AMD Unleashes First-Ever 5 GHz Processor

[Johan45]

This comes right from the AMD site.
http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-unleashes-2013jun11.aspx

The first patagraph.

Los Angeles— E3 —6/11/2013
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its most powerful member of the legendary AMD FX family of CPUs, the world’s first commercially available 5 GHz CPU processor, the AMD FX-9590. These 8-core CPUs deliver new levels of gaming and multimedia performance for desktop enthusiasts. AMD FX-9000 Series CPUs will be available initially in PCs through system integrators.

 

[Deleted member 88227]

Nice.

 

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I'm not an overclocker. Will a 9590 beat an E3-1230v2 @ stock in single threaded tasks?

 

[Digital Viper-X-]

I'm not an overclocker. Will a 9590 beat an E3-1230v2 @ stock in single threaded tasks?

I'd have to say it would be close, as on a single threaded task, the MAX turbo on the Intel is 3.7 vs 5.0 on the AMD chip.

that's a 1.3ghz advantage, or roughly 25%, Depending on the task Intel might still be ahead.