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.
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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: 71.30

Overall Rank:
2567th fastest in multithreading out of 5444 CPUs
2854th fastest in single threading out of 5444 CPUs
698th fastest in out of 1475 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

3853

Single Thread Rating

1382

Samples: 224*
*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	14,158 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	7,019 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	23 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	8,440 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	1,187 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	64,013 KBytes/Sec
Physics	386 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	1,859 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,382 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of November 2025.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,562
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,418
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,961
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,152
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,848
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,515
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,115
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,687
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,146
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,853

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		260.48
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.61
Intel Core i9-14900K		127.59
Intel Core i5-12400F		126.20
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		122.33
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.32
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		71.30
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		47.80
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,698
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,602
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,892
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,834
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,678
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,485
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,364
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,916
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,561
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		1,382

Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2972030 - Oct 13 2025		3499
BL2971604 - Oct 12 2025		3236
BL2915637 - Sep 17 2025		3933
BL2402747 - Feb 09 2025		4050
BL2243069 - Nov 12 2024		4068

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

Popular comparisons for AMD FX-6120 Six-Core
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,853
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,310 (+11.9%)
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,698 (-4.0%)
AMD FX-4300 Quad-Core vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		2,992 (-22.4%)
Intel Core i5-3570S @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,685 (+21.6%)
AMD A10-6800K APU vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,196 (-17.0%)
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,872 (+0.5%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1075T vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,500 (-9.2%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1065T vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,412 (-11.5%)
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,237 (-16.0%)
AMD FX-6300 Six-Core vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		4,224 (+9.6%)
Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		3,664 (-4.9%)
AMD A10-5800K APU vs AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		2,968 (-23.0%)

Is the AMD FX-6120 Six-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,417
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,136
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,255
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,802
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,505
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,497
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,271
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,781
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,616
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K		9,502
Intel Core Ultra 9 285		9,479
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K		9,424
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core		714

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