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The chart in the andandtech article where FX-8150 uses more power than the 1100T is one of the few tests which actually stress all 8 cores. It's also a test where the FX-8150 solidly beats the 1100T.
Then there are tests where the FX-8150 is limited to a single thread in which it loses to the 1100T.
The point is you can't take a worst case power situation and assume the power usage will be the same across all tests, as this is easily proven false. I challenge anyone to produce a benchmark in which the FX-8150 uses more power and also loses against the 1100T in performance. Such a benchmark doesn't exist.
Here is what actually occurs-
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-22.html
and
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-12.html
FX-8150 wins, uses same power.