AMD FX-6120 Six-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-6120 Six-Core can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD FX-6120 Six-Core

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: AM3+

Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 6 (in 3 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 95 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB

Other names: AMD FX(tm)-6120 Six-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2012

CPUmark/$Price: 71.23

Overall Rank:
2874th fastest in multithreading out of 6042 CPUs
3164th fastest in single threading out of 6042 CPUs
760th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $54.04 USD (2024-10-26)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3849

Single Thread Rating

1372

Samples: 228*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 5,806
Thread: 1,287

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core

Integer Math	14,170 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	6,970 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,426 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,192 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	63,511 KBytes/Sec
Physics	383 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,866 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,372 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,188
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,054
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		34,288
Apple M4 10 Core		23,567
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,821
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,537
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,024
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,648
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,647
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,119
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,849

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		172.41
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		145.48
Intel Core i9-14900K		126.77
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.11
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		107.15
Intel Core i9-13900K		96.92
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		81.19
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		71.23
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,690
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,595
Apple M4 10 Core		4,491
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,881
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		3,761
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,366
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,908
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,557
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		1,372

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3419958 - Apr 19 2026		4078
BL3413865 - Apr 15 2026		2909
BL3382061 - Mar 29 2026		4187
BL3280031 - Feb 11 2026		4154
BL2972030 - Oct 13 2025		3499

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,849
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,655 (+20.9%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,330 (+12.5%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,709 (-3.6%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,005 (-21.9%)
Intel Core i5-3570S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,697 (+22.0%)
Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,672 (+21.4%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,652 (-5.1%)
Intel Core i3-4130 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,332 (-13.5%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,152 (-18.1%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,092 (+6.3%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,552 (-7.7%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1065T vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,430 (-10.9%)

Is the AMD FX-6120 Six-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		15,464
AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D		12,518
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,385
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,103
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D		12,028
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,685
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,512
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus		10,497
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,377
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,354
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,055
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		709

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