compared to the next price bracket down. This chip essentially marks the point after which you start getting a significant reduction in cost-effectiveness, so those wanting a powerful processor without having to spend a huge amount of money should start here.
The FX-6200 is based off of the same Bulldozer revision as the previous FX series of parts that was released last October. There may have been some minor changes along the way, but they would have more to do with manufacturing rather than any kind of base silicon or extreme metal layer change. The product is still built by GLOBALFOUNDRIES on their 32 nm HKMG SOI process. The chip is a native 4 module/8 core product, but one of the modules has been fused off and is unavailable for unlocking. This leaves 3 modules/6 cores for the processor to work with. Each module features 2 MB of L2 cache to be shared between the two integer units and the single FPU/MMX/SSE/AVX unit, for a total of 6 MB of L2 for the entire CPU. The L3 features the full 8 MB of cache that is available on fully enabled CPUs.
- Good performance with $140-$145 range.
- Runs cools with respect to 125 watts power consumption.
- Overclocking ability.
- Affordable price about $144.
- Beaten by Core i5s in all aspects.
- Not innovative and Revolutionary.
- AMD 4 cores < Intel 4 Cores.
- Performacne lack.
- Not Good performer for gamers and enthusiasts.
