AMD FX

AMD FX

An AMD FX 8310
General information
Launched	March 2011
Marketed by	AMD
Designed by	AMD
Common manufacturer	GlobalFoundries
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	2.1 GHz to 5.0 GHz
Architecture and classification
Technology node	32 nm to 28 nm
Microarchitecture	Bulldozer, Piledriver
Instruction set	AMD64/x86-64, MMX(+), SSE1, 2, 3, 3s, 4.1, 4.2, 4a, AES, CLMUL, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4, CVT16/F16C, BMI1, ABM, TBM, AMD-V
Physical specifications
Cores	4, 6, 8
Socket	AM3+
Products, models, variants
Core names	Zambezi Vishera
History
Predecessor	Phenom II
Successor	Ryzen

AMD FX is a series of high-end AMD microprocessors for personal computers which debuted in 2011, claimed as AMD's first native 8-core desktop processor.^[1] The line was introduced with the Bulldozer microarchitecture at launch (codenamed "Zambezi"), and was then succeeded by its derivative Piledriver in 2012 (codenamed "Vishera").

The line aimed at competing with the Intel Core line of desktop processors, in particular processors based on Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge architectures.^[2][3]

FX has been succeeded by the Ryzen brand of CPUs, based on the Zen architecture, which initially launched in 2017 to compete with Intel's later generation processors such as Skylake.^[4]