Bulldozer is the codename for a microprocessor microarchitecture developed by AMD for the desktop and server markets. It was released on October 12, 2011 as the successor to the K10 microarchitecture.
Bulldozer is designed from scratch, not a development of earlier processors. The core is specifically aimed at computing products with TDPs of 10 to 125 watts. AMD claims dramatic performance-per-watt efficiency improvements in high-performance computing (HPC) applications with Bulldozer cores.
The Bulldozer cores support most of the instruction sets implemented by Intel processors available at its introduction (including SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, CLMUL, and AVX) as well as new instruction sets proposed by AMD; ABM, XOP, FMA4 and F16C.
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| 01-Jun-2012 |
| Popular Game System Requirements | ||
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| Game | Min. | Rec. |
| Horizon: Zero Dawn | 39% | 104% |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator | 104% | 104% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 94% | 152% |
| Marvel's Avengers | 75% | 152% |
| Fast & Furious Crossroads | 74% | 262% |
| Valorant | 30% | 21% |
| Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout | 39% | 104% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 75% | 152% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 82% | 196% |
| Grounded | 7% | 152% |
