AMD FX-Series FX-8100 - FD8100WMW8KGU / FD8100WMGUSBX

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AMD FX-8100 specifications

General information
Type	CPU / Microprocessor
Market segment	Desktop
Family	AMD FX-Series
Model number ?	FX-8100
CPU part numbers	FD8100WMW8KGU is an OEM/tray microprocessor FD8100WMGUSBX is a boxed microprocessor
Frequency ?	2800 MHz
Turbo frequency	3100 MHz (more than 4 cores) 3700 MHz (4 cores or less)
Bus speed ?	One 2600 MHz 16-bit HyperTransport link
Package	938-pin micro-PGA package
Socket	Socket AM3+
Introduction date	4th quarter 2011

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Microarchitecture	Bulldozer
Platform	Scorpius
Processor core ?	Zambezi
Core stepping ?	B2
Manufacturing process	0.032 micron
Data width	64 bit
The number of cores	8
The number of threads	8
Floating Point Unit	Integrated
Level 1 cache size ?	4 x 64 KB two-way associative shared instruction caches 8 x 16 KB 4-way associative data caches
Level 2 cache size ?	4 x 2 MB 16-way associative shared exclusive caches
Level 3 cache size	8 MB up to 64-way associative shared cache
Multiprocessing	Uniprocessor
Features	MMX instructions SSE / Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 SSE3 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSSE3 / Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE4 / SSE4.1 + SSE4.2 / Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 ? SSE4a ? AES / Advanced Encryption Standard instructions ABM / Advanced Bit Manipulation ? AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add instructions XOP / eXtended Operations instructions AMD64 / AMD 64-bit technology ? VT / Virtualization technology ? EVP / Enhanced Virus Protection ? Turbo Core 2.0 technology
Low power features	Core C1, C1E, C6 and CC6 states Package S3, S4 and S5 states PowerNow!

Integrated peripherals / components
Memory controller	The number of controllers: 1 Memory channels: 2 Supported memory: DDR3-1866
Other peripherals	HyperTransport 3.1 technology

Electrical / Thermal parameters
Maximum operating temperature ?	70°C
Thermal Design Power ?	95 Watt

Notes on AMD FD8100WMW8KGU
The processor has unlocked clock multiplier NorthBridge controller frequency is 2 GHz

CPUs, related to AMD FX-8100

Model Cores /
Threads Freq. Turbo
freq. L3
cache TDP Features Price

AMD FX-Series family, Socket AM3+

   FX-4170 4 / 4 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $122

   FX-4350 4 / 4 4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $122

   FX-6100 6 / 6 3.3 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt $112

   FX-6120 6 / 6 3.5 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt

   FX-6300 6 / 6 3.5 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt $112

   FX-6200 6 / 6 3.8 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $132

   FX-6350 6 / 6 3.9 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $132

   FX-8100 8 / 8 2.8 GHz 3.7 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt

   FX-8120 8 / 8 3.1 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $153

   FX-8120 (95W) 8 / 8 3.1 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt

   FX-8140 8 / 8 3.2 GHz 4.1 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt

   FX-8300 8 / 8 3.3 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 95 Watt

   FX-8320 8 / 8 3.5 GHz 4 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $153

   FX-8150 8 / 8 3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $183

   FX-8350 8 / 8 4 GHz 4.2 GHz 8 MB 125 Watt $195

• Within each category, the CPUs are sorted from slower (at the top) to faster (at the bottom)

• The 'Price' column shows official AMD prices as of Apr 29, 2013. Prices for obsolete and tray-only processors are not provided.

• List of related CPUs is not complete.

FAQ

Q: My processor is running 55C under load. Is this normal?

A: Safe CPU temperatures are 60 degrees Celsius and below. It may still run fine with CPU temperatures, exceeding 60C threshold by a few degrees. Running the FX-8100 close to 70 degrees and higher is not recommended.

Q: Can I upgrade my AMD FX-8100 microprocessor?

A: Probably yes. Processor compatibility is determined by your motherboard. Please see CPU-Upgrade.com website for CPU support list for your board.

AMD FX-8100 Overclocking

Sorry, overclocking information is not available at this time.

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News

AMD FX-8100 CPU is offered in HP Pavilion PCs

Nov 01, 2011: AMD Bulldozer micro-architecture, and first FX microprocessors, based on it, were introduced on October 12. The first CPUs were quad-core FX-4100, six-core FX-6100 and eight-core FX-8120 with 125W TDP, and FX-8150. Besides them, three or four additional chips will be available later this quarter. One of the upcoming processors is FX-8100, and it can now be ordered in HP Pavilion HPE h8z and h8m desktop PC series.

Gigabyte reveals AMD FX-Series specifications

Sep 02, 2011: As you may already know, later this quarter AMD is going to launch Bulldozer micro-architecture, that at first will be used in server Opteron 6200 CPUs, and desktop FX-Series microprocessors. Specifications of desktop FX-Series were known for more than a month, and they recently were confirmed by Gigabyte. As was discovered by VR-Zone, the latest CPU support list update for several Gigabyte socket AM3+ motherboards includes the details on all AMD FX-Series SKUs.

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Last modified: 14 May 2013