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Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: AM3+
Clockspeed: 3.1 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.0 GHz
Cores: 8 (in 4 physical modules)
Typical TDP: 125 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Other names: AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor, AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor (
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2011
CPUmark/$Price: 59.51
Overall Rank: 1830
Last Price Change: $78.02 USD (2024-05-07)
| Integer Math | 17,560 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 8,708 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 25 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 10,319 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 1,458 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 78,627 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 428 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 2,342 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,335 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $78.02 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,324 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,381 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,185 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,631 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,025 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,908 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,314 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,764 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,475 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,184 | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 4,643 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 211.48 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 151.83 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 140.96 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 124.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 121.41 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.67 | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 59.51 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 51.59 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,633 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,171 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,035 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,927 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,702 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,471 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,361 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,932 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,568 | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 1,335 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2098994 - May 11 2024 | 4465 | |
| BL2096549 - May 08 2024 | 4316 | |
| BL2077689 - Apr 14 2024 | 4530 | |
| BL2061130 - Mar 25 2024 | 5923 | |
| BL2045699 - Mar 08 2024 | 3919 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,644 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,271 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,069 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,557 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,406 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,145 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,001 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,878 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,795 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,558 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,519 | |
| AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core | 871 |
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