Vishera Getting a Second Look

When AMD's Vishera platform was first released, the benchmark tests were fairy underwhelming for a 4.0Ghz 8-core processor (FX-8350) when it was put head-to-head with Intel's best bang for the buck 3.5Ghz quad-core (i5-3570K).

This seems to be swaying toward the favor of AMD now that the new BIOS updates and Windows CPU scheduling hot-fixes are available.  Starting with some gaming benchmark tests with overclocking that were done by Tek Syndicate that showed the Vishera beating the i5-3570K and in cases the i7-3770K, especially when streaming.

FX-8350 vs i5-3570K vs i7-3770k vs i7-3820 with AMD Radeon HD 7870 Benchmarks:
http://teksyndicate.com/videos/amd-fx-8350-vs-intel-3570k-vs-3770k-vs-3820-gaming-and-xsplit-streaming-benchmarks

i5-3570K vs FX-8350 with GTX 670 Benchmarks:
http://teksyndicate.com/videos/amd-fx-8350-oc-vs-i5-3570k-oc-battle-continues

New AMD Processor

The AMD FX-8150 (Bulldozer) 3.6Ghz and AMD FX-8350 4Ghz (Vishera) were put up against the Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4Ghz.

While the new Vishera based processor performed well in benchmark testing, it simply fell short to the Core i5 in nearly all categories.  In the categories that it actually outperformed the Intel, there was only very little variation.

For more information on the benchmarking tests and the systems used, please visit Maximum PC magazine:
Maximum PC Vishera Review