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AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Benchmarks for the AMD FX-8120 Eight-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.

Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]

AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

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: 59.36

Overall Rank:
2040th fastest in multithreading out of 4980 CPUs
2625th fastest in single threading out of 4980 CPUs
571st fastest in out of 1409 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $78.02 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
4631
Single Thread Rating
1331

Samples: 2551*
*Margin for error: Low



PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 6,808
Thread: 1,256

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Integer Math17,479 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math8,687 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers25 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting10,257 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption1,461 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression78,107 KBytes/Sec
Physics425 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions2,334 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,331 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of February 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
58,827
Intel Core i9-12900K
41,390
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
39,068
Intel Core i7-12700K
34,576
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
22,110
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
21,876
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
18,216
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
17,726
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
15,620
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
14,152
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,631
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
198.90
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
191.94
Intel Core i9-12900K
155.19
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
145.23
Intel Core i9-13900K
131.90
Intel Core i7-12700K
84.54
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
59.36
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
47.31
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 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
4,614
Intel Core i9-12900K
4,151
Intel Core i7-12700K
4,024
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
3,904
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
3,684
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
3,362
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
2,924
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
2,565
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
1,331
Last 5 Baselines for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2371005 - Jan 27 2025
4972
BL2354035 - Jan 19 2025
5914
BL2348359 - Jan 17 2025
4783
BL2333185 - Jan 10 2025
4832
BL2328499 - Jan 08 2025
1335
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,631
AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,285 (+14.1%)
Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,483 (+18.4%)
AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,440 (+17.5%)
Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
6,412 (+38.4%)
Intel Core i7-2700K @ 3.50GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,744 (+24.0%)
AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
5,108 (+10.3%)
Intel Core i5-3470 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,673 (+0.9%)
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,613 (-0.4%)
Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,504 (-2.7%)
Intel Core i5-3350P @ 3.10GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,293 (-7.3%)
Intel Core i5-2550K @ 3.40GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,172 (-9.9%)
Intel Core i5-2500 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
4,113 (-11.2%)

Is the AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,866
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,646
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,606
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,306
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,845
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,522
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,517
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,262
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,127
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF
9,104
Intel Core i9-14900KS
9,036
AMD FX-8120 Eight-Core
625